Political Science Resources: Books

The 6th edition of Andrew Heywood's best-selling undergraduate textbook provides a clear and accessible introduction to the political creeds and doctrines that have dominated and shaped politics around the world.

Focusing on 12 high-profile contemporary social and political case studies, both domestic and global, this text shows how political theory illuminates and helps makes sense of important debates in public life.

This highly readable text will provide students with the conceptual foundation they need to make sense of the rapidly changing and increasingly important field of political psychology.

This exciting and authoritative introduction to comparative politics provides a range of perspectives, methods, and theories at the heart of political systems around the world.

In this philosophical analysis of Marx's never-before translated German notes on Machiavelli, Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Lewis Henry Morgan, Norman Fischer points to a strain of Marxist ethics that may only be understood in the context of the great works of Western political theory and philosophy particularly those that emphasize the republican value of public spiritedness, the communitarian value of solidarity, and the liberal values of liberty and equality.

Global Democratic Theory is the first comprehensive introduction to the changing contours of democracy in today's hyperconnected world.

In Levels of Argument, Dominic Scott compares the Republic and Nicomachean Ethics from a methodological perspective.

This collection of original essays explores the connections between monarchy and colonialism, from the old regime empires down to the Commonwealth of today.

This text analyzes the evolution of religious political violence, in both historical and contemporary perspectives.

In Ours by Every Law of Right and Justice, Sarah Carter challenges the myth that grateful male legislators simply handed women the vote when it was asked for. Settler suffragists worked long and hard to overcome obstacles and persuade doubters. But even as they petitioned for the vote for their sisters, they often approved of that same right being denied to "foreigners" and Indigenous peoples.

In A Quiet Evolution, Christopher Alcantara and Jen Nelles look closely at hundreds of agreements from across Canada and at four case studies drawn from Ontario, Quebec, and Yukon Territory to explore relationships between Indigenous and local governments.

After years of negotiation, the territory of Nunavut was established in Canada's Eastern and Central Arctic on April 1, 1999. Made in Nunavut provides the first behind-the-scenes account of the planning that led to this remarkable achievement.

Whipped examines the hidden ways that political parties exert control over elected members of legislatures.

Big Data Surveillance and Security Intelligence reveals the profound shift to "big data" practices that security agencies have made in recent years, as the increasing volume of information challenges traditional ways of gathering intelligence.

This book offers the first comprehensive survey of current thinking on the philosophical foundations of human rights.

This multi-disciplinary book addresses the ever-expanding notion of human rights within the 21st century.

How can universal human rights be reconciled with respect for wide cultural differences? This textbook introduces the core issues for students and addresses them through an interdisciplinary analysis of key case studies.

Human Rights: A Primer breaks new ground in clarifying for undergraduates the international significance of human rights.