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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• Comparative Politics: Domestic Responses to Global Challenges 6th Edition by Charles Hauss (AP Edition)

• AP Comparative Government And Politics: An Essential Coursebook 6th or 7th Edition by Ethel Wood

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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"

• Cockburn, Alexander and Jeffrey St. Clair. Whiteout: The CIA, Drugs And The Press

• Engdahl, F. William. Manifest Destiny: Democracy As Cognitive Dissonance

• 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

• Fitts, Catherine Austin. Narco Dollars for Beginners

• 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

• Valentine, Douglas. The Strength Of The Wolf: The Secret History Of America's War On Drugs

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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.