Politics in the SOAS Library
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About the Politics Collection
The Library holds a wide range of material on economics relating to the regions and individual countries of Asia, Africa and the Middle East as well as theoretical and cross-regional aspects. The collection is particularly strong on political economy, human rights and international organisations.
The main areas of collection are:
- Civil and Political Rights
- Colonization
- Comparative Government
- Diplomacy
- Election systems and Procedures
- Energy Policy
- Foreign Policy & Specific Topics in International Relations [e.g. foreign aid, international conflict, use of force]
- International Organisations
- International Relations
- Migration
- Political Economy
- Political Ideologies
- Political Parties
- Political Situation and Conditions
- Political Theory
- Political Violence
- Relation of the State to Armed Forces
- Relation of the State to Business and Industry
- Relation of the State to Labour Movements
- Relation of the State to Political Action Groups
- Relation of the State to Religious Organisations
- Research Methods
- Slavery and Emancipation
- Systems of Governments and States
- The Political Process
- The State
For details on the following subject areas see the relevant Subject Statements:
- Anthropology & Sociology
- Development Studies
- Diasporas, Migration, Ethnic Minority Studies
- Gender Studies
- Law
- Economics
Materials on the Americas, the UK and Europe are only acquired where they are required to support undergraduate teaching, except where included in material on international and comparative politics.
For more information on the collection see:
Collection Development Policy: Politics Subject Statement
Contact Information
Vicky Bird
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7898 4147
E-mail: vb18@soas.ac.uk
Other Libraries
For other libraries containing relevant collections see:
British Library for Political and Economic Science (LSE)
Senate House Library, University of London
Social Science Library, University of Oxford
