本书是面ˇ读者的一本基本工具书ˇ载录了美国政治制度的最基本的资料。后面还附有1787年ˇ法以及蕴含美国基本原理的声明ˇˇ独立宣言和林肯的葛底斯堡演讲。这些文件中贯穿着确定的主题ˇ如果你认真地研读ˇ而不是ˇ大多数人那样匆匆浏览ˇ你就会发ˇ许多有关美国当前政治的基础理论。
每一章后面都附有一个有关该章所强调的不同论题的参考书目。有些是经典著作ˇ而有些则是最近才问世的。这些只是每年出版的上千种关于美国政治的书籍中的极小的一部分ˇ是我们认?有用、有趣或者甚至是令人振奋的一些作品。并不是所有的书都出自政治学家之手。有一些ˇˇ不能算多数ˇˇ最好的政治作品是由政治学界之外的学者创作的。
对于那些在政治学方面需要更多基本参考资料ˇ或需要了解更多知识或更多些书目ˇ以下书目可建议作?主要参考书ˇ
建议读物
American Leaders
1789-1991. Congressional Quarterly, 1991.
William G. Andrews, ed. International Handbook of Political Science.
Greenwood, 1982.
Arthur S. Banks, ed. Political Handbook of the World. CSA Publications,
1988. Extensive information on the countries of the world and on international
organizations.
Michael Barone and Grant Ujifusa. The Almanac of American Politics:
1992. National Journal. Yearly publication, with lots of data, biographies,
etc.
Vincent Buranelli and Nan Buranelli. Spy/Counterspy: An Encyclopedia
of Espionage by the Government Printing Office.
CQ Weekly Report. Detailed information about congressional and other political
activity, published by Congressional Quarterly.
Dorsey Dictionary of American Government and Politics. Dorsey Press,
1988.*
Fred I. Greenstein and Nelson W. Polsby. Handbook of political
Science. Addison - Wesley, 1975.*
Fred I. Greenstein and Nelson W. Polsby. Handbook of Political
Science. Addison -Wesley, 1975.*
Frederick L. Holler. Information Sources of Political Science.
4th ed ABC-CLIO,1986.
Janet Buttolph Johnson and Richard A. Joslyn. Political Science
Research Methods. 2d ed. Congressional Quarterly, 1991.
Jeffrey M. Elliot and Sheikh R. Ali. The Presidential - Congressional
Political Dictionary. ABC-CLIO,1984.*
Jeffrey M. Elliot and Sheikh R. Ali. The State and Local Government
Political Dictionary. ABC-CLIO,1987.*
Michael Kidron and Ronald Segal. The New State of the World
Atlas rev. ed. Simon & Schuster, 1987.*
National Party Conventions 1831-1988. Congressional Quarterly, 1991.
Chronology, platforms, voting.
Jack C. Plano and Milton Greenberg. The American Political
Dictionary. 8th ed. Rinehart and Winston, 1989.*
Jack C. Plano et al. The Dictionary of Political Analysis. 2d
ed. ABC-CLIO, 1982.
Presidential Elections since 1789. 5th ed. Congressional Quarterly, 1991. Candidates,
statistics, biographic data.
Walter J. Raymond. Dictionary of Politics. Brunswick, 1978.
William Safire. Safire’s Political Dictionary. Ballantine, 1980.*
Richard M. Scammon and Alice V. McGillivany. America Votes;
A Handbook of Election Statistics. Congressional Quarterly, 1991.
Harold W. Stanley and Richard G. Niemi. Vital Statistics on
American Politics. 3d ed. Congressional Quarterly, 1991.* Trends and Figures
for major institutions and activities, from Congress to PACs.
The Statesman’s Yearbook, St. Martin’s Press. Updated yearly.
James B. Whisker. A Dictionary on Concepts of American Politics.
Macmillan, 1980.*
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*Available in paperback.