Recommended Reading

None of our courses have compulsory reading prior to starting your course. But, if you are wanting to get a head start and a feel for the sorts of theories and ideas you will be exploring in your core modules, here are some recommended readings.

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All textbooks recommended are available in the library when you start in September. You do not need to purchase your own copies and you are not required to have read them before you start.


Analysing Politics (all courses)

Gamble. A (2019) Politics: Why it Matters 

Heywood, A. (2013) Politics (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan). 

Runciman, D. (2014) Politics: Ideas in Profile (London: Profile). 


Introduction to Western Political Thought (Core Politics)

This podcast series explores some of the most important thinkers and prominent ideas lying behind modern western political thought.

You'll be introduced to a wide variety of these thinkers on this module, so if you are wanting to get to know them a little better before you start, this is the podcast for you.


The World's Wicked Problems (Core IR)

McGlinchey, S. (2022)   (E-IR’s free online textbook)

Baylis, J., Owens, P. & Smith, S.(2020) The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations, 8th Edition (Oxford: Oxford University Press, ) 
 
Edkins, J. & Zehfuss, M. (2013) Global Politics: A New Introduction, 2nd edition (London: Routledge)  

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