Research Guides: POLS 361: Democracy and Global Governance (HC): Background Information

Background Reading on Global Governance and Democracy

Encyclopedia of Global Justice
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The Encyclopedia is an international, interdisciplinary, and collaborative project, spanning all the relevant areas of scholarship related to issues of global justice, and edited and advised by leading scholars from around the world. More than 500 wide-ranging entries present the latest ideas on this complex subject by authors who are at the cutting edge of inquiry.
Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice
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This 3-volume reference work offers 287 entries written by 166 scholars and practitioners drawn from diverse jurisdictions and includes detailed country studies; entries on transitional justice institutions and organizations; descriptions of transitional justice methods, processes, and practices; examinations of key debates and controversies; and a glossary of relevant terms and concepts.
Handbook of Human Rights
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Provides overview essays about different aspects of human rights including legal, political, and economic topics.

Political Handbook of the World
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This authoritative reference book provides detailed information on the major aspects of each country's government and political parties. Because the handbook is updated regularly it is a good source for information on current events, elections, political history, and more.

Routledge Handbook of Democratization
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This volume "provides a global overview of the process of democratization, offering chapter by chapter discussion at both the country and regional levels and examining the interaction between the domestic and external factors that affect the progression of countries from authoritarian to democratic rule." - publisher's description. Also available in Tripod as an ebook.
Routledge international handbook of social justice
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This volume addresses key issues, such as resolving fundamental questions about human nature and social relationships; the distribution of resources, power, status, rights, access, and opportunities; and the means by which decisions regarding this distribution are made. Illustrating the complexity of the topic, it presents a range of international, historical, and theoretical perspectives, and discusses the dilemmas inherent in implementing social justice concepts in policy and practice.
Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization
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The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization contains over 600 entries on the essential topics of globalization including Digitality and Socio-Political Networks, Ethics, Global, and Inequality.