Some professional resources available for Politics PhD students Laleh Khalili (2006/2007 Last updated 22 January 2007)

Professional Associations Disciplinary Associations Political Studies Association - www.psa.ac.uk/ British International Studies Association - www.bisa.ac.uk/ European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) - http://www.essex.ac.uk/ecpr/ American Political Science Association - www.apsanet.org/ International Studies Association - www.isanet.org/ There are also associations dedicated to the study of particular themes. For example: Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN) - http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/ASEN/ The Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora (ASWAD) http://www.aswadiaspora.org/ Development Studies Association - http://www.devstud.org.uk/ The British Academy portal - http://www.britac.ac.uk/portal/index.html lists the resources available to researchers in a number of disciplinary and geographic areas. Area Studies Associations The British Society for Middle East Studies - www.dur.ac.uk/brismes/ Middle East Studies Association - www.mesa.arizona.edu/ African Studies Association - www.africanstudies.org/ The African Studies Association of the UK - www.asauk.net/ The Association for Asian Studies - www.aasianst.org/ British Association of South Asian Studies - www.staff.brad.ac.uk/akundu/basas/

Lists Contentious politics send a request to amsoc@columbia.edu H-net (just about any topic you can imagine) www.h-net.org There are also lists operating about all sorts of topics on Yahoo Groups and sometimes around particular themes (nationalism for example). You will end up finding out about these lists from joining those above, as people cross-post

Conferences Once you join these associations or lists, you will receive notices for conferences large and small. As you know, all these associations usually hold annual conferences, but then there are smaller conferences, or nonassociation type workshops which also are great areas for participation. One example of the latter is the Mediterranean meeting of the European University Institute held in Tuscany every spring:

http://www.eui.eu/RSCAS/Research/Mediterranean/Meetings.shtml Joining several lists (particularly on h-net) is an excellent way to hear about conferences, workshops, fellowships, grants, and even engage in a few debates. Journals Disciplinary Journals Comparative Political Studies Comparative Politics Comparative Studies in Society and History International Affairs International Organizations Perspectives on politics Political Studies Theory and Society and dozens of others Thematic Journals Journal of Refugee Studies Nations and Nationalism Public Culture Race and Class Third World Quarterly and hundreds of others. and of course there are hundreds of area studies journal, some covering a specific country (e.g. Iranian Studies), some covering whole continents With journals, you can search for titles based on keywords. Take a look inside. See what types of articles they publish and whether your research would be a good fit. Talk to your supervisor about whether a particular journal is appropriate or not.

Interaction with your supervisors/how to write/how to survive There is a large body of very good how-to books located in the library under the classmark A378 (esp. A378.194). Check them out. Some are things like The Research Students Guide to Success or The Postgraduate Research Handbook; others are more specific guides to survival, writing etc. See the following bibliography (provided by John Wakeford who is an expert on the whole doctoral process):

BIBLIOGRAPHY for research students and their supervisors (prepared by John Wakeford 2006 )

Updated versions can be downloaded from links on www.missendencentre.co.uk

Australian Association for research in Education. (no date) Supervision of Postgraduate research in Education. Review of Australian Research in Education No 5. Becker, Howard S. (1986) Writing for Social Scientists. How to start and finish your thesis, book or article. Chicago: Chicago University Press. Becker, Howard S. (1998) Tricks of the Trade: How to think about Your Research While Youre Doing It . London: University of Chicago Press Bell, Judith. (2005) Doing Your Research Project. 4th edn Maidenhead: Open University Press. Benyon, Robert J. (1993) Postgraduate Study in the Biological Sciences: A Researchers Companion. London: Portland Press. Bolker,, J. (1998) Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen minutes a Day: A guide to Starting, Revising and finishing Your Doctoral Thesis. New York: Henry Holt. Booth, W.C., Colomb, G. and Williams, J.M. (1995) The Craft of Research. Chicago: Chicago University Press. Brause, Rita,. (2000) Writing Your Doctoral Dissertation: Invisible Rules for Success, Falmer Press, London Burgess, Robert G. (1994) Postgraduate Education and Training in the Social Sciences - Procedures and Products. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Coe, Emma and Keeling, Carole (2000) Setting up Peer-mentoring with Postgraduate Research Students. SRHE/THES Cooper, Bruce M. (1990) Writing Technical Reports. London: Penguin. Cryer, Patricia. (2006) The Research Students Guide to Success. 3rd edn Buckingham: Open University Press. Cryer, Patricia (1997) Handling Common Dilemmas in Supervision. Buckingham: SRHE/THES Cryer, Patricia (ed) (1998) Developing Postgraduates Key Skills. Buckingham: SRHE/THES Day, R.A. (1995) How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Delamont, S., Atkinson, P. and Parry, O. (2004) Supervising the Doctorate 2nd Edition. Buckingham: Open University Press. Delamont, S & Atkinson P (2000) The Doctoral Experience: Success and Failure in Graduate School. Falmer Press. Denicolo, Pam (1999) Supervising Students from Public Sector Organisations. Buckingham: SRHE/THES Dunleavy, P. (2003) Authoring a PhD. Basingstoke: Palgrave Ebel, Hans F., Bliefert, Claus. and Russey, William E. (1987) The Art of Scientific Writing. New York: VCH Verlagsgesellschaft. Earwaker, John. (1992) Helping and Supporting Students. Buckingham: SRHE Eley and Jennings (2005) Effective Postgraduate Supervision Maidenhead: Open University Press. Elphinstone, L & Schweitzer R (1999) How to Get a Research Degree: A survival Guide. Allen & Unwin

Study Guides Autumn Evans, G.R. and Gill, J (2004) Universities and Students: a Guide to Rights, Responsibilities and Practical Remedies. London: Kogan Page Farringdon, Dennis (1994) Universities and the Law. London: Duckworth Finn, John A (2005) Getting a PhD Abingdon: Routledge. Fitzpatrick, J., Secrist, J. and Wright, D.J. (1998) Secrets for a Successful Dissertation. London: Sage. Gateway for Research Supervision: URL www.iah.bbsrc.ac.uk/supervisor_training Gatrell, C. (2006) Managing Part-time Postgraduate Study. Maidenhead: Open University Press Golde, Chris M. & Dore, Timothy M. (2001) At Cross Purposes: What the experiences of todays doctoral students reveal about doctoral education. www.phd-survey.org/report. Graves, Norman & Varma, Ved (editors) (2000) Working for a Doctorate, A Guide for the Humanities and Social Science,. Routledge. Glatthorn, A.A. (1998) Writing the Winning Dissertation: a Step by Step Guide. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin. Gray, Carole and Malins, Julian (2004) Visualising Research: a guide to the research process in art and design Aldershot: Ashgate Greenfield, N (editor) (2000) How I Got my Postgraduate Degree Part time, Independent Studies Series, Published in collaboration with The Guardian. (out of print but a few copies available from www.johnwakeford.com) Greenfield, Tony (editor) (2002) Research Methods for Postgraduates, London: Arnold Harris, M. (1996) Review of postgraduate Education: Volume 1, The Report; Volume 2, The Evidence, Bristol: The Higher Education Funding Council for England. HEIST (1995) Taught Postgraduate Education: The Student Experience. Leeds: HEIST HEIST (1997) Postgraduate Research: Student Decision-making and experience. Leeds: HEIST Hockey, J. A Complex Craft: United Kingdom PhD supervision in the social sciences, Research in Post-Compulsory Education, Vol 2, No 1, 1997. Hockey, J. (1995) Change and the Social Science PhD: Supervisors responses. Oxford Review of Education, Volume 21, No 2, pp 195-206 This article analyses the effects of the introduction by the ESRC of a more restrictive time limit for PhD submissions. Its main proposition is that impact of these changes is significant and may well result in the delay of the development of research creativity among doctoral students. Hockey, J. (1996) A Contractual solution to problems in the supervision of PhD supervisors role Cambridge Journal of Education, Volume 21, No 3, pp 359-371 This article outlines some of the problems supervisors encounter, and goes on to suggest as a strategy the negotiation of a written contract between supervisor and student. It also gives a proposed outline for a contract of this kind. Holloway, I. and Walker, J. (2000) Getting a PhD in Health and Social Care. Oxford: Blackwell Howard, Keith. and Sharp, John A. (1983) The Management of a Student Research Project . Aldershot: Gower. Howd, J. (2002) Breath of Life or Kiss of Death? Your voice and your presentation. London: Capriccio Press Huff, A.S. (1999) Writing for Scholarly Publication. London: Sage. Kember, D. Integrating Part-time Study with Family, Work and Social Obligations Studies in Higher Education Vol 24 Number 1, 1999

Leonard, Diana (2001) A Womans Guide to Doctoral Studies. Buckingham: Open University Press Lewis, Vicky and Habershaw, Sue (1997) Interesting Ways to Supervise Student Projects, Dissertations and Theses. Bristol: Technical and Educational Services Locke, Lawrence F., Spirduso, Waneen W. and Silverman, Stephen J. (1993) Proposals that Work. Newbury Park, Ca.: Sage Publications. Madsen, D. (1983) Successful Dissertations and Theses. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Marshall, Stephen and Green (2005) Your PhD Companion. London: How to Books Mauch, J E and Birch J W (1999) Guide to the Successful Thesis and Dissertation: A Handbook for students and Faculty: (4th Ed) New York: Marcel Dekker McNamara, D. and Harris, R (1997) Overseas Students in Higher Education: London: Routledge Medical Research Council (MRC) Series on Research Ethics and Research Practice in Medicine

Modern Humanities Research Association (MHRA), 1996, MHRA Style Book: Notes for authors, editors and writers of theses, London, Available from WS Maney & Son Ltd, Hudson Road, Leeds, LS9 7DL Modern Humanities Research Association. (1991) MHRA Style Book 4th ed. London: MHRA. Murray, Rowena (1999) The Viva (video), Centre for Academic Practice, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Murray, Rowena (1999) Thesis Writing (video), Centre for Academic Practice, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Murray, Rowena (1999) Research Supervision (video), Centre for Academic Practice, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Murray, Rowena (2006) How to write a thesis. 2nd edn Maidenhead: Open University Press. Murray, Rowena (2003) How to survive your viva. Maidenhead: Open University Press Murray, Rowena (2005) Writing for Academic Journals Maidenhead: Open University Press Murray, Rowena (2006) The Handbook of Academic Writing Maidenhead: Open University Press Okorocha E,. (2000) Supervising International Research Students., Series Editor Pat Cryer SRHE Guides on Postgraduate Issues, ISBN 0 946 376 01 8 Pearce, L. (2005) How to Examine a Thesis. Maidenhead: Open University Press Peck, J. and Coyle, M. (1999) The Students Guide to Writing. Basingstoke: Palgrave Peters, R. (1992) Getting What You Came For - the smart students guide to earning a Masters or a PhD. New York: Noonday Press. Phillips, Estelle M. and Pugh, D.S. (2005) How to Get a Ph.D..4th ed. Maidenhead: Open University Press. Plomin, Joe (2001) Bio logical: if dons are to take PhD supervision seriously, they will need training and incentives The Guardian 23 October 2001 (Copies also available from John Wakeford, below) Quality Assurance Agency (2004) Code of Practice for the Assurance of Academic Quality and Standards in Higher Education: Postgraduate Research Programmes. Gloucester: QAA Remeni, D. and Money, A. (2004) Research Supervision for Supervisors and Students Academic conferences.org Richardson, L. (1990) Writing Strategies. Newbury Park, Ca.: Sage Publications Robinson-Pant, Anna (2005) Cross-cultural perspectives in Educational Research Maidenhead: Open University Press Rose, J. (2001) The Mature Students Guide to Writing. Basingstoke: Palgrave

Rudestam, Kjell E. and Newton, Rae R. (1992) Surviving Your Dissertation. Newbury Park, Ca.: Sage Publications. Rugg, Gordon and Petre, Marian (2004) The Unwritten Rules of PhD Research. Maidenhead: Open University Press Ryan, Yoni and Zuba-Skerritt, Ortua (1998) Supervising Postgraduates for Non-English Speaking Backgrounds. Open University Press Salmon, Phillida. (1992) Achieving a PhD - ten students' experience. Stoke-on-Trent: Trentham Books. Scott, Brown, Lunt and Thorne (2004) Professional Doctorates. Maidenhead: Open University Press Smith A & Gilby J,. (2000) Supervising Students on Industrial-based Projects, Series Editor Pat Cryer SRHE Guides on Postgraduate Issues, ISBN 0 946 376 04 2 Taylor, S. and Beasley, N. (2004) A Handbook for Doctoral Supervisors. Abingdon: Routledge Falmer Tinkler Penny and Jackson Carolyn, (2000) Examining the Doctorate: institutional policy and the PhD examination process in Britain, Studies in Higher Education, Volume 25, No 2, pp 167 180 Tinkler Penny and Jackson Carolyn, (2004) The Doctor Examination Process: A handbook for students, examiners and supervisors. SRHE/Open University Press Truss, L. (2003) Eats shoots and leaves London: Profile Books Turabian, Kate L. (1996) A Manual for Writers of Research Papers Theses and Dissertations. 6th edn London, Heinemann. Turner, B A, (1989) The Way of the Thesis, London, Capriccio Press Watson, George. (1987) Writing a Thesis: a guide for long essays and dissertations. London: Longman. Wakeford, J, (2001) Nowhere to turn (accounts by unsuccessful PhD students). The Guardian September 25 2001 (and at www.educationunlimited.co.uk) Wakeford, J, (2002) What goalposts? (PhD students experience of examination). The Guardian September 17 2002 (and at www.educatiounlimited.co.uk) Wakeford, J. (2003) Hard Lessons (unhappy international PhD students). The Guardian September 9 2003 (and at www.educationunlimited.co.uk) Wakeford, J. (2004) The Missing Links (accounts of shoddy supervision). The Guardian March 16 2004 (and at www.educationunlimited.co.uk) Wallace, Andrew, Schirato T and Bright P (1999) Beginning University: Thinking, researching and writing for success, Allen & Unwin Study Guides, autumn 1999 Warner D and Palfreyman D, "Managing International Students: Recruitment to Graduation". Whale, J. (1984) Put it in Writing. London: Dent. Winfield, G. (1987) Report on the Social Science PhD, The ESRC Enquiry on Submission Rates. London: ESRC. Winter, R., Buck, A. and Sobiechowska, P. (1999) Professional Experience and the Investigative Imagination: the art of Reflective Writing. London: Routledge. Wisker, G. (2001) The Postgraduate Research Handbook. Basingstoke: Palgrave Wisker, G. (2004) The Good Supervisor. Basingstoke: Palgrave Wolf, M. (1992) A Thrice Told Tale: Feminism, Postmodernism and Ethnographic Responsibility. Stanford, Ca.: Stanford University Press. Woodwark, J. (1992) How to run a Paper Mill. Winchester, UK: Information Geometers. Young, K., Fogarty, M.P. and McRae, S. (1987) The Management of Doctoral Studies in the Social Sciences,

London: Policy Studies Institute. Young, T.L. (2000) Successful Project Management. London: Kogan Page See also Open University 1998 Doing Academic Research U500 (revised edition in preparation) www.premia.ac.uk an innovative website for disabled postgraduate students and their supervisors www.theses.com for details of all recent PhD theses www.iah.bbsrc.ac.uk/supervisor_training www.npc.org.uk www.freewebs.com/a_handbook_for_doctoral_supervisors

John Wakeford, Missenden Centre for Higher Education, Great Missenden, Bucks HP16 0BD, UK Tel: + 44 (0) 1494 866811 Fax: + 44 1494 866508 Email: john@missendencentre.co.uk or john@doctordoctorate.org Web: www.johnwakeford.com www.missendencentre.co.uk