New for Politics

U.S. Army War College.
Available online. Printed copy on order for collection.
"Since 1998, Pyongyang's foremost policy has been declared as 'military-first.' While experts debate the precise meaning and significance of this policy, considerable consensus exists that it gives the leading role to the Korean People's Army (KPA). Hence, military leaders in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea are very powerful and influential figures. Who are they? What kind of power and influence do these leaders wield, and how do they exert it?"

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press.
Available online.
Subtitled Regular Voters, Intermittent Voters, and Those Who Don't, this survey-based report focuses on "intermittent voters: Americans who are registered to vote but do not always make it to the polls. They differ significantly from those who vote regularly..."
A link will be maintained on this library page.

American Political Science Association.
Available online.
A collection of three articles from the October 2006 issue of PS: Political Science and Politics.
A link will be maintained in the library Web site.

Congressional Quarterly Press.
Available online. (W&L subscription)
Coverage and analysis of every decision from the nation's highest court since the 1989-1990 term. Includes year-end overviews of Supreme Court terms from 1989-2005, case summaries of every opinion written during each Supreme Court term, essays on the most significant cases from each year and the trends in each term. Also tables and figures on voting patterns and trends in constitutional law. Updated annually.
Links will be maintained in Annie and in several locations in our Web site, including here.

Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
Available online.
Transcript of a discussion with "three respected observers of religion and party politics," including the author of the recent book The Values Campaign? The Christian Right and the 2004 Elections.
A link will be maintained on this library page.

Rowman and Littlefield.
Shelved in the Reference collection: REF JC 571.F66 2006.
Also available online from this page in our site.
This is Freedom House's "annual survey of political rights and civil liberties" in each of 192 countries.
Earlier editions also are available in the Leyburn Library collection.

ResourceShelf.com
Available online, here and here.
These are two compilations of reliable and non-partisan Web sites which are valuable for coverage of the 2006 election.

Oxford University Press / Oxford Reference Online.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
Sixth edition (2006) contains over 4,000 entries which define and explain major terms, concepts, processes, and organization of legal systems founded on English law (with some coverage of European law).
Links will be maintained in several locations in our Web site, including here.