Biographies
Fifty Major Political Thinkers
Call Number: JA66 .A314
Entries on most significant western political thinkers.
World Philosophers and Their Works
Call Number: B104 .W67
Biographical essays on world's major philosophers.
Getting Started
There are several ways political thought/theory is usually studied. You can look at:
1. Great thinkers like Plato, Socrates, Machiavelli etc.
2. Political movements or ideologies like communism, liberalism, fundamentalism, etc.
3. Absract philosophical ideas such as democracy, freedom, justice, etc.
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
A Glossary of Political Thought
Call Number: Electronic Book
ISBN: 0804757275
Covers both the major concepts in political theory and the key writers in the field
Encyclopedia of Political Science
Call Number: Electronic Book
Prepared with the assistance of the American Political Science Association a core reference to the "central ideas, concepts, and frameworks underlying the study of politics" and "the intersections of politics with philosophy, cultural studies, sociology, religion, psychology, history, and economics".
Encyclopedia of Political Thought
Call Number: REF JA61 .E52
More than 400 entries on the world's political history with an emphasis on the 20th century.
The Cambridge History of Twentieth Century Political Thought
Call Number: REF JA83 .C25
Scholarly essays on the development of political thought.
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