CSG Reading List
UNDERSTANDING REPUBLIC
- Plato’s REPUBLIC
- Cicero’s REPUBLIC
- Adam’s DEFENSE OF THE CONSTITUTIONS…
- Montesquieu’s THE SPIRIT OF LAWS
UNDERSTANDING HUMAN NATURE
- Aristotle’s THE POLITICS
- Machiavelli’s THE PRINCE
- Hobbe’s LEVIATHAN
- Locke’s TWO TREATISES OF GOVERNMENT
UNDERSTANDING COOPERATIVE FEDERALISTS
- Merriam’s SYSTEMATIC POLITICS
- Grodzin’s THE FEDERAL SYSTEM (Chapter 12; GOALS for Americans)
- Catlin’s SYSTEMATIC POLITICS
- Schwab’s SHAPING THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
- Hanson’s COOPERATION AND CONFLICT BETWEEN THE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
UNDERSTANDING REGIONAL GOVERNMENT
- Merriam’s REGIONAL FACTORS IN NATIONAL PLANNING
- National Civic League’s MODEL CITY CHARTER (edition 8)
- Agranoff’s CROSSING BOUNDARIES FOR INTERGOVERNMENTAL MANAGEMENT
- Agranoff’s LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE
UNDERSTANDING HUMAN NATURE
- The Laws on Human Nature by Robert Greene
- The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene
- On Human Nature by E.O. Wilson
- Understanding Human Nature by Alfred Adler
- The Blank Slate by Steven Pinker
UNDERSTANDING PERSONHOOD
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