Penn State Department of Political Science


Faculty Books Since 2000
Penn State faculty are busy with many research projects in all areas of political science.  Here we list the books published by our faculty since 2000.  Click on the images below to read a brief description of the books, and click the Amazon or Publisher link for purchase.

baumgartner2008

welch2008

love2007

The Decline of the Death Penalty and the Discovery of Innocence. Frank R. Baumgartner, Suzanna De Boef, and Amber E. Boydstun. Cambridge University Press, 2008. (Amazon)
Understanding American Government, 11th Ed. Susan Welch, John Gruhl, John Comer, and Susan M. Rigdon. Thomson Publishing, 2008. (Amazon)
     

palmer2006

love2006

welch2006

A Theory of Foreign Policy. Glenn Palmer, and T. Clifton Morgan. Princeton University Press, 2006. (Amazon)
Understanding Dogmas and Dreams: A Text, 2nd Ed. Nancy S. Love. CQ Press, 2006. (Amazon)
American Government, 10th Ed. Susan Welch, John Gruhl, John Comer, and Susan M. Rigdon. Thomson Publishing, 2006. (Amazon)
     

love2005

berkman2005

bernhard2005

Dogmas and Dreams: A Reader in Modern Political Ideologies, 3rd. ed. Nancy S. Love. CQ Press, 2006. (Amazon)
Ten Thousand Democracies: Politics and Public Opinion in America's School Districts.
Michael B. Berkman, and Eric Plutzer. Georgetown University Press, 2005. (Amazon)
Institutions and the Fate of Democracy: Germany And Poland In The Twentieth Century. Michael Bernhard. University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005. (Amazon)
     

banaszak2005

baumgartner2005

bennet2004

The U.S. Women's Movement in Global Perspective(People, Passions, and Power). Lee Ann Banaszak. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2005. (Amazon)
The Politics of Attention: How Government Prioritizes Problems. Bryan D. Jones, and Frank R. Baumgartner. The University of Chicago Press, 2005. (Amazon)
The Behavioral Origins of War. D. Scott Bennett and Allan C. Stam. The University of Michigan Press, 2004. (Amazon)
     

palmer2004

myers2004

banaszak

Multiple Paths to Knowledge in International Relations: Methodology in the Study of Conflict Management and Conflict Resolution. Zeev Maoz, Alex Mintz, T. Clifton Morgan, Glenn Palmer, and Richard J. Stoll. Lexington Books, 2004. (Amazon)
The Unraveling of Representative Democracy in Venezuela. Jennifer McCoy, and David J. Myers. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004 & 2006. (Amazon)
Women's Movements Facing the Reconfigured State. Lee Ann Banaszak, Karen Beckwith, and Dieter Rucht. Cambridge University Press, 2003. (Amazon)
     

baumgartner2002

henderson2002

lemke2002

Policy Dynamics. Frank R. Baumgartner, and Bryan D. Jones. The University of Chicago Press, 2002. (Amazon)
Democracy and War: The End of an Illusion? Errol A. Henderson. Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2002. (Amazon)
Regions of War and Peace. Douglas Lemke. Cambridge University Press, 2002. (Amazon)
     

welch2001

lemke2000

 
Race and Place: Race Relations in an American City. Susan Welch, Lee Sigelman, Timothy Bledsoe, and Michael Combs. Cambridge University Press, 2001. (Amazon)
Power Transitions: Strategies for the 21st Century. Ronald L. Tammen, Jacek Kugler, Douglas Lemke, Carole Alsharabati, Brian Efird, A.F.K. Organski. CQ Press, 2000. (Amazon)
 
     

 


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