Here is a list of the best Political Science books, some I have read myself, some that I did research on, and all have great reviews!
- Writing a Research Paper in Political Science: A Practical Guide to Inquiry, Structure, and Methods (2015)
- Political Science: A Comparative Introduction (Comparative Government and Politics) (2017)
- The 48 Laws of Power (2000)
- What You Should Know About Politics . . . But Don’t: A Nonpartisan Guide to the Issues That Matter (2016)
- The Oxford Handbook of Political Science (Oxford Handbooks) (2011)
- The Politics Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained (2018)
- Political Science : An Introduction (2017)
- Why Politics Matters: An Introduction to Political Science (with CourseReader 0-60: Introduction to Political Science Printed Access Card) (New 1st Editions in Political Science) (2012)
- The Political Theory of the American Founding: Natural Rights, Public Policy, And The Moral Conditions Of Freedom (2017)
- Working with Political Science Research Methods: Problems and Exercises (2019)
Writing a Research Paper in Political Science: A Practical Guide to Inquiry, Structure, and Methods (2015)
In Writing a Research Paper in Political Science, author Lisa Baglione breaks down the research paper into its constituent parts and shows students precisely how to complete each component. The author provides encouragement at each stage and faces pitfalls head on, giving advice and examples so that students move through each task successfully.
Political Science: A Comparative Introduction (Comparative Government and Politics) (2017)
Long established as the leading text in the field, the new edition has been comprehensively updated and rewritten. Accessible, student-friendly and truly international in its coverage, this edition includes more on authoritarian states as well as a much wider variety of country studies more generally.
The 48 Laws of Power (2000)
In the book that People magazine proclaimed “beguiling” and “fascinating,” Robert Greene and Joost Elffers have distilled three thousand years of the history of power into 48 essential laws by drawing from the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, and Carl Von Clausewitz and also from the lives of figures ranging from Henry Kissinger to P.T. Barnum.
What You Should Know About Politics . . . But Don’t: A Nonpartisan Guide to the Issues That Matter (2016)
Jobs, health care, energy, civil literties, and more more are on the ballot again. In a world of sound bites, deliberate misinformation, and a political scene colored by the blue versus red partisan divide, how does the average educated American find a reliable source that’s free of political spin?
The Oxford Handbook of Political Science (Oxford Handbooks) (2011)
Drawing on the rich resources of the ten-volume series of The Oxford Handbooks of Political Science, this one-volume distillation provides a comprehensive overview of all the main branches of contemporary political science: political theory; political institutions; political behavior; comparative politics; international rela…
The Politics Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained (2018)
From ancient and medieval philosophers such as Confucius and Thomas Aquinas, to revolutionary thought leaders such as Thomas Jefferson and Leon Trotsky, to the voices who have shaped modern politics today — Mao Zedong, Malcolm X, Che Guevara, and more — The Politics Book clearly and simply explains more than 100 groundbreaking ideas in the history of political thought.
Political Science : An Introduction (2017)
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Why Politics Matters: An Introduction to Political Science (with CourseReader 0-60: Introduction to Political Science Printed Access Card) (New 1st Editions in Political Science) (2012)
WHY POLITICS MATTERS: AN INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE is a full-color, accessible introduction to Political Science. Organized evenly around the major divisions within Political Science: Theory, American Government, Comparative Politics, and International Relations, WHY POLITICS MATTERS follows a foundational approach to learning and gives students a “big picture” of the field.
The Political Theory of the American Founding: Natural Rights, Public Policy, And The Moral Conditions Of Freedom (2017)
This book provides a complete overview of the American Founders’ political theory, covering natural rights, natural law, state of nature, social compact, consent, and the policy implications of these ideas.
Working with Political Science Research Methods: Problems and Exercises (2019)
Practice makes perfect. This new, Fifth Edition of Working with Political Science Research Methods continues to support student learning by offering the perfect opportunity to practice each of the methods presented in the core text. Designed to be paired with the Political Science Research Methods 9th edition chapter-for-chapter, the workbook breaks out each aspect of the research process into manageable parts and features new exercises and updated data sets.
Best Political Science Books Reviewed & Ranked
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Refounding political governance : the metaphysics of public administration
Author(s): Bruce Cutting; Alexander Kouzmin
ID: 1175876, Publisher: Bentham Science Publishers, Year: [2011], Size: 2 Mb, Format: pdf
‘Travelling fear’ in global context: Exploring everyday dynamics of in/security and im/mobility
Author(s): Aydan Greatrick; Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh
ID: 2318872, Publisher: The London School of Economics and Political Science: LSE Research Online, Year: May 9, 2017, Size: 272 Kb, Format: pdf
Sex, Power, and Partisanship : How Evolutionary Science Makes Sense of Our Political Divide
Author(s): Hector A. Garcia
ID: 2325306, Publisher: Prometheus Books, Year: 5 Feb 2019, Size: 684 Kb, Format: epub
Please note that this booklist is not definite. Some books are absolutely record-breakers according to Washington Post, others are drafted by unknown authors. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant resources you could recommend? Drop a comment if you have any feedback on the list.