Globalization:  A Research Guide to Resources in the Princeton University Library

 
Policy and Globalization

1.  Foreign Policy Magazine
2.  Worldwise Political Science Abstracts
3.  International Political Science Abstracts
4.  Political Culture


Policy decisions driven by the economic and societal forces of globalization have the potential to shape and change the lives of every citizen, visitor, and business in any country in the world today.  The scholarly literature in political science documents the ways in which globalization and politics interact and each form the other in significant ways. As well, the study of poliical culture in a particular country or region is critical to accurately access the function and effects of globalization.

1. Foreign Policy Magazine (Washington D.C.) - Annual Globalizaton Feature. in Proquest Research Library database. The November/ December issue of Foreign Policy magazine in each recent year has featured a major report on Globalization in various countries of the world - its extent and manifestations. In 2008, this became the 2008 Global Cities Index. Thit title also includes frequent articles on various aspects of globalization, raning across topics as diverse as "The Globalization of MARTYRDOM" in Nov/Dec 2008, to "IT'S A Hip-Hop World" in Nov/Dec 2007. Also included in this title are articles exploring ways in which Globalization can be measured, and what its entent and implications are on an evolving basis..


2. Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
, subscription database.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts is one of the pair, (the other being International Political Science Abstracts described just below), of the most useful and comprehensive indexes in the field of Politics, covering the world's literature in Politics and related disciplines, both theoretical and applied. Worldwide Political Science Abstracts is commercially produced, and  provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy.  Worldwide Political Science Abstracts indexes over 1200 journals, in 30 languages from some 55 countries. 

Recent Search Examples

  • (Globalization or globalisation)  in keyword produced 5454 records
  • (Globalization or globalisation) in abstract produced 2668 records
  • Globalization in DE (descriptor, formal subject terms), found 4088 records
  • Globalization in DE and Policy in DE found 788 records
  • Globalization in DE and Policy in DE and Treat* in keyword produced 34 records (* replaces any additional characters, to retrieve treaty, treaties, and so on.)


3. International Political Science Abstracts, subscription database. 
International Political Science Abstracts is the other comprehensive index in the field of Politics. Please keep in mind that this is a bibliographic database only - you have to go to the SFX link or manually to the Online Catalog to find the articles. Great strength is the coverage of a wide range periodicals published throughout the world. Abstracts summarize the articles. Articles in English are abstracted in English; those in other languages are abstracted in French, with all titles translated into English.  Note that the abstract of articles must be requested on the search screen by clicking on the FULL RECORD button. 

Recent Search Examples : 

  • (Globalization or globalisation) anywhere produced 2125 records
  • (Globalization or globalisation) and communicat* anywhere found 81 articles ( * replaces any additional characters, to retrieve communicate, communications , and so on.)

4.  Political Culture and the Effects of Globalization
Political attitudes and values along with belief systems and institutions serve to influence political culture in a variety of ways that vary within states and between states. To research such topics, an understanding of national and subnational histories is essential. For many countries survey data is extremely limited; rather one must rely upon other documentation such as that created by  social movements, political parties, ethnic organizations, women's groups, and indigenous peoples. Princeton University Library holds materials of this type for many parts of the world. For assistance to bibliographically identify such documentation, and to understand conceptually what is involved with conducting research on specific parts of the world, subject specialists are available: 
        Africa:  Nancy Pressman  pressman@princeton.edu 
        Latin America:  Fernando Acosta-Rodriguez, facosta@princeton.edu 
        Near East and North Africa:  James Weinberger  jwwein@princeton.edu 
        Russia and Eastern Europe:  Nina Shapiro  nshapiro@princeton.edu
        China, Japan, Korea and other East Asian Countries   Staff of the East Asian Library 

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Page last updated  11 March  2009 in the Social Science Reference Center of Princeton University Library.