Political Science

International & Comparative Politics

Guide to Political Science research at Boston College Libraries

Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Contains articles from scholarly journals and business periodicals, also company, industry and market research reports.

CIAO Maps & Country Information
Provides updated country data and map reports by country with reports on key developments, political structure, economic structure and the country outlook.
CQ Political Handbook of the World
Political information on the world's countries and territories, including political systems, political parties and international organizations.
The International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest: 1500 to the Present
This comprehensive encyclopedia includes every major revolution, uprising and protest and their ideas, ideologies, and activists.

Global Issues in Context This link opens in a new window
Resource from a global perspective on issues happening in the world today with introduction, background information, viewpoints, statistics, media and more.

Global Edge
GlobalEDGE was created by the International Business Center at Michigan State University with partial funding by the U.S. Dept. of Education. The "Insights by Country" section provides information on risk assessment, economic landscape, political structure, history, culture, rankings and other statistical data for 199 countries.

Freedom House
Rating of people's access to political rights and civil liberties in 210 countries and territories, includes global freedom scores, internet freedom scores and democracy scores.
UN Human Development Reports
Global human development indicators by country with options to download data by country or indicator

World Bank eLibrary This link opens in a new window
World Bank eLibrary offers quick and easy access to the complete collection of World Bank publications since the 1990s. The World Bank is the worlds largest source of development assistance. In support of its missionto end extreme poverty and promote shared prosperitythe World Bank conducts and publishes research on a broad range of global and regional issues affecting developing countries.
OECD iLibrary This link opens in a new window
Includes key OECD publications and books reports by theme on 20 topics: agriculture & food; development; education & skills; emerging economies; employment; energy; enterprise, industry & trade; environment & sustainable development; finance & investment; general economics & future studies; governance; international development; nuclear energy; science & information technology; social issues & migration; statistics sources & methods; taxation; territorial economy; transition economics; transport.