Research Guides: POLS 333: International Security (HC): Literature Reviews

Literature Reviews

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.

Annual review of political science
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Covers significant developments in the field of Political Science including political theory and philosophy, international relations, political economy, political behavior, American and comparative politics, public administration and policy, and methodology.
Relevant literature reviews include:
Do Emerging Military Technologies Matter for International Politics?
Michael C. Horowitz
Annual Review of Political Science 2020
Far-Right and Jihadi Terrorism within the United States: From September 11th to January 6th
Lauren Dugan and Daren Fisher
Annual Review of Criminology 2023 Abstract
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Progovernment Militias
Sabine C. Carey, Neil J. Mitchell
Annual Review of Political Science 2017
Oxford Bibliographies Online
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The Oxford Bibliographies Online lay out the parameters of a field and evaluate the importance of individual books and journal articles in the form of an annotated bibliography. They are valuable for identifying authoritative sources on your topic.
See especially the sections for Political Science and International Relations (note that the latter section is not available at BMC).. All sections are under development with more entries being added twice a year. Essays of interest now available include:
"Grand Strategy" by Paul van Hooft. International Relations Section.
Sport and Politics" by Bryan Clift and Jacob J. Bustad. Political Science section
"Territorial Disputes" by Sara Mitchell. International Relations Section
"Terrorist Group Strategies" by Victor Asal and Corina Simonelli. International Relations section

Dissertations & Theses
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ProQuest Dissertations and Theses is a collection of scholarly research in the Humanities and Social Sciences that consists of 2.7 million searchable citations to dissertations and theses from around the world, and 1.2 million full-text dissertations from the United States that are available for download in PDF format. Coverage is from 1861 to the present.

British Library EThOS Electronic Theses Online Service
This service provides full text of many recent dissertations written at British universities. Some are available for immediate download, while others take a day or two for delivery.