AP Comparative

Government & Politics

Course Materials

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Study Guides, Notes, and Worksheets

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• Social Sciences Student Guide

• Six Factors of History (6FH)

• Socratic Seminar Discussion Sheet

• Egyptian Speaks Out at Protest

• Academic Literature Review

• Media Literacy Analysis

• World Map (Interactive)

• World Map

• World Map Outline

• World Map (Political) Outline

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Required Texts

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• Introduction to Comparative Politics (8th edition) by Mark Kesselman et al

• Essentials of Comparative Politics (6th edition) by Patrick H. O'Neil

• Cases in Comparative Politics (6th edition) by Patrick H. O'Neil

• AP Comparative Government And Politics: An Essential Coursebook (7th edition) by Ethel Wood

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Data Sets

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• Human Development Index (HDI)*

• Freedom House*

• Transparency International*

• Fragile (Failed) State Index*

• CIA World Fact Book

• Commitment To Development Index

• Democracy Index (The Economist)

• Democracy Barometer

• Gapminder

  • Gapminder (Dollar Street)

• Gini Index

  • The World Bank​

  • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

  • World Population Review

• Global Corruption Index

• Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance

• International Monetary Fund

• Interworld Stats

• Millennium Challenge Corporation

• Nation Master

• Our World In Data

• Principle Global Indicators

• UNESCO

• United Nations Databases

• World Development Indicators (The World Bank)

• World Health Organization

• World Values Survey

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Supplemental Readings

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• Abrahamian, Ervand. A History Of Modern Iran

• Boullosa, Carmen and Mike Wallace. A Narco History: How The United States And Mexico Jointly Created The "Mexican Drug War"

• Falola, Toyin and Miatthew M. Heaton. A History Of Nigeria

• Fenby, Jonathan. Modern China: The Fall And Rise Of A Great Power 1850 To The Present

• Naim, Moises. The Five Wars of Globalization

• Sargent, Lyman Tower. Contemporary Political Ideologies: A Comparative Analysis

• Service, Robert. A History Of Modern Russia: From Tsarism To The Twenty-First Century 3rd Edition

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"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.