International Relations Resources

898 pages. 2 volumes. Highlights the most important political science topics, issues, questions, and debates in the 21st Century. Includes basic institutions of government, political ideologies and cultures, public opinion, political parties and elections, political communication, political economy, international relations and institutions.

2754 pages. 5 volumes. Provides insight into Chinese history and culture today in nearly a thousand articles that include everything from Adoption and Banking to Wound Literature and the Zhou Dynasty. Designed for students, teachers, businesspeople, government officials, and tourists seeking a greater understanding of China today.

222 pages. Covers the experiences and issues central to life between cultures to gain a better understanding of the often misunderstood Mexican-American region and state-of-mind.

741 pages. 2 volumes. Provides basic information about Brazilian institutions, businesses, social issues, and culture, reflecting the nation's geographic, demographic, economic, and cultural diversity.

323 pages. Exposes the role of children in war, describing where, why, and how children are deployed, the attempts made by international organizations to protect children, and the underlying political and cultural issues.

1148 pages. 2 volumes. Presents the major forces that have shaped the country both historically and culturally, offering a close look at themes emblematic to the nation's history. Features articles on works of art and nonfiction, political documents, speeches, testimonies, flashpoint events and places of cultural significance.

1712 pages. 3 volumes. Designed for readers to understand the topics, concepts, and ideas which motivate and shape the fields of activism, civil engagement, and social justice. Included are short biographies of the major thinkers and leaders who have influenced and continue to influence the study of activism.

1458 pages. 3 volumes. Spans the globe to explain the issues behind crimes against humanity and human rights issues as they relate to individual countries and the world at large. It traces the history of events that qualify as genocide and crimes against humanity, profiles perpetrators and heroes, and explains international laws and law proceedings aimed at ending genocide and crimes against humanity.

1025 pages. 2 volumes. Covers the diverse and complex topics surrounding governance for the period between the collapse of the post-war consensus and the rise of neoliberal regimes in the 1970s. Concentrates primarily on topics related to the changing nature and role of the state in recent times and the ways in which these roles have been conceptualized in the areas of political science, public administration, and sociology.

5500 pages. 6 volumes. Provides a comprehensive, multidisciplinary view of Latin American history and culture from prehistoric times to the present. Covers cultural issues and includes numerous biographical profiles of important figures in politics, letters and the arts.

1136 pages. 3 volumes. Information and ready-to-use facts from the fields of measurement and statistics. Specifically designed to appeal to beginning and intermediate-level students, practitioners, researchers, and consumers of information. Appendix A is a guide to basic statistics for those readers who require an instructional step-by-step presentation of basic concepts in statistics and measurement. Appendix B is a table of critical values used in hypothesis testing and an important part of any reference in this area. Appendix C represents a collection of some most important and useful measurement and statistics Websites.

858 pages. 2 volumes. Discusses the major theoretical approaches to the field, including direct and limited effects theories, agenda-setting theories, sociological theories, framing and priming theories, and other past and present conceptualizations. Focuses on important political messages such as political speeches, televised political advertising, political posters and print advertising, televised political debates, and Internet sites.

1719 pages. 3 volumes. Explains how to make decisions about research design, undertake research projects in an ethical manner, interpret and draw valid inferences from data, and evaluate experiment design strategies and results.

1098 pages. 2 volumes. Covers this multifaceted field utilizing experts from numerous disciplines. Subject areas include anthropology, biology, business, chemistry, communications, criminal justice, demography, economics, education, environmental studies, geography, health, history, languages, political science, psychology, social work, sociology, and women's studies.

494 pages. 2 volumes. Covers all major facets of survey research methodology, from selecting the sample design and the sampling frame, designing and pretesting the questionnaire, data collection, and data coding, to the issues surrounding diminishing response rates, confidentiality, privacy, informed consent and other ethical issues, data weighting, and data analyses.

3877 pages. 10 volumes. 424 page supplement. Lists and describes more than 1,500 global cultures. Based on research of social scientists, it is the source for historical, social, political, economic, linguistic, religious, and other information on virtually every existing culture.

1412 pages. 3 volumes. Contains over 700 original articles written by more than 125 renowned scholars. The entries contributing to this work explore poverty in various regions of the world, and examine the difficulties associated with the definition and measurement of poverty, along with its causes and effects.

377 pages. Provides an essential guide to the different ethno-linguistic groups in Africa and today's complicated Middle East region.

1566 pages. 4 volumes. Introduces food culture from numerous countries and cultures around the world, including some from remote and unexpected peoples and places.

483 pages. Provides primary source documents focused on immigration and multiculturalism in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. Approximately 175 full or excerpted documents---speeches, legislation, magazine & newspaper articles, essays, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, songs, and works of art---as well as context overview. International scope.

4000 pages. 9 volumes. Complements the first edition. Highlights the expanding influence of economics in social science research and features new articles and biographies contributed by scholars from around the world on a wide array of global topics in the social sciences. First edition is also searchable through Gale eBooks (formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library).

1412 pages. 4 volumes. Provides a comprehensive and objective overview of the people, events, and documents that are key to understanding the complex relationships of the countries and cultures of the Middle East.

1014 pages. 2 volumes. Defines and explains core concepts, describes the techniques involved in the implementation of qualitative methods, and presents an overview of qualitative approaches to research. Covers every major facet of qualitative methods, including access to research participants, data coding, research ethics, and the role of theory in qualitative research.

2,906 pages. 5 volumes. Covers cultural groups in Asia, Europe, the Americas and Africa. Each volume is organized by continent, covering history, politics, customs, religion, education, human rights issues, teen life, and more.

2086 pages. 3 volumes. Provides information on current religious practices around the world with an emphasis on how religions impact the daily lives of their followers.

3,601 pages. 5 volumes. Presents easy-to-understand information on countries and dependencies from around the world. Entries discuss a variety of topics in detail, from banking and securities to climate, from government data to demographic statistics. Also includes biographical essays on national leaders.