comparative politics reading list- georgetown university（比较政治学的阅读列表-乔治敦大学）.docVIP

Comparative Government Reading List PhD Program Department of Government Georgetown University The syllabi for GOVT 740 constitute a basic reading list for PhD candidates in comparative government. The Field list provided here has two additional purposes. First, it provides an expanded list of some of the essential works in comparative politics. Second, it identifies some key areas in which students may focus their preparation for the comprehensive examinations. No list is exhaustive. It is only a list of essentials—a starting point, not the end point, of serious study at the doctoral level. Section 1 lists texts that offer overviews of the current state of the field. Section 2 consists of fundamental texts—“classics” in the field—for all comparative politics students. Section 3 is divided by major topical specializations. Students are expected to have some familiarity with the items in Section 1, serious knowledge of those in Section 2, and serious knowledge of many of those in Section 3. Additional work on specific regions may be gleaned from the syllabi in region-specific courses offered by the Department of Government, the School of Foreign Service, or other units of the university. In addition, students are expected to keep up with the relevant journal literature in the leading political science journals, as well as journals and electronic media in their specialized areas of research. Some of the major venues for comparative politics research in English are: American Political Science Review Perspectives on Politics Annual Reviews of Political Science World Politics Comparative Politics Comparative Political Studies British Journal of Political Science PS: Political Science and Politics (for research notes and articles on pedagogy) 1. OVERVIEWS OF THE HISTORY, METHODS, AND CURRENT STATE OF THE FIELD Note: Browsing recent issues of the Annual Review of Political Science is an excellent way of keeping abreast of current developments in the field.