The following sources summarize political and legislative issues and provide a good overview of the national policy debate on political participation, social justice, and other topics. They provide an excellent resource for quickly identifying relevant legislation, key players, terminology, and points of view. To find how to obtain the related congressional reports, hearings, laws and other materials, see the tab for Data and Other Source materials.
Literature reviews are a particularly useful resource when doing research. They address the issues involved in a specific question and the debates among scholars. They map out the intellectual terrain succinctly and give you the major landmarks in terms of key authors and significant titles for greater understanding. They will often also discuss new directions needed in research. See this research tutorial for more information and resources.
Literature reviews devoted in whole or part to issues related to your topic include those listed below:
1. Mass incarceration and political participation
Decarceration Problems and Prospects (2021) in the Annual Review of Criminology Request full text of the article.
Felon Disenfranchisement (2017) in the Annual Review of Law and Social Science
Political Participation Amid Mass Incarceration (2022) in the Annual Review of Political Science
The Politics, Promise, and Peril of Criminal Justice Reform in the Context of Mass Incarceration (2018) in the Annual Review of Criminology Request full text of the article.
2. New sources of voting
Electoral Rules, Mobilization, and Turnout (2015) in the Annual Review of Political Science
Political Participation Amid Mass Incarceration (2022) in the Annual Review of Political Science
A Taxonomy of Protest Voting (2018) in the Annual Review of Political Science
Voter Identification Laws and Turnout in the United States (2017) in the Annual Review of Political Science
3. Progressive politics
Commons Movements: Old and New Trends in Rural and Urban Contexts (2021) in the Annual Review of Environment and Resources
Policy Makes Mass Politics (2012) in the Annual Review of Political Science
The Political Mobilization of Firms and Industries (2014) in the Annual Review of Sociology
4. Squatting and housing
Housing Insecurity Among the Poor Today (2022) in the Annual Review of Sociology
The Politics of Housing (2019) in the Annual Review of Political Science
Poor People's Survival Strategies: Two Decades of Research in the Americas (2022) in the Annual Review of Sociology
Takings as a Sociolegal Concept: An Interdisciplinary Examination of Involuntary Property Loss (2016) in the Annual Review of Law and Social Science
5. Young people and politics
Breached Initiations: Sociopolitical Resources and Conflicts in Emergent Adulthood (2015) in the Annual Review of Anthropology
Social Movement Theory and the Prospects for Climate Change Activism in the United States (2017) in the Annual Review of Political Science
Youth Political Participation: Bridging Activism and Electoral Politics (2013) in the Annual Review of Sociology
6. Cities and Local Politics
Local Elections and Representation in the United States (2019) in the Annual Review of Political Science
The New Sociology of Suburbs: A Research Agenda for Analysis of Emerging Trends (2016) in the Annual Review of Sociology
Representation and Accountability in Cities (2010) in the Annual Review of Political Science
Urban Political Ecology (2015) in the Annual Review of Anthropology
These kinds of reference books provide overviews that address major issues and topics within a field of study. The authors not only discuss key content but they also provide a more sophisticated level of analysis and contextualization than you might find in a textbook or introductory study. The authors are chosen for their research in specific areas and deliver authoritative essays. The material they choose to include in their bibliographies are good points of departure for further research and reading. Some relevant titles are listed below.
