Course Books - Spring 2005 

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SPP has requested that the University Bookstore order books according to the list below. The purpose of this list is to give students advance information concerning which books professors are very likely to be requiring and recommending for their courses.

International Commerce and Policy (ITRN)
Course Required Books
ITRN 500-001
  • Gilpin, Robert. The Challenge of Global Capitalism: The World Economy in the 21st Century. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2002.
ITRN 602-001
  • Stephen Valdez, An Introduction to Global Financial Markets, Palgrave Macmillan (2003)
  • Joseph Stiglitz, Globalization and its Discontents, W.W.Norton (2002)
ITRN 701-003
  • The Economist Guide to Economic Indicators; ISBN 1-57660-145-5
  • The Economist Numbers Guide; ISBN 1-57660-144-7
ITRN 761-001
  • Dinan, Desmond, Europe Recase: A History of European Union. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2004.
 
Learning, Social and Organizational (LRNG)
Course Required Books
LRNG 762-001
  • Allee, V (2002), The Future of Knowledge: Increasing Prosperity through
    Value Networks, Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, ISBN 0-7506-7591-8
  • Von Krogh, G. Ichijo, K., and Nonaka, I (2000), Enabling Knowledge
    Creation: How to Unlock the Mystery of Tacit Knowledge and Release the
    Power of Innovation, New York, Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-512616-5
  • Wenger, E (1998), Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning, and
    Identity, New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-66363-6
 
Public Policy (PUBP)
Course Required Books
PUBP 501-007
  • Best, Joel (2001), Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from
    the Media, Politicians, and Activists, University of California Press.
  • William Dunn, Public Policy Analysis, paperback edn., Prentice Hall,
    ISBN 0130976393.
  • Templeton, W. (2003) The Economist Guide to Economic Indicators, 5th
    edition , Bloomberg Press, ISBN 1576601455.
PUBP 502-003
  • John W. Kingdon, America the Unusual (St. Martin’s, Worth Publishers, 1999)
    ISBN: 0-312-18971-0. [Paper]
  • Elliott D. Sclar, You Don’t Always Get What You Pay For, Cornell University Press, 2000.
    ISN: 0-8014-8762-5. [Paper]
  • Francis Fukuyama, Statebuilding: Governance and World Order in the 21st Century
    (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2004)
    ISBN: 0-8014-4292-3 [in paper cover, if available]
  • Gabriel A. Almond, et al., Comparative Politics: A Theoretical Framework (NY: Longeman, 2004)
    ISBN: 0-321-08985-5 [paper]
  • William Gormly and Steven Balla, Bureaucracy and Democracy (CQ Press, 2004) ISBN: 1-56802-760-5, in paperback.
PUBP 502-006
  • Gabriel Almond, et. al., Comparative Politics, 4th edition, (New York: Longman, 2004)
  • William Gormley, Jr. and Steven Balla, Bureaucracy and Democracy: Accountability and Performance, (CQ Press, 2004)
  • John Kingdon, America the Unusual, (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1999)
  • Robert O’Brien, et. al., Contesting Global Governance, (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000)
  • John Pelissero, Cities, Politics, and Public Policy: A Comparative Analysis, (Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2003)
  • Elliott Sclar, You Don’t Always Get What You Pay For: The Economics of Privatization, (Ithica, NY: Cornell University Press, 2000)
PUBP 503-001
  • Mann, Jim. 1997. Beijing Jeep: A Case Study of Western Business in China. Boulder: Westview Press
PUBP 601-001
  • "The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It’s Transforming Work Leisure Community and Everyday Life"
    Author: Richard Florida
    Publisher: Basic Books; Reprint edition (December 23, 2003)
    ISBN: 0465024777
PUBP 700-001
  • Eugene Bardach, A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis: The Eightfold Path to More Effective Problem Solving (CQPress (formerly Chatham House), 2004). (paper)
  • Simon Blackburn, Being Good: A Short Introduction to Ethics (Oxford, 2001). (paper)
  • Diana Hacker, A Pocket Manual of Style, 3rd ed. or later (Bedford/St. Martin's, 2000 or later). (paper)
  • Albert O. Hirschman, Exit, Voice and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States (Harvard University Press, 1970). (paper)
  • Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink, Activists without Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics (Cornell University Press, 1998). (paper)
  • Charles E. Lindblom, The Market System: What It Is, How It Works, and What to Make of It (Yale University Press, 2001). (paper)
  • Mancur Olson. Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups
    (Harvard University Press, Paperback Revised edition, 1971 (orig. pub. 1965)). (paper)
  • Deborah Stone, Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision Making, Revised Edition
    (W. W. Norton, 2001). (paper)
  • Giandomenico Majone, Evidence, Argument, & Persuasion in the Policy Process (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1989)
PUBP 700-002/3
  • Eugene Bardach, A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis: The Eightfold Path to More Effective Problem Solving (Chatham House Publishers, 2000.) (paper)
  • Anthony Weston, A Rulebook for Arguments, 3rd ed. (Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Co. 2000).
  • Mancur Olson. Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups(Harvard University Press, Paperback Revised edition, 1971 (orig. pub. 1965).
  • Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink, Activists without Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics (Cornell University Press, 1998). (paper)
  • Charles E. Lindblom, The Market System: What It Is, How It Works, and What to Make of It (Yale University Press, 2001).
  • Albert O. Hirschman, Exit, Voice and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States (Harvard University Press, 1970). (paper)
  • Deborah Stone, Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision Making, Revised Edition(W. W. Norton, 2001). (paper)
  • Simon Blackburn, Being Good: A Short Introduction to Ethics (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.) (paper)
  • Howard Gardner, et al., God Work: When Excellence and Ethics Meet (Basic Books, 2001) (paper)
  • Giandomenico Majone, Argument, & Persuasion in the Policy Process (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1989.)
PUBP 710-005
  • M.H. Merson, R. E. Black, and A. J. Mills: International Public Health. (Aspen Pub. 2001)
  • Elaine R. Rubin, Marian Osterweis, and Lisa M. Lindeman Editors: Emergency Preparedness, Bioterrorism and Beyond; Association of Academic Health Centers, Washington, DC 2002
  • Kelly Lee, Kent Buse and Suzanne Fustukian: Health Policy in a Globalising World Cambridge 2002
  • Levy S. Barry and Victor V. Sidel : Terrorism and Public Health Oxford Press 2003
  • Kelly Lee (edit.) Health Impact of Globalization Palgrave-MacMillan 2003
PUBP 710-006
  • Thomas K. McCraw, ed. REGULATION IN PERSPECTIVE, Harvard University Press, 1981.
  • Malcolm K. Sparrow, THE REGULATORY CRAFT, Brookings, CEG, 2000.
  • Christopher Hood, Henry Rothstein, and Robert Baldwin, THE GOVERNMENT OF RISK - Understanding Risk Regulation Regimes, Oxford, paper, 2004
  • Frank Gibney, UNLOCKING THE BUREAUCRAT'S KINGDOM- Deregulation and the Japanese Economy, Brookings, 1998
  • Alfred E. Kahn, LESSONS FROM DEREGULATION - Telecommunications and Airlines after the Crunch, AEI-Brookings, 2003.
PUBP 714-002
  • "Guidelines for Cargo Security and Loss Control, How to maximize cargo security on land, air and sea," 2002, National Cargo Security Council, Sixth Edition, Annapolis, MD.
PUBP 722-001
  • Eugene Bardach, A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis: The Eightfold Path to More Effective Problem Solving (CQPress (formerly Chatham House), 2004). (paper)
PUBP 723-001
  • Urban Transportation Planning,
    Meyer E. and M. Miller, McGraw-Hill Publishing (2000)
PUBP 724-001
  • Fundamentals of Intelligent Transportation Systems Planning
    Authors: Mashrur A. Chowdhury & Adel Sadek
    Publisher : Artech House
    Click here to view the book on the publisher's website
    ISBN: 1-58053-160-1
PUBP 730-001
  • Burdett Loomis, The Contemporary Congress, 4th ed. (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2004).
    ISBN: 0-534-63117-7
  • James P. Pfiffner, The Modern Presidency, 4rd edition (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2004).
    ISBN: 0-534-17330-6
  • Richard E. Neustadt and Ernest R. May, Thinking in Time (NY: Free Press, 1986).
    ISBN: 0-02-922790-9 [but in paperbound]
  • Morris Fiorina, Culture War? The Myth of A Polarized America (NY Pearson Longman, 2005) ISBN: 0-321-31773-4.
PUBP 730-002
  • Burdett Loomis and Wendy Schiller, The Contemporary Congress, 4th edition, (Belmont: Thompson Wadsworth, 2004)
  • William Gormley and Steven Balla, Bureaucracy and Democracy (Washington: CQ Press, 2004)Donald Kettl, Deficit Politics: The Search for Balance in American Politics, 2nd edition (New York: Longman, 2003)
  • James Pfiffner, The Modern Presidency, 4th edition, (Belmont: Thompson Wadsworth, 2005).
PUBP 735-001
  • P.J. Simmons and Chantal de Jonge Oudraat, eds., Managing Global Issues: Lessons Learned (Carnegie Endowment, 2001).
  • Barry R. Rubin, A Citizen’s Guide to Politics in America: How the System Works and How to Work the System, expanded edition (M.E. Sharpe, 2000)
  • Woodstock Theological Seminary, The Ethics of Lobbying: Organized Interests, Political Power, and the Common Good (Georgetown University Press, 2002).
PUBP 861-001
  • Becker, H.S.1986. Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  • Becker, H.S.1998. Tricks of the Trade: How to Think About Your Research While You're Doing It. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  • Booth, W.C., et al. 2003. The Craft of Research. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  • Ragin, C.C. 1994. Constructing Social Research: The Unity and Diversity of Method. Thousand Oaks: Pine Forge Press.
  • Smith, Linda Tuhiwai.1999. Decolonizing Methodologies. New York: Zed Books.
 

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