BA International Relations: Core Textbooks

International Relations & Political Science : Core Textbooks

Lower Division Courses

PLT150 Introduction to Politics and Government

• Heywood, A. (2007). Political Ideologies: An Introduction, (4th ed.), Palgrave MacMillan


• Heywood, A. (2007). Politics, (3rd ed.), Palgrave

PLT202 Comparative Political Systems

• Hague, R. and M. Harrop (2007). Comparative Government and Politics, (5th ed.), Palgrave MacMillan

INR203 Introduction to International Relations

• Baylis, J., S. Smith and P. Owens (2011). The Globalization of World Politics, (5th ed.), Oxford

PLT/SCL206 Rich World/Poor World

• Burnell, P., V. Randall and L. Rakner (eds.) (2010). Politics in the Developing World, (3rd ed.), Oxford

INR210 The Evolution of International Systems

• Watson, A. (2009). Evolutions of International Systems, (2nd ed.), Routledge

PLT222 Major Political Thinkers

• Adams, Ian and R.W. Dyson (2007). Fifty Major Political Thinkers, (2nd ed.), Oxon: Routledge

Upper Division Courses

PLT301 British Politics: Inside Parliament

• Budge, I., D. McKay, K. Newton and J. Bartle (2007). The New British Politics, (4th ed.), London: Longman


• Dunleavy, P., C. Hay, R. Heffernan and P. Cowley (2006). Developments in British Politics, 8, Palgrave Macmillan

INR303 Conflict and Peace Studies

• Ramsbotham, O. et al (2005). Contemporary Conflict Resolution, 2nd ed., Polity


• Fouskas, V. (ed.) (2010). The Politics of Conflict, Routledge


• Nye, J. (2005). Understanding International Conflicts, 5th ed., Pearson

INR306 Human Rights

• Donnelly, J. (2006). International Human Rights: Dilemmas in World Politics, Westview Press

PLT308 Political Sociology

PLT309 Citizenship: National and Global

• No Textbook Used

INR310 Globalization: Power, Networks and Identity in the New World Order

• Scholte, J. A. (2005). Globalization: A Critical Introduction, (2nd ed.), Palgrave.


• Frank J. Lechner & John Boli (2007). The Globalization Reader, (3rd ed.), Blackwell

PLT312 Global Development Politics

• No Textbook Used

PLT320 Politics of Environmentalism

• Carter, N. (2007). The Politics of the Environment, (2nd ed.), Cambridge


• Dobson, A. (2007). Green Political Thought, (4th ed.), Routledge

INR317 Global Governance

• Karns, M. and K. Mingst (2010). International Organizations: The Politics and Processes of Global Governance, 2nd ed., Rienner

PLT/HST324 Politics of the Middle East

• Schwedler, J. and D. Gerner (eds.) (2008). Understanding the Contemporary Middle East, Lynne Rienner


• Lockman, Z. (2004). Contending Visions of the Middle East: The History and Politics of Orientalism, Cambridge University Press

INR328 Security Studies

• Williams, P. (ed) (2008). Security Studies: An Introduction, Routledge

INR330 Diplomatic Studies

• Barston, R.P. (2006). Modern Diplomacy, 3rd ed., Longman


• Berridge, G.R. (2010). Diplomacy: Theory and Practice, 4th ed., Palgrave


• Roberts, I. (ed.) (2009). Satow's Diplomatic Practice, 6th ed., Oxford

PLT331 Ethnicity and Identity

PLT332 Islam and the West

PLT350 Political Economy

• Stilwell, F. (2006). Political Economy: The Contest of Economic Ideas, (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press


• Heilbroner, R. (1999). The Worldly Philosophers, (Revised 7th ed.), Penguin

PLT352 American Politics

• McKay, D. (2005). American Politics and Society, Oxford: Blackwell

INR358 Public International Law

• Cali, B. (ed.) (2010). International Law for International Relations, Oxford University Press, Oxford

PLT359 The European Union in the New International System

• Cini, M. (2007). European Union Politics, (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press


• Bache, I. and S. George (2006). Politics in the European Union, (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press

INR360 Miracle to Meltdown: East and South-East Asia

• Beeson, M. (2007). Regionalism & Globalization in East Asia, Palgrave MacMillan

PLT362 Policy Making in the Globalized World

• Hill, M. (2005). The Public Policy Process, London: Prentice Hall

PLT364 Religion, Identity, and Power

PLT380 Democracy: Theory and Practice

• Grugel, J. (2002). Democratization: A Critical Introduction, Palgrave Macmillan


• Held, D. (2006). Models of Democracy, (3rd ed.), Cambridge: Polity Press

PLT382 Politics of sub-Saharan Africa

• Thomson, A. (2010). An Introduction to African Politics, (3rd ed.), Routledge

PLT384 Modern China

• Gray, J. (2003). Rebellions and Revolutions: China from the 1800s to 2000, (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press


• Fenby, J. (2009). The Penguin History of Modern China, Penguin

INR390 Foreign Policy Analysis

• Hudson, V. (2007). Foreign Policy Analysis: Classic and Contemporary Theory, New York: Rowman and Littlefield

PLT391 Russian Politics

• Kenez, P. (2006). A History of the Soviet Union from the Beginning to the End, (2nd. ed.), Cambridge

INR392 American Foreign Policy

• Cameron, F. (2005). US Foreign Policy After The Cold War (2nd ed.) Routledge


• Rothkopf, D. (2005). Running the World, New York: Public Affairs

PLT396 The American Presidency

• Lowi, T. J. et al (2006). American Government Brief, Power and Purpose, Norton

PLT401 Political Theory and Concepts

• No Textbook Used

INR420 International Relations Theory

• Dunne, T., M. Kurki and S. Smith (eds.) (2010). International Relations Theories – Discipline and Diversity, (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press

INR455 International Political Economy

• O’Brien, R. and N. Williams (2010). Global Political Economy, (3rd ed.), Palgrave MacMillan

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