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AP Comparative
Government & Politics
Course Materials
Study Guides, Notes, and Worksheets
Required Texts
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Introduction to Comparative Politics (8th edition) by Mark Kesselman et al
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Essentials of Comparative Politics (6th edition) by Patrick H. O'Neil
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Cases in Comparative Politics (6th edition) by Patrick H. O'Neil
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AP Comparative Government And Politics: An Essential Coursebook (7th edition) by Ethel Wood
Data Sets
Supplemental Readings
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Fenby, Jonathan. Modern China: The Fall And Rise Of A Great Power 1850 To The Present
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Sargent, Lyman Tower. Contemporary Political Ideologies: A Comparative Analysis
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Service, Robert. A History Of Modern Russia: From Tsarism To The Twenty-First Century 3rd Edition
"The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion […] but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do." ~ Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order.
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