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Old 10-29-2007, 12:33 AM
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Default Re: University Reading List (politcal books). Any recommended addition

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You're studying political science, right?

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No, its just Politics but with the options of economics, science etc. as modules.

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I would take off all the anarchist stuff too; it's just irrelevant and silly

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There is a core module on Anarchism and my plan is to do my dissertation on a specific element within anarchism.

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but reading Hegel directly is tough.

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Yeah, I will get Singer, Peter, 2001. Hegel: A Very Short Introduction first and see how interesting I find it.

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would suggest, in order of importance:

Growing Public, Peter Lindert (empirical/political economy)
States and Markets (A Primer in Political Economy, Adam Przeworski
Hierarchy in the Forest, Boehm
Evolution of Cooperation, Axelrod
Blank Slate, Pinker

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Thanks, I already have Black State but will look into the others. Will definitely get "Evolution of Cooperation, Axelrod".

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The Federalist Papers
Machiavelli's Discourses
Collected Works of Isaiah Berlin
Maybe the Analects and the writing of Han Fei-tzu?

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Thanks, I have the Federalist Papers on my computer somewhere. Have added Collected Works of Isaiah Berlin.

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The Machinery of Freedom by David Friedman

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