Off to the internet!!

Off to the internet!!

1. Lorna Marshall, "!Kung Bushman Bands," Africa. 30 (1960), 325-354.

2. Marshall Sahlins, "Poor Man, Rich Man, Big-Man, Chief: Political Types in Melanesia and Polynesia," Comparative Studies in Society and History. 5 (1963), 285-303.

3. Donald V. Kurtz, "Strategies of Legitimation and the Aztec State," in Frank McGlynn and Arthur Tuden (eds), Anthropological Approaches to Political Behavior. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1991, pp. 146-165.

4. Eugen Weber, Peasants into Frenchmen: The Modernization of Rural France, 1870-1914. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1976, Selections from Chapters 1,6,7,12,15,16,29.

5. Clifford Geertz "The Integrative Revolution: Primordial Sentiments and Civil Politics in the New States," in Geertz (ed). Old Societies and New States: The Quest for Modernity in Asia and Africa, Free Press, 1963, pp. 105-128 and 153-157.

6. Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War, "Pericles' Funeral Oration."

7. John Locke, Second Treatise, Chapter 5, Chapter 7 sections 87-90, Chapter 19 section 222.

8. The Federalist Papers 10, 37 and 51.

9. William G. Bowen and Neil L. Rudenstine, "Race Sensitive Admissions: Back to Basics." Paper adapted from the Chronicle review, February 7, 2003.

10. Douglas Rae, Equalities. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1981, Chapter 1, pp. 1-19.

11. Lani Guinier, "Groups, Representation, and Race Conscious Districting: A Case of the Emperor's Clothes," in The Tyranny of the Majority: Fundamental Fairness in Representative Democracy. New York, Free Press, 1994, pp. 119-156.

12. Edward Shils, "The Virtue of Civil Society." Government and Opposition, 26, (1991), 3-20.

13. Gerhard Lehmbruch, "Consociational Democracy, Class Conflict, and the New Corporatism," pp. 53-61, and excepts from Philippe C. Schmitter, "Modes of Interest Intermediation and Models of Societal Change in Western Europe," pp. 63-68 in Philippe E. Schmitter and Gerhard Lehmbruch (eds), Trends Toward Corporatist Intermediation. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications, 1979.

14. Bruce Russett and Harvey Starr, World Politics, NY: W. H. Freeman, 1995, Chapters 3-4, pp. 46-98.

15. John Gerard Ruggie, "Interests, Identity and American Foreign Policy," in Constructing the World Polity: Essays on International Institutionalization. London: Routledge, 1998, pp. 203-228.

16. Samuel Huntington, "The Clash of Civilizations," Foreign Affairs, 1993, 22-49.

17. Ronald Inglehart and Pippa Norris. "The True Clash of Civilizations ," Foreign Affairs, 2003, 62-70.

18. Thomas Friedman, The Lexus and the Olive Tree, 1999, Chapter 1, pp. 3-24

19. Charles W. Kegley, Jr. and Eugene R. Wittkopf, "The North-South Conflict: Roots and Consequences of Global Inequalities," in World Politics: Trend and Transformation, 5th Edition, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994, pp. 90-130.

20. Neta C. Crawford, "Just War Theory and the US Counterterror War." Perspectives on Politics. 1, 2003, 5-26. PS 101- 4

Off to the library!!

Off to the library!!

1. W. Phillips Shively, Power and Choice: An Introduction to Political Science. 8th ed. NY: McGraw Hill, 2003.

2. Robert J. Spitzer. The Politics of Gun Control. Second Edition. Chatham, NJ: Chatham House, 1998.

3. Jane Mansbridge. Beyond Adversary Democracy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983.

I'm tired of being slow on the uptake... I'ma start learning

DABBLE INTO POLITICAL SCIENCE

note: Among political scientists there is great disagreement about what the field's core questions are and how best to study them. It's typically introduced to through sub-fields (American Politics, Comparative Politics, International Politics, or Political Theory.) I'm going to stretch my muscle-- think analytically about politics, and the different ways of understanding it.

First Let's consider the way people think about politics. Then, how are political organizations constructed. Next let's look at teh citizen vis-a-vis the state. And finish of with a gander at international relationships.

To to that end let's read the New Yourk Times and the local paper every day. Check out some readings from basic college texts and articles, ann of course respond to them here. :-P

Because this is a self-study deal, I hope my blog entries provide a way to formulate thoughts about specific theories, to raise questions, to ask for clarification, and to make connections among ideas presented by smart people.

Wish me luck!!

Fast food joints need to bring back the all-you-can-eat-buffet. It;s not the way I eat, but it;s the way a lot of people luvvvvvvv to eat. It's been a while, so they should bring it back.

Your Darling Scrub.

Today is Lincoln's 200th Birthday...

Pennies everywhere! But what I find interesting is that it's also Darwin's 100th B-day.

I have complicated feelings about Darwin, considering "Origin of the Species" is just shorthand for the real title, "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life."

Favored Races... lawrd.