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Introduction to Political Science

Suggested Readings

Introduction to Political ScienceSuggested Readings

Suggested Readings

Chase-Dunn, Christopher, and Marilyn Grell-Brisk. “World-System Theory.” In International Relations, by Christopher Chase-Dunn and Marilyn Grell-Brisk. Oxford University Press, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1093/obo/9780199743292-0272.

Classic Readings and Contemporary Debates in International Relations. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2006.

Dunne, Timothy. “The Social Construction of International Society.” European Journal of International Relations 1, no. 3 (1995): 367–89.

Finnemore, Martha, and Kathryn Sikkink. “International Norm Dynamics and Political Change.” International Organization 52, no. 4 (1998): 887–917.

Griffiths, Martin. “International Relations Theory for the Twenty-First Century: An Introduction.” In Marxism, edited by Mark Rupert, 35–46. London: Routledge, 2007.

Keohane, Robert O., and Joseph Nye. Power and Interdependence. New York: Longman, 2011.

Lebow, Richard Ned. A Cultural Theory of International Relations. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Moravcsik, Andrew. “Taking Preferences Seriously: A Liberal Theory of International Relations.” International Organization 51, no. 4 (September 1997): 513–53.

Putnam, Robert D. “Diplomacy and Domestic Politics: The Logic of Two-Level Games.” International Organization 42, no. 3 (June 1988): 427–60.

Robinson, William I. A Theory of Global Capitalism: Production, Class, and State in a Transnational World. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004.

Thompson, Kenneth W. “Collective Security Reexamined.” American Political Science Review 47, no. 3 (September 1953): 753–72.

Tickner, J. Ann. Gender in International Relations: Feminist Perspectives on Achieving Global Security. New York: Columbia University Press, 1992.

Wendt, Alexander, “Anarchy is what States Make of it: The Social Construction of Power Politics” International Organization 46, no. 2 (Spring 1992): 391-425.

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