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Reference Books

One aspect of the DRC is its focused collection of books that are invaluable for basic democracy research.


A Reference Book is a monograph that provide readers with statistics, background reports, and other factual data. Items in the general reference collection can be especially useful when gathering information on countries, governments, organizations, subjects and people.


To identify other monographs and reports it is recommended that one search the Democracy Resource Center's Online Catalog.


The Subject headings used for the listing below is based on the Library of Congress' Subject Headings. The Reference Books are arranged alphabetically by title.


Amnesty International Report, Amnesty International, Annual.
Subject headings: Human rights; Civil rights; Political prisoners; and Measurement and ranking.


Annual Survey of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union, M.E. Sharpe, Annual
Subject headings: Measurement and ranking; Former Soviet republics economic conditions; Former Soviet republics politics and government.


Asia 2000 Yearbook, Review Publishing Co, Annual.
Subject headings: Asia - Economic conditions -Yearbooks; Asia Politics and government - Yearbooks; and Asia Social conditions - Yearbooks.


Attacks on the Press: A Worldwide Survey by the Committee to Protect Journalists, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Annual.
Subject headings: Independent media; Journalists; Freedom of the press; Press and politics; and Measurement and ranking.


Buyer's Guide for Election Services, Supplies and Equipment, International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES), Annual.
Subject headings: Guides - election services.


Constitutions of the World, Congressional Quarterly, 1995.
Subject headings: Rule of law; Constitutions; and Constitutional history.


Country Reports on Human Rights Practices Report submitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Annual.
Subject headings: Human rights; Civil rights; and United States - Foreign relations.


Critique: Review of the U.S. Department of State's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, Human Rights Watch, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, Annual
Subject headings: Human rights.


The Democracy Reader: classic and modern speeches, essays, poems, declarations, and documents on freedom and human rights worldwide, Harper Collins, 1992.
Subject headings: Democracy history.


Dictionary of the Modern Politics of South-East Asia, Routledge, 1995.
Subject headings: Asia, Southeastern politics and government dictionaries.


Elections in Africa : a Data Handbook, Oxford University Press, 1999.
Subject headings: Elections Africa Statistics.


The Encyclopedia of Democracy, Congressional Quarterly, 1995.
Subject headings: Democracy encyclopedias.


Encyclopedia of World Political Systems, M.E. Sharpe, 2000.
Subject headings: Comparative government.


The Foundation Center's Guide to Grant Seeking on the WEB, Foundation Center, 2002
Subject headings: Fund raising Computer network resources - Directories; Endowments - Computer network resources Directories; and Web sites Directories.


Foundation Grants to Individuals, Foundation Center, Annual.
Subject headings: Endowments - United States - Directories; Scholarships United States directories; Student loan funds United States directories; Training Support - United States - directories; Research Support - United States - directories; Fellowships and Scholarships - United States - directories; Foundations - United States - directories.


Foundation Grants to Individuals, Foundation Center, Annual
Subject headings: Endowments - United States - Directories; Scholarships United States - directories; Student - loan funds United States - directories; Training Support - United States - directories; Research Support - United States - directories; Fellowships and Scholarships - United States - directories; Foundations - United States - directories.


Freedom in the World, Freedom House, Annual.
Subject headings: Human rights; Civil rights; and Measurement and ranking.


Funding for Civil Society: A Guide to U.S. Grantmakers Giving in Central/Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States, Voice International, 1998.
Subject headings: Endowments - United States - Directories; Fund Raising United States handbooks.


Funding Human Rights: An International Directory of Funding Organizations & Human Rights Awards, Human Rights Internet, 1999.
Subject headings: Human rights - Endowment Directories; Civil rights - Endowment Directories.


Guide to Funding for International and Foreign Programs, Foundation Center, 2002.
Subject headings: Associations, institutions, etc. - Finance Directories; Learned institutions and societies - Finance Directories; and Research institutes - Finance Directories.


A Handbook of Practical Strategies for Local Human Rights Groups, Human Rights Program of the Fund for Peace, 1999.
Subject headings: Non-governmental organizations - Public relations; Human rights movements - Public relations.


Historical Dictionary of Human Rights and Humanitarian Organizations, Scarecrow Press, 1997.
Subject headings: Human rights Societies, etc. - Encyclopedias; Humanitarian assistance Societies, etc. - Encyclopedias.


UNDP Human Development Report, Oxford University Press, Annual.
Subject headings: Economic development - Periodicals.


Human Rights in the OSCE Region: The Balkans, the Caucasus, Europe, Central Asia and North America, International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, Annual.
Subject headings: Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe; Human rights Europe; Human rights North America; Human rights Asia, Central.


Human Rights Watch World Report, Human Rights Watch, Annual.
Subject headings: Measurement and ranking; Human rights; Civil rights; and United States foreign relations 1980-.


The Illustrated Dictionary of Constitutional Concepts, Congressional Quarterly Inc., 1996.


Subject headings: Rule of law; Political science - Dictionaries; constitutional history dictionaries.


Index of Economic Freedom, Heritage Foundation, Annual.
Subject headings: Economic development; Free enterprise; Economic policy; Economic assistance; and Liberty.


Insult laws: "A World Press Freedom Committee Study of More than 90 countries and Territories. World Press Freedom Committee, 2000.
Subject headings: Press law - Criminal provisions; Lese majesty; Satire Law and legislation; and Freedom of the press.


International Conflict: A Chronological Encyclopedia of Conflicts and Their Management, 1945-1995, Congressional Quarterly, 1997.
Subject headings: Conflict management - History 20th century - Encyclopedias; World politics 1945 - Encyclopedias.


International Directory of Election Offices, International Foundation for Election Systems, Annual.
Subject headings: Elections - Directories.


International Encyclopedia of Elections, Congressional Quarterly Press, 2000.
Subject headings: Elections -Encyclopedias

International Encyclopedia of Human Rights, Congressional Quarterly Press, 2000.
Subject headings: Human rights - Encyclopedias; and Civil rights - Encyclopedias

International Grantmaking: An Update on U.S. Foundation trends, Foundation Center, 2000.
Subject headings: Endowments - United States - Statistics - 2000; and Foreign assistance - United States.


The International IDEA Handbook of Electoral System Design, International IDEA, 1997.
Subject headings: Elections.


International IDEA Handbook on Democracy Assessment, Kluwer Law International, 2001
Subject headings: Democracy

International Information Directory, Congressional Quarterly, Annual.
Subject headings: International agencies - United States - Directories.


International Literary Market Place: The Directory of the International Book Publishing Industry, R.R. Bowker, Annual.
Subject headings: Publishers and publishing - Directories

Internet Resources for Eurasia, Center for Civil Society International, 2001.
Subject headings: Eurasia - Computer network resources; and Former Soviet republics - Computer network resources.


IPI Report: World Press Freedom Review, International Press Institute (IPI), Annual.
Subject headings: Journalism - Periodicals; and Foreign news - Periodicals.


Middle East Organizations in Washington, DC, "Seventh edition", Middle East Institute, 1998.
Subject headings: Associations, institutions, etc. Washington (D.C.) - Directories; Africa, North Societies, etc. -Directories; and Middle East Societies, etc. - Directories.


NDI Handbook: How Domestic Organizations Monitor Elections - An A-to-Z Guide, National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI), 1995.
Subject headings: Election Monitoring - Handbooks, manuals, etc.


Nations in Transit: Civil Society, Democracy and Markets in East Central Europe and the Newly Independent States, Transaction Publishers, Annual.
Subject headings: Rule of law; Civil society; Politics and government; Economic conditions; and Measurement and ranking.


OSCE Handbook, OSCE Secretariat, Annual.
Subject headings: Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe - Handbooks, manuals, etc.; European cooperation; and National security - Europe.


Political Handbook of the World, Center for Comparative Political Research of the State University of New York at Binghamton, Annual.
Subject headings: Political parties; and Political science - Handbooks, manuals, etc.


The Political Reference Almanac, PoliSci, Annual.
Subject headings: Political science - Directories; and United States politics and government - Handbooks, manuals.


The Post-Soviet Handbook: A Guide to Grassroots Organizations and Internet Resources in the Newly Independent States, Center for Civil Society International, Annual.
Subject headings: Former Soviet republics - Directories; Pressure groups - Former Soviet republics - Directories; and Former Soviet republics - Computer network resources.


Prospects for Democracy: A Study of 172 Countries, Routledge, 1997.
Subject headings: Democracy - History; World Politics 1945; World Politics 19th century; World Politics 20th century; and Measurement and ranking.


Reading Human Rights: An Annotated Guide to a Human Rights Library, INTERIGHTS, 1997.
Subject headings: Human rights - Bibliography; and Civil rights - Bibliography.


The State of Women in the World Atlas, Penguin Books, Annual.
Subject headings: Statistics; Women social conditions (maps); and Women economic conditions (maps).


The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year, St. Martin's Press, Annual.
Subject headings: Political science - Statistics.


Think tanks in Central and Eastern Europe, Freedom House, 1999.
Subject headings: Policy sciences Research Europe; Central Directories; Policy sciences Research Europe, Eastern - Directories; Research institutes Europe, Central - Directories; and Research institutes Europe, Eastern - Directories.


Third World Democratization?: A Partly Annotated Bibliography of Recent Literature, Centre for Development Research, 1994.
Subject headings: Democracy - Bibliography.


U.S. and Asia statistical Handbook, Heritage Foundation, Annual.
Subject headings: Asia - Foreign economic relations - United States; Foreign economic relations - Asia - Statistics; and Asia Commerce Statistics.


Voter Turnout From 1945 to 1997: A Global Report on Political Participation, International (IDEA), 1997.
Subject headings: Elections; Democracy; Voting; Political participation; Measurement and Ranking.


Voter Turnout from 1945 to 1997: A Global Report on Political Participation, 3rd ed., International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), 2002.
Subject headings: Elections; Democracy; Voting; Political participation.


Washington Representatives, Columbia Books, Annual.
Subject headings: Lobbyists - United States - Directories; Foreign agents United States Directories; Trade and professional associations - United States - Directories.


Who's Who In Democracy, Congressional Quarterly, 1996.
Subject headings: Statesmen - Biography; Heads of state biography; Revolutionaries - Biography; and Democracy - History.


Women and Human Rights: The Basic Documents, Center for the Study of Human Rights - Columbia University, 1996.
Subject headings: Human rights; Women's rights.


Women's Human Rights Step by Step: A Practical Guide to Using International Human Rights Law and Mechanisms to Defend Women's Human Rights, Women's Ink, 1997.
Subject headings: Women's rights; Women - Legal status, laws, etc.


World Development Report, Oxford University Press, [published for the World Bank], Annual.
Subject headings: Economic development - Periodicals; Economics periodicals; Developing countries economics - periodicals; and Developing countries - Economic conditions - Periodicals.


World Directory of Human Rights Research and Training Institutions, UNESCO Publishing, 1998.
Subject headings: Human rights; Human rights study and teaching - Directories; and Civil rights, study and teaching - Directories.


World Encyclopedia of Parliaments and Legislatures, Congressional Quarterly, 1998.
Subject headings: Legislative bodies - Encyclopedias; and Comparative government - Encyclopedias.


World Press Trends, World Association of Newspapers, Annual.
Subject headings: Newspaper publishing - Statistics Periodicals.


World Refugee Survey 2001, U.S. Committee for Refugees, Annual
Subject headings: Refugees - Periodicals.


World Survey of Economic Freedom: A Freedom House Study, Transaction Publishers, Annual.
Subject headings: Free enterprise; Economic policy; and Measurement and ranking.

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