Top 10 Books for Political Science Majors

Dr. Maiden here with my FIRST office hours video since the pandemic started. I'm bringing you some requested content in the form of my top 10 list of books all political science majors should read. Here's a list of the books I mention: 1. Designing Social Inquiry (King, Keohane, and Verba, 1994) 2. Guide to Methods for Students of Political Science (Stephen Van Evera, 1997) 3. Utopia (Thomas More, 1516) 4. 1984 (George Orwell, 1949) 5. The Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, 1848) 6. The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It (Paul Collier, 2007) 7. Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty (Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson, 2012) 8. Contentious Politics (Charles Tilly and Sidney Tarrow, 2006) 9. The Logic of Collective Action (Mancur Olson, 1967) 10. One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Our Democracy (Carol Anderson, 2018) Related Videos: Top 10 Books in African Politics:    • Top TEN Books in African Politics   Should I Major in Poli Sci:    • Should I Major in Political Science?   4 Parts of a PhD Program:    • 4 Parts of a PhD Program (Political Science)