{"id":748,"date":"2018-09-24T15:38:22","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T15:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bmccoer.commons.gc.cuny.edu\/?p=748"},"modified":"2023-03-07T17:25:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T22:25:19","slug":"political-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/oeratbmcc\/oer-by-subject\/political-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Science"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">OER @ CUNY<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cuny.manifoldapp.org\/projects\/brandlepol51\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Dr. Brandle&#8217;s Introduction to American Government<\/em><\/a> (Manifold @CUNY)<br \/>This textbook was created by Shawna Mary Brandle of Kingsborough Community College. It is a condensed version of <em>American Government 3e<\/em> from OpenStax (see below).<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cuny.manifoldapp.org\/projects\/the-political-imagination\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Political Imagination: Introduction to American Government<\/em><\/a> (Manifold @CUNY)<br \/>This textbook was created by Peter Kolozi of Bronx Community College and James E. Freeman of Essex County College. The book &#8220;provides realistic, critical analysis as well as a hopeful, engagement-oriented narrative that encourages students to understand the important role they can play in the political system and in crafting a society in which they want to live.&#8221;<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>Core Texts from Manifold @CUNY<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cuny.manifoldapp.org\/projects\/the-great-lawsuit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Great Lawsuit<\/em><\/a> by Margaret Fuller (A CUNY Student Edition)<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cuny.manifoldapp.org\/projects\/the-prince\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Prince<\/em><\/a> by Niccol\u00f2 Machiavelli<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cuny.manifoldapp.org\/projects\/report-of-the-woman-s-rights-convention\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Report of the Woman&#8217;s Rights Convention<\/em><\/a> by Elizabeth Cady Stanton (A CUNY Student Edition)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Open Books<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/openstax.org\/details\/books\/american-government\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>American Government 3e<\/em><\/a> (OpenStax)<br \/>The third edition of this open textbook &#8220;includes more examples and details regarding the lived experiences of diverse groups and communities within the United States.&#8221;<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/open.lib.umn.edu\/americangovernment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>American Government and Politics in the Information Age<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#8220;In covering American government and politics, our text introduces the intricacies of the Constitution, the complexities of federalism, the meanings of civil liberties, and the conflicts over civil rights, and shows how policies are made and affect people&#8217;s lives.&#8221;<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/open.umn.edu\/opentextbooks\/textbooks\/attenuated-democracy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Attenuated Democracy: A Critical Introduction to U.S. Government and Politics<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#8220;The U.S. political system suffers from endemic design flaws and is notable for the way that a small subset of Americans\u2014whose interests often don&#8217;t align with those of the vast majority of the population\u2014wields disproportionate power. Absent organized and persistent action on the part of ordinary Americans, the system tends to serve the already powerful. [&#8230;] Since this is likely to be your only college-level course on the American political system, it is important to point out the structural weaknesses of our system and the thin nature of our democracy. Whenever you get the chance\u2014in the voting booth, in your job, perhaps if you hold elected office\u2014I encourage you to do something about America\u2019s attenuated democracy.&#8221;<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kpu.pressbooks.pub\/political-ideologies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Political Ideologies and Worldviews: An Introduction<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#8220;This open educational resource (OER) brings together Canadian and international scholars in a contemporary, pluralistic volume introducing undergraduates in a variety of relevant disciplines to political ideologies and worldviews. [&#8230;] This volume is the first of its kind, a fully open textbook on political worldviews that deals with the historical development of classical ideologies, while expanding and updating the subject using contemporary political examples and non-Eurocentric examinations of ideology. The volume includes chapters on Indigenous worldviews, Confucianism, and the future of ideology in the emerging global order.&#8221;<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/openbooks.library.umass.edu\/radicalsocialtheory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Radical Social Theory: An Appraisal, A Critique, and an Overcoming<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#8220;Our focus is the history of social thought in the West, studied through a decolonial critique. Most of the readings assigned are primary sources, texts written by people who were living and writing at the time of the events addressed. The ideas expressed in these readings are the result of thinkers analyzing complex social processes, allowing for people to contemplate and create new ways of living that pushed the world into unchartered territories.&#8221;<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/open.umn.edu\/opentextbooks\/textbooks\/state-and-local-government-and-politics-prospects-for-sustainability-2st-edition-simon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>State and Local Government and Politics: Prospects for Sustainability &#8211; 2nd Edition<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#8220;[This] book represents a unique opportunity for three generations of scholars to reflect upon and collectively consider their decades&#8217; long research, and the meaning of that research to both the broader society and to students of contemporary politics.&#8221;<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Open Courses<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.saylor.org\/course\/index.php?categoryid=15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Political Science Courses<\/a> (Saylor Academy)<br \/>The courses offered by Saylor Academy include <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.saylor.org\/course\/view.php? id=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Introduction to Political Science<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.saylor.org\/course\/view.php?id=47\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Introduction to Western Political Thought<\/a>, among others.<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.edu\/openlearn\/society-politics-law\/politics\/nationalism-self-determination-and-secession\/content-section-0?active-tab=description-tab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nationalism, self-determination and secession<\/a> (OpenLearn)<br \/>&#8220;What makes a &#8216;nation&#8217; and what makes peoples strive for nationhood? This free course, Nationalism, self-determination and secession, will provide you with an introduction to studying political ideas by looking at how people who see themselves as nations challenge the existing order to assert their right to a state of their own.&#8221;<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oyc.yale.edu\/political-science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Open Political Science Courses<\/a> (Open Yale)<br \/>This set of Open Yale Courses includes &#8220;Capitalism: Success, Crisis, and Reform&#8221; and &#8220;Introduction to Political Philosophy.&#8221;<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Core Texts in Open Editions and the Public Domain<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/ebooks\/bookshelf\/61\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Politics Bookshelf<\/a> (Project Gutenberg)<\/li>\r\n<li>Selections from the <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/catalog\/openryerson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Public Domain Core Collection<\/a><br \/>&#8220;The Public Domain Core Collection consists of over 50 titles of public domain works that have been created using Pressbooks and made available in online, epub, pdf and editable formats.&#8221; Note that works in the public domain in Canada, where this collection is maintained, may not be in the public domain in the United States.\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/communistmanifesto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Communist Manifesto<\/em><\/a> by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/federalist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Federalist Papers<\/em><\/a> by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/leviathan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Leviathan<\/em><\/a> by Thomas Hobbes<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/onliberty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>On Liberty<\/em><\/a> by John Stuart Mill<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/theprince\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Prince<\/em><\/a> by Niccol\u00f2 Machiavelli<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/republic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Republic<\/em><\/a> by Plato<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/secondtreatiseofgovernment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Second Treatise of Government<\/em><\/a> by John Locke<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/avindicationoftherightsofwoman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects<\/em><\/a> by Mary Wollstonecraft<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Open and Zero-Cost Resources<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/subject_menus\/major.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Avalon Project &#8211; Major Document Collections<\/a><br \/>Maintained by the Lillian Goldman Law Library at the Yale Law School, the Avalon Project posts &#8220;digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government.&#8221;<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/titles\/tocqueville-democracy-in-america-historical-critical-edition-4-vols-lf-ed-2010\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Democracy in America<\/em><\/a> by Alexis de Tocqueville<br \/>This four-volume edition &#8220;is the fullest historical-critical edition of the <em>Democracy<\/em>, and the notes offer an extensive selection of early outlines, drafts, manuscript variants, marginalia, unpublished fragments, and other materials.&#8221; Only the English translation of the text is available online, and it is freely available but not openly licensed.<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/collections\/civil-rights-history-project\/about-this-collection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Civil Rights History Project<\/a><br \/>This collection at the Library of Congress includes video recordings of interviews with Civil Rights activists.<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.docsteach.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DocsTeach<\/a> (National Archives)<br \/>This resource from the National Archives includes primary sources, document-based activities, and online tools for creating activities.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find a variety of open and zero-cost resources on political science and philosophy, including open and public domain editions of core texts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":1013,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-748","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oer-by-subject","8":"category-social-sciences","9":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/oeratbmcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/oeratbmcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/oeratbmcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/oeratbmcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/oeratbmcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=748"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/oeratbmcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2572,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/oeratbmcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748\/revisions\/2572"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/oeratbmcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/oeratbmcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/oeratbmcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/oeratbmcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}