This Course Guide is designed to help you identify some of the resources on Comparative Political Systems available at Mohammed VI Library. It lists reference materials, books, periodicals, online resources & government documents available in the library’s print collection, electronic databases, and on the free web.
1- Vocabulary List (for searching our catalog at http://libserv.aui.ma or databases)
- Politics, contemporary politics, politics and government, world politics
- Political science, political statistics, political theory, political analysis
- Comparative politics, comparative government, policy sciences, public policy, government policy
- Democracy, democratic states, democratization, dictatorship, monarchy, parliament
- The state, systems of government, federal government, national government, local government, municipal government
- Political parties, pressure groups, balance of power, communities, activism
- Social movements, conservatism, liberalism, labor, peace, protest
- Political participation, representation, representative government, voting, elections, electoral politics
- Authority, bureaucracy, citizenship, civics, ideology, liberty, nationalism, populism, power, radicalism, sovereignty
2- Library of Congress Classes and Subclasses
These classes and subclasses contain books and other materials related to Comparative Political Systems. Each shelf in the library lists the classes and subclasses that are contained on that shelf.
- HM: Sociology (general)
- HN: Social History and Conditions
- JA: Political Science (general)
- JC: Political Theory
- JF-JS: Political Institutions
- JZ: International Relations
3- Selected Books in General Collection and their Call Numbers (Main Reading Room, Room 4 and 2nd floor)
This is a general list of books related to different topics covered in your class. Use the vocabulary list above or browse the shelves that hold these books to find many more. **Note: Atlases are found on the reference shelves and in 3 atlas stands in the Main Reading Room.
- American government : brief version JK274 .W67 2012
- Comparing public policies: issues and choices in industrialized countries H97 .A32 2011
- Elections and distributive politics in Mubarak's Egypt JQ3892 .B53 2011
- A history of political thought : from antiquity to the present JA83 .H143 2011
- Writing a research paper in political science JA86 .B34 2007
- Elements in political science JA66 .B35 1999
- Power in contemporary politics : theories, practices, globalizations JC330.P6948 2000
- Political parties and the Internet : net gain? JF799 .P638 2003
- Social movements : an introduction HN17.5 .D45 2006
- The logic of democracy : reconciling equality, deliberation, and minority protection JC423 .M384 2009
- Comparative politics in a globalizing world JF128 .H39 2005
- Comparative politics : political economy, political culture, and political interdependence JF51 .P36 2006
- Introduction to comparative politics : concepts and processes JF128 .W5 2000
- Multiculturalism and political theory HM1271 .M843151 2007
- Contemporary political theory : a reader JA71 .C584 2004
4- Reference Collection (Main reading room)
- The Encyclopedia of politics and religion Ref BL65.P7 E53 1998 v.1 to v.2
- The far right in Europe : an encyclopedia Ref JN12 .F37 2008
- Encyclopedia of American social movements Ref HN57 .E594 2004 v.1 to v.4
- The Middle East political dictionary Ref DS61 .Z58 1984
- Encyclopedia of nationalism Ref JC311 .E4996 2001 v. 1 to v. 2
- The human rights encyclopedia Ref JC571 .L523 2001 v. 1 to v. 3
- The Greenwood encyclopedia of international relations Ref JZ1160 .N65 2002 v.1 to v. 3
- The Oxford companion to politics of the world Ref JA61 .O95 2001
- Encyclopedia of European social history from 1350 to 2000 Ref HN373 .E63 2001 v.1 to v. 3
- Central currents in social theory Ref HM435 .C45 2000 v.1 to v. 3
- A dictionary of sociology Ref HM425 .D5735 2005
- The encyclopedia of civil liberties in America Ref JC599.U5 E53 2005
5- Print Periodicals / Serials Collection / World Bank (Academic Journals Room, ground floor)
Periodicals:
- Politics and Society
- Politique Etrangère
- Totalitarian Movements and Political Religions
- Perspectives on Politics
- PS: Political Science and Politics
- Asian Journal of Political Science
- Palestine-Israel: Journal of Politics, Economics and Culture
- American Political Science Review
6- Databases and E-journals:
The following are important research databases and E-journals that frequently publish research on Comparative Political Systems. Search our databases.
Selected Databases
- Sage Journals Online
- EBSCO Academic Search Complete
- EBSCO Communication and Mass Media
- JSTOR
- CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online
Selected E-journals in full text
- Harvard Business Review EBSCO Business Source Premier
- Journal of Pan African Studies EBSCO Academic Search Complete
- Progress in Human Geography Sage Journals Online and EBSCO Academic Search Complete
- Administration and Society Sage Journals Online and EBSCO Academic Search Complete
- American Politics Research Sage Journals Online and EBSCO Academic Search Complete
- Comparative Political Studies Sage Journals Online and EBSCO Academic Search Complete
- European Journal of Political Theory Sage Journals Online
- Journal of Theoretical Politics Sage Journals Online
- Political Science Sage Journals Online
- Political Theory Sage Journals Online and JSTOR
- Journal of Political Philosophy EBSCO Academic Search Complete
- Annual Review of Political Science EBSCO Academic Search Complete
- Journal of Political Ideologies EBSCO Academic Search Complete
- Political Behavior EBSCO Academic Search Complete and JSTOR
- Perspectives on Political Science EBSCO Academic Search Complete
- Political Quarterly EBSCO Academic Search Complete
- Political Science Quarterly EBSCO Academic Search Complete and JSTOR
- Political Studies EBSCO Academic Search Complete
- American Journal of Political Science JSTOR
- Foreign Affairs JSTOR
- International Affairs JSTOR
- Comparative Politics JSTOR
7- Selected E-Books:
AUI collection (http://libserv.aui.ma)
- The State in a Changing World/The World Bank
Google Books (http://books.google.com)
8- Other Websites
