Library

The Global Politics Library is the working library of the Torino World Affairs Institute, specializing in the history, politics, economics and society of modern China, India and Indonesia, as well as in the international relations of the Indo-Pacific region, and security studies with a focus on non-state actors. The Library’s policy of acquisitions focuses primarily on scientific journals to complement the rich collections available in the multiple libraries of the city of Torino, and especially, its University.

The Global Politics Library online catalogue may be accessed through the box on the right. Here follow information on admissions, operating hours, loans and consultation, services and facilities.

Admissions

Access is granted to current Library Members for the purpose of individual research. Upon request, users are required to provide evidence of identification and membership status.

First time user?

Please be ready to sign on to the Library regulations and formally join the Library as a Member. A photocopy of your ID card and your current email address will be necessary for the Institute’s records. Library membership is free and entitles users to access all materials available in the catalogue, as well as to receive updates on the Institute’s activities and invitations to events relating to the Areas of Research of specific interest. Library Members must be at least 18 years of age.

Loans, Services and Facilities

The Global Politics Library does not currently allow for open-shelf consultation. Users are thus asked to consult the online catalogue in advance of their visit so as to ask the Library assistant for the desired item(s) in detailed fashion. Alternatively, they can take advantage of the free wifi made available to individual researchers in T.wai’s study area and check the catalogue on their laptop or other mobile devices.

Library Members are welcome to take advantage of the T.wai study area, which is open during normal Library opening hours. Absolute silence is to be observed at all times.

Up to three books at a time may be taken on loan by Library Members, each of which for a maximum of one week. Loans may not be extended under any circumstances. Users failing to return books taken on loan by the set deadline will be barred from borrowing for three months; repeated breaches of this policy may cause Library Members to lose their status permanently.

Users are welcome to consult any journal to which the Institute subscribes; this may be done in the study area. Journals may not be taken on loan.

T.wai is pleased to offer a photocopying facility in cooperation with the Centro Einaudi research centre, located in the same premises as T.wai. Limited to non-for-loan materials only, Library users may make photocopies in accordance with current Italian laws and regulations on copyright protection.

Opening Hours

Library services are available to Library Members on the following days:

- Monday: 9.30 – 12 am
- Wednesday: 2.30 – 5 pm
- Friday: 9.30 – 12 am

Opening hours may differ on public holidays. At those times, if unsure, please contact the Library before visiting T.wai’s premises.

Enquiries

All enquiries may be addressed to info@twai.it. Library staff aims to reply to all messages within 48 hours.

Feedback

The Library encourages feedback from all Library Members as a way to monitor the quality of the service we offer. T.wai takes any recommendation and feedback very seriously and is committed to resolving any problems and concerns within its means in the most timely manner possible. Please address your comments to info@twai.it or ask for a feedback form upon your next visit to the Library.


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Partners

  • The Compagnia di San Paolo was founded in Torino in 1563 as a charitable brotherhood and it is now one of Europe’s most important private foundations. The Compagnia participates in society’s activities by pursuing ends that are of public interest and social utility, with the aim of favoring civil, cultural, and economic development in the community in which it is active.

  • The Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) was founded in 1965 on the initiative of Altiero Spinelli. The IAI's main objective is to promote an understanding of the problems of international politics through studies, research, meetings and publications, with the aim of increasing the opportunities of all countries to move in the direction of supranational organization, democratic freedom and social justice.

  • SIPRI is an independent international institute dedicated to research into conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament. Established in 1966, SIPRI provides data, analysis and recommendations, based on open sources, to policymakers, researchers, media and the interested public.

  • The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies supports research, teaching and outreach activities that advance international studies at Cornell, in order to contribute to our knowledge of the world. The Center is committed to multi-disciplinary and collaborative research, teaching and outreach promoting cross-cultural and cross-national understanding.

  • The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) is a non-partisan American public policy and grantmaking institution dedicated to promoting transatlantic cooperation. GMF supports individuals and institutions working in the transatlantic sphere, convenes leaders of the policy and business communities, contributes research and analysis, and provides exchange opportunities.

  • The Centre Marocain des Sciences Sociales (CM2S), based in Casablanca, is an autonomous research association, aimed at engendering institutional research questions about social change and transformation. Up to present, the main research topics have concerned urban anthropology, historical sociology, migrations, electoral processes and entrepreneurship.

  • The Fonds d’analyse des sociétés politiques, created in 2003 by researchers at the French CNRS, is an autonomous research association. It aims at contributing to a better understanding of political societies, through an approach of historical sociology of politics and economics, by comparing the thematic fields of ‘world governance’ with the concrete historical situations to which they are applicable.

  • The Department of Political Studies of the University of Torino was established in 1982. Research themes range from the theoretical and historical reflection on the development of ideas and political doctrines, to the comparative analysis of political systems and democratic forms in contemporary societies, in a scenario of globalization and changing international relations.

  • The School of Political Science, University of Torino is among Italy's top training centers for students, professionals and military personnel in the fields of political science, international relations, economics, law, sociology and foreign languages. Established in the second half of the XX century, it counts Norberto Bobbio among its founding fathers.

  • The East Asian Institute (EAI) is an autonomous research organization of the National University of Singapore. Its main mission is to promote academic and policy-oriented research on East Asian development, particularly the political, economic and social development of contemporary China (including Hong Kong and Taiwan), and China's growing economic relations with the region and the world.

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