The Political Science Student Writer's Manual

by Gregory M. Scott, Stephen M. Garrison

This valuable reference manual was designed to help you write organized, clear, well-researched, and persuasive political science papers. The authors begin by providing a brief history of the field, then concentrate on the state of political science today, and conclude the introductory section with a review of hypotheses testing.

Genres: Nonfiction

337 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1994

Reviews

[Wendy]

After years and years of working with APA, I was forced to switch to APSA, so I bought this book, apparently the preferred APSA reference. It talks about style as a general, intangible thing very well (the chapter on writing book reviews is very handy)but the citation style guidelines and examples are pretty sparse and do not adequately address several types of citable sources, like motion pictures. Still, it's what I have to work with, and I'd rather have it than not.

[Alexandra Chauran]

I've had to read this book for two classes now and I'm reading it a third time for another class. Not only is it a great reference book, but the beginning five chapters are actually a really good conceptual read for writers of all stripes.

[Kathleen]

The kinds of assignments that Scott is preparing students to write I have not seen used since I was in college 15 years ago. This ultimately isn't that useful to me.