21st Century Political Science: A Reference Handbook

Via 100 entries or 'mini-chapters', the SAGE 21st Century Reference Series volumes on political science highlight the most important topics, issues, questions and debates any student obtaining a degree in this field need to master for effectiveness in the 21st century. The set provides undergraduate students with an authoritative reference source that will serve their research needs with more detailed information than encyclopedia entries but not so much jargon, detail or density as a journal article or a research handbook chapter.

Topics covered include:

theory and methdology

basic institutions of government

political ideologies and cultures

public opinion

political parties and elections

political communication

political economy

international relations and institutions.