All Textbooks

View:
Public Administration: The Essentials
Public Administration: The Essentials

Public Administration: The Essentials provides students with the conceptual foundation they need for an introduction to the field of public administration. This OER textbook covers the most critical issues in the field through the use of class [...]

License: CC BY-NC-SA
DOI: https://manifold.open.umn.edu/projects/public-administration
Audiobook of OpenStax’s American Government 3e
Audiobook of OpenStax’s American Government 3e

We produced a free audiobook of American Government 3e, an OpenStax textbook. This textbook provides an introduction to US government and civics, and is used widely in college-level Political Science courses. We believe that this project will [...]

License: CC BY-SA
DOI: https://www.openaudio.us/
Type: Textbooks
Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics
Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics

Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics, 1st edition, is an Open Education Resource Textbook that surveys contemporary comparative politics. The textbook is organized thematically and includes chapters that cover a wide range of to [...]

License: CC BY-NC
DOI: https://introcp.com/
Type: Textbooks
Public Policy
Public Policy

Public Policy: Origins, Practice, and Analysis a CC BY-SA license textbook that includes: Introduction to Public Policy, Origins and Actors, Foundations of the Policy Process, Problem Identification and Agenda Setting, Policy Design and Formul [...]

License: CC BY-SA
DOI: https://ung.edu/university-press/books/public-policy.php
Type: Textbooks
Introduction to Political Science
Introduction to Political Science

Designed to meet the scope and sequence of your course, OpenStax Introduction to Political Science provides a strong foundation in global political systems, exploring how and why political realities unfold. Rich with examples of individual and [...]

License: CC BY
DOI: https://openstax.org/details/books/introduction-political-science
Type: Textbooks
American Government 3e
American Government 3e

American Government 3e aligns with the topics and objectives of many government courses. Faculty involved in the project have endeavored to make government workings, issues, debates, and impacts meaningful and memorable to students while maint [...]

License: CC BY
DOI: https://openstax.org/details/books/american-government-3e
Type: Textbooks
State and Local Government and Politics: Prospects for Sustainability
State and Local Government and Politics: Prospects for Sustainability

Sustainability is about improving the odds of continued existence under preferred conditions.  Preferred conditions can entail many things.  Nineteenth century writer Henry David Thoreau presented a rather succinct glimpse of a very personal j [...]

License: CC BY-NC-SA
DOI: https://open.oregonstate.education/government/
Type: Textbooks
A Short Introduction to World Politics
A Short Introduction to World Politics

A Short Introduction to World Politics by Lawrence Meacham is a 13-chapter textbook. It covers the following: System History: The Rise of the Modern World System; Images and Theories of World Politics; Foreign Policy Decision Making; Non-State [...]

License: CC BY-NC-ND
DOI: https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Political_Science_and_Civics/Book%3A_A_Short_Introduciton_to_World_Politics_(Meacham)
Type: Textbooks
An Introduction to Politics
An Introduction to Politics

An Introduction to Politics (1st Edition) proposes to chart a path that is at once a little more brief, concise and in between than those textbooks currently on the market. As this class is usually taught to freshmen, there is little to be gai [...]

License: CC BY-NC-SA
DOI: https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Political_Science_and_Civics/Book%3A_An_Introduction_to_Politics_(Sell)
Type: Textbooks
Boundless Political Science
Boundless Political Science

Boundless Political Science by Simple Book Publishing (lumenlearning.com) is a collection of webpages that cover the following topics: American Politics; The Constitution and the Founding of America; Federalism; Civil Liberties; Civil Rights; [...]

License: CC
DOI: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-politicalscience/
Type: Textbooks
Attenuated Democracy: A Critical Introduction to U.S. Government and Politics
Attenuated Democracy: A Critical Introduction to U.S. Government and Politics

Dear Students, I hope you enjoy this free textbook on the U. S. political system. Use it well. Why is this textbook free? Textbook prices are too high. The barriers to higher education are many—cost being a major one—and this is my own small a [...]

License: CC BY-NC-SA
DOI: https://slcc.pressbooks.pub/attenuateddemocracy/
Type: Textbooks
Introduction to Political Science Research Methods
Introduction to Political Science Research Methods

Introduction to Political Science Research Methods is a first-of-its-kind open education resource. With chapter contributions from Dr. Charlotte Lee at Berkeley City College, Kau Vue at Fresno City College, Dr. Dino Bozonelos at Victor Valley [...]

License: CC BY-NC
DOI: Introduction to Political Science Research Methods – An Open Education Resource Textbook (ipsrm.com)
Type: Textbooks
International Relations
International Relations

Description: The perfect book to get you started, or get caught back up, with International Relations. As a ‘Day 0’ beginner’s guide, this textbook condenses the most important information into the smallest space and present concepts in an acc [...]

License: CC BY-NC
DOI: https://www.e-ir.info/publication/beginners-textbook-international-relations/
Type: Textbooks
Global Governance and the Emergence of Global Institutions for the 21st Century
Global Governance and the Emergence of Global Institutions for the 21st Century

Description: Is there any hope for those who despair at the state of the world and the powerlessness of governments to find a way forward? Global Governance and the Emergence of Global Institutions for the 21st Century provides ambitious but r [...]

License: CC BY-NC-ND
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108569293
Type: Textbooks
American Government 2e
American Government 2e

American Government 2e is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the single-semester American Government course. This title includes innovative features designed to enhance student learning, including Insider Perspective featu [...]

License: CC BY
DOI: https://openstax.org/details/books/american-government-2e
Type: Textbooks