AP Comparative Government
Mr. Klein
Ancillary Readings Unit 1
Introduction to Comparative Politics
This folder contain the following ancillary readings
1. AP Comparative Government Course Overview and Outline.
2. AP Comparative Government and Politics: The Course and Substantive Topics (The College Board, 2005.)
3. AP Comparative Government Current Events Booklet Assignment
4. AP Comparative Government Comparison Chart
5. A Study Guide for Unit 1 Exam
6. AP Comparative Government Glossary for the Structural-Functional Approach
7. Palmer, Monte. “Conflict and Cooperation: The Two Faces of Politics” in Comparative Politics(Wadsworth, 2006).
8. Palmer, Monte. “Systems Analysis, etc.” in Comparative Politics. (F.E. Peacock, 1997)
9. Almond, Gabriel and G. Bingham Powell. “Comparing Political Systems” in Comparative Politics
Today (Pearson, 2000).
10. Palmer, Monte. “The Structures of Government” in Comparative Politics. (Wadsworth, 2006).
11. McCormick, John. “What is Comparative Politics? in Comparative Politics in Transition. (ThomsonWadsworth, 2004).
12. Krain, Matthew. Briefing Paper: Globalization (College Board, 2005).
13. Powell, G. Bingham and Eleanor Powell. Briefing Paper: Democratization. (College Board, 2005).
14. Anticipation Reading Guide for “What Democracy Is…and Is Not.”
15. Schmitter, Philliipe and Terry Lynn Karl “What Democracy Is…and Is Not.” Journal of Democracy.
1991.
16. Zakaria, Fareed. “The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad.” in
Kesselman, et al. Readings in Comparative Government. (Houghton Mifflin, 2007).
17. Carothers, Thomas. “The End of the Transition Paradigm.” in Kesselman, et al. Readings in
Comparative Government. (Houghton Mifflin, 2007).
18. Brooks, David. “From Parking Tickets to Terrorism, Culture is the Key.” in The National Post. 8-162006.
19. Khanna, Parag. “Waving Goodbye to Hegemony.” New York Times, January 27, 2008
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