Political Science: Dissertations and Theses (finding, researching & writing)

Portals & databases:

• Theses & Dissertations: Tools for locating theses and dissertations written at Laurier and other universities. 

Selected books on researching & writing:

• Anderson, Kjell, and Erin Jessee. 2020. Researching Perpetrators of Genocide. 1st ed. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.
• Blau, Adrian. 2017. Methods in Analytical Political Theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Charlton, Lucille, and Mark William Charlton. 2006. Thomson Nelson Guide to Research and Writing in Political Science. Toronto: Thomson Nelson.
• Eco, Umberto. 2015. How to Write a Thesis. 1st ed. Cambridge: The MIT Press. 
• Fallon, Fallon. 2016. Writing up Quantitative Research in the Social and Behavioral Sciences. 1st ed. Vol. 6. Rotterdam: Springer.
• Gruba, Paul, and Justin Zobel. 2017. How To Write Your First Thesis. 1st ed. Cham: Springer Nature.
• LaVaque-Manty, Mika, and Danielle LaVaque-Manty. 2015. Writing in Political Science : A Brief Guide. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Ménard, Marc. 2016. Political Argument : A Guide to Research, Writing, and Debating. Don Mills, Ontario, Canada: Oxford University Press.
• Powner, Leanne C. 2015. Empirical Research and Writing : A Political Science Student’s Practical Guide. Los Angeles: Sage.
• Schmidt, Diane E, and Diane E Schmidt. 2005. Writing in Political Science : A Practical Guide. 3rd ed. New York: Pearson Longman.
• Scott, Gregory M, and Stephen M Garrison. 2017. The Political Science Student Writer’s Manual and Reader’s Guide. Eighth edition. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield.
• Silbergh, David. 2001. Doing Dissertations in Politics: A Student Guide. 1st ed. Oxford: Routledge. 
• Williams, Kristen P. 2014. Research and Writing Guide for Political Science. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Wisker, Gina. 2008. The Postgraduate Research Handbook : Succeed with Your MA, MPhil, EdD and PhD. 2nd ed. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; Palgrave Macmillan.