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Junior level

Environmental Economics SPI 306 (fa26)

  • Economics & the Environment by Goodstein & Polasky

Authoritarianism SPI 358 (fa26)

  • The Republic by Plato
  • Histories by Herodotus
  • The Politics by Aristotle

Critical Perspectives in Global Health Policy SPI 380 (fa26)

  • Reimagining Global Health: An Intro. by Farmer et al.
  • Textbook of Global Health by Birn et al.

Causes of War SPI 388 (fa26)

  • Immanuel Kant: Perpetual Peace & Other Essays
  • Hitler’s World View: A Blueprint for Power by Eberhard Jackel
  • On the Origins of War: And the Preservation of Peace by Donald Kagan
  • Why I Write by George Orwell
  • The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
  • ✔️ The Guns of August: The Outbreak of World War I by Barbara W. Tuchman (my highlights)
  • Man, the State & War: A Theoretical Analysis by Kenneth N. Waltz

Senior level

The Critical Role of State Courts in Our Federal System SPI 410 (fa26)

  • The State & Federal Courts: A Complete Guide to History, Powers & Controversy by Christopher P. Banks
  • 51 Imperfect Solutions: States & the Making of American Constitutional Law by Jeffrey S. Sutton
  • Who Decides?: States as Laboratories of Constitutional Experimentation by Jeffrey S. Sutton

Graduate level

International Politics SPI 541 (fa26)

  • International Politics: Enduring Concepts & Contemporary Issues by Art et al.
  • A World Safe for Democracy: Liberal Internationalism & the Crises of Global Order by G. John Ikenberry
  • Intro. to International Relations: Perspectives, Connections & Enduring Questions by Joseph Grieco

The Comparative Political Economy of Development SPI 561 (fa26)

  • The State & Capitalism in China by Pearson et al.
  • Region of Regimes: Prosperity & Plunder in the Asia-Pacific by T.J. Pempel
  • Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World: A New Economics for the Middle Class, the Global Poor & Our Climate by Dani Rodrik
  • The Political Economy of Latin America by Peter Kingstone
  • Democracy & Inequality in India: Political Economy of a Troubled Giant by Kohli & Murali

Implementing Change in the US Health Care System SPI 591E (fa26)

  • The Ten Year War: Obamacare & the Unfinished Crusade for Universal Coverage by Jonathan Cohn

Land Use Policy & Planning SPI 593C (fa26)

  • This Land: The Battle over Sprawl & the Future of America by Anthony Flint

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