The following list represents suggested readings in support of the various courses offered at the undergraduate and graduate levels in this discipline. Books as well as periodicals are identified and provide a general overview of the topics in this subject area. The list is not meant to be comprehensive nor are all the items available either in-print or in one specific library or collection. The list, however, is meant to be a starting point for research and further information.

-----. Political Handbook of the World.

__________. The Japanese Challenge.

Almond, Gabriel, and G. Bingham Powell, Jr. Comparative Politics Today . (Chapter 16: "Politics in Africa .") 5th edition. Harper Collins, 1992.

Art, Robert J., and Robert Jervis. International Politics: Enduring Concepts and Contemporary Issues. New York : Harper Collins, 1992.

Banks, Arthur S. et al. Economic Handbook of the World.

Benson, Leonard G. National Purpose: Ideology and Ambivalence in America . Washington , DC : Public Affairs Press, 1963.

Bertsch, Gary K. Comparing Political Systems: Power and Policy in Three Worlds . (Part II: "Power and Policy in the Third World .") 4th edition. Macmillan, 1991.

Bluhm, William. Ideologies and Attitudes: Modern Political Culture . Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1974.

Bonser, Charles F., Eugene B. McGregor, and Clinton V. Oster. American Public Policy Problems: An Introductory Guide. (Prentice Hall, 1999.)

Chandler , Alfred D., Jr. Strategy and Structure . MA: MIT Press, 1962.

Cochran, Clarke E. ed. American Public Policy : An Introduction. 5 th edition. (St Martins Press, 1996.)

Congressional Digest

Dean, Joel. Managerial Economics . NJ: Prentice Hall, 1951.

Diller, Daniel C. " Russia and the Independent States ." Congressional Quarterly , 1993.

Dunn, William N. Public Policy Analysis : An Introduction. 2 nd edition. (Prentice Hall, 1993.)

Dye, Thomas R. Understanding Public Policy . (Prentice Hall, 1998.)

East, Roger. Revolutions in Eastern Europe . Printer Publishers, 1992.

Economist

Esedebe, P. Olisanwuche. Pan-Africanism: The Idea and Movement 1776-1963.

Ewing , David ed. Long-Range Planning for Management . NY: Harper & Row, 1964.

Ferrell, Robert, ed. The Eisenhower Diaries . NY: W.W. Norton, 1987.

Florig, Dennis. The Power of Presidential Ideologies . Westport , CN: Praeger, 1992.

Foreign Affairs

Garner, Fred. V. Profit Management & Control . NY: McGraw Hill, 1955.

Garvey, Gerald. Public Administration: The Profession and the Practice. St. Martin 's Press, Inc., 1998

Haldeman, H.R. The Haldeman Diaries: Inside the Nixon White House. NY: Berkeley Books, 1994.

Hiro, Dilip. Inside India Today.

Johnson, Lyndon. The Vantage Point: Perspective of the Presidency, 1963-1969. NY: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1969.

Keohane, Robert O., and Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Power and Interdependence. 2nd edition. New York : Harper Collins, 1989.

Keynes, John Maynard. Essays in Persuasion.

Kingdon, John W. Agendas, Alternatives and Public Policies . 2 nd edition. (Addison-Wesley Publishers, 1995.)

Laidi, Zaki. Power and Purpose After the Cold War . (trans. Helen McPhail) Oxford : Berg Publishers, 1995.

LeBreton, Preston P. and Dale A. Henning. Planning Theory . NJ: Prentice Hall, 1961.

Lineberry, Robert L. Government in America . 6th edition. Harper Collins, 1994.

Loup, Jacques. Can the Third World Survive?

Macridis, Roy C. Foreign Policy in World Politics . 8th edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1992.

Macridis, Roy C. Modern Political Systems: Europe . 7th edition. Prentice Hall, 1990.

Magstadt, Thomas M. Nations and Governments: Comparative Politics in Regional Perspective . (Part 5: "Asia"; Part 7: " Latin America .") 2nd edition. St. Martin Press, 1994.

Mahler, George S. Comparative Politics: An Institutional and Cross-National Approach . (Chapter 14: "The Mexican Political System.") Prentice Hall, 1992.

Mai, Ludwig H. Men and Ideas in Economics.

Marx and Engles. The Communist Manifesto.

Middle East Journal

National Review

Newsweek

Nye Jr., Joseph S. Understanding International Conflicts: An Introduction to Theory and History. New York : Harper Collins, 1993.

Ott, J. Steven and E. W. Russell. Introduction to Public Administration: A Book of Readings . Longman Publishing Group, 2000

Payne, Bruce. Long-Range Planning . NY: McGraw Hill, 1963.

Penrose, Edith T. The Theory of the Growth of the Firm . NJ: Prentice Hall, 1951.

Radosh, Ronald. The New Cuba : Paradoxes and Potentials.

Rautenstrauch, Walter and Raymond Villers. The Economics of Industrial Management . 2 nd ed. NY: Funk & Wagnals, 1957.

Romano, Richard and Leiman, Melvin. Views on Capitalism.

Schmidt, Steffen W. American Government and Politics Today . 1991 to 1992 edition. West, 1991.

Schnieder, Jerrold. Ideological Coalitions in Congress. Westport, CN: Greenwood Press, 1979.

Scrunton, Roger. A Dictionary of Political Thought.

Shipler, David K. Russia: Broken Idols, Solemn Dreams . (947.08/SHI).

Solomon, Ezra ed. The Management of Corporate Capital . IL: The Free Press, 1959.

Solomon, Ezra ed. The Theory of Financial Management . NY: Columbia University Press, 1963.

Spencer, Milton and Louis Siegelman. Managerial Economics: Decision Making and Forward Planning . IL: Richard D. Irvin, 1962.

Strober, G.S. and D.H. Strober. 'Let Us Begin Anew:' An Oral History of the Kennedy Presidency. NY: HarperCollins, 1993.

Sylvia, Ronald D. and C. Kenneth Meyer. Public Personnel Administration . 2 nd edition, Wadsworth Publishing, 2001

Time

Trotsky, Leon. The History of the Russian Revolution. (947.083/TRO).

U.S. Government. The CIA. The World Factbook. WDC: GPO, 2003.

U.S. News and World Events

Waller, Derek J. The Government and Politics of the People's Republic of China.

Wasserman, Gary. The Basics of American Politics . Harper Collins, 1994.

Waterman, Richard W. The Presidency Reconsidered . F.E. Peacock Publishers, 1993.

Weston, J.F. Managerial Finance . NY: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1962.

Ziegler, David W. War, Peace, and International Politics . 6th edition. New York: Harper Collins, 1993.