Subject Week: “Political Science and European Studies”

Political science is the scientific study of government systems, power dynamics, political behavior, and public policies, examining both the theory and practice of politics from local to international levels.

European Studies is an interdisciplinary academic field focusing on the history, politics, law, economics, and culture of Europe, with a strong emphasis on European integration and the European Union (EU).

Print Books:

1. Acemoglu, D., & Robinson, J. A. (2012). Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty. Crown Business. P65 A28 2012
2. Arendt, H. (2022). On Lying and Politics. (D. Bromwich, Intro.). Library of America. JA79 .A725 2022
3. Azmanova, A. (2012). The Scandal of Reason: A Critical Theory of Political Judgment. Columbia University Press. JA71 .A95 2021
4. Chomsky, N., & Waterstone, M. (2021). Consequences of Capitalism: Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance. Haymarket Books. HB501 .C5363 2021
5. Collins, J. R. (2020). In the Shadow of Leviathan: John Locke and the Politics of Conscience. Cambridge University Press. JC153.L83 C65 2020
6. Crouch, C. (2025). Rethinking Political Identity: Citizens and Parties in Europe. Edward Elgar Publishing. A979 C78 2025
7. Nai, A., & Maier, J. (2024). Dark Politics: The Personality of Politicians and the Future of Democracy. Oxford University Press. 5 .N35 2024
8. Piketty, T. (2021). Time for Socialism: Dispatches from a World on Fire, 2016-2021 (K. Couper, Trans.). Yale University Press. HC59.3 .P55513 2021
9. Runciman, D. (2024). The History of Ideas: Equality, Justice and Revolution. Profile Books Ltd. I3 R8 2025
10. Williams, D. L. (2024). The Greatest of all Plagues: How Economic Inequality Shaped Political Thought from Plato to Marx. Princeton University Press. HB523 .W55 2024

When off campus, please enter your credentials to access e-books.

E-books:

1. Ahrens, P., Elomäki, A., & Kantola, J. (Eds.). (2022). European Parliament’s Political Groups in Turbulent Times. Springer International Publishing AG. ProQuest.
2. Bakardjieva, E. A., Ekman, P., Michalski, A., & Oxelheim, L. (Eds.). (2024). The Borders of the European Union in a Conflictual World : Interdisciplinary European Studies. Palgrave Macmillan. ProQuest.
3. Cole, M. B. (2025). Fear the Future: Dystopia and Political Imagination in the Twentieth Century. University of Michigan Press. JSTOR.
4. Ferrara, F. (2022). The Development of Political Institutions: Power, Legitimacy, Democracy. University of Michigan Press. JSTOR.
5. Hobbes, T. & Schuhmann, K. & Rogers, G. (2005). Leviathan. Thoemmes Continuum. EBSCOhost.
6. Kavaliauskas, T. (Ed.). (2020). Europe Thirty Years after 1989 : Transformations of Values, Memory, and Identity. BRILL. ProQuest.
7. Machiavelli, N. W. K. (2008). The Prince. The Floating Press. EBSCOhost.
8. Plato (2018). The Republic. Floating Press, The. ProQuest.
9. Rousseau, J. (2017). The Social Contract. EBSCOhost.
10. Welch, M. (2022). The Bastille Effect: Transforming Sites of Political Imprisonment. University of California Press. JSTOR.