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1Introduction: Paradigms and Social scienceAmazon logo Kuhn, Thomas. Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1996. ISBN: 9780226458083.
2Theories of the Liberal State and PoliticsLocke, John. Second Treatise on Civil Government. Chapters 1-5 and 7-9.

Amazon logo Berlin, Isaiah. "Two Concepts of Liberty." In Four Essays on Liberty. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1990. ISBN: 9780192810342.

Federalist Paper #10.
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3Neo-Classical Theories of the EconomiesAmazon logo Friedman, Milton. Capitalism and Freedom. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1982, pp. 1-55, 108-137, and 161-190. ISBN: 9780226264011.

Amazon logo Becker, Gary. The Economic Approach to Human Behavior. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1978, chapters 1, 8, 12, and 13. ISBN: 9780226041124.

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Amazon logo Dobb, Maurice. Theories of Value and Distribution since Adam Smith. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1973. ISBN: 9780521201001.
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4Liberal and Neo-Classical ApproachesAmazon logo Olson, Mancur. The Logic of Collective Action. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1971, chapters 1-4. ISBN: 9780674537514.

Amazon logo Hayek, Frederich. Individualism and Economic Order. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1996, chapters 1, 2, 4, and 5. ISBN: 9780226320939.

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Harsanyi, John. "Rational-Choice Models of Political Behavior vs. Functionalist and Conformist Theories." World Politics XXI (October 1968 - June 1969): 513-537.
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5Marxist PoliticsAmazon logo Marx, Karl. "The Communist Manifesto." In The Marx & Engels Reader. Edited by Robert C. Tucker. New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 1978, pp. 469-500. ISBN: 9780393090406.

———. Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy. (Preface)

The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon. (Read in entirety, not in Tucker version.)
A version of The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon may be downloaded from Project Gutenberg.

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Gramsci, Antonio. Selections From the Prison Notebooks of Antonio Gramsci. Edited by Quintin Hoare and Geoffrey Nowell Smith. London, UK: Electric Book Co., 2001, pp. 1-276. ISBN: 1843271192.
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6Marxist Economics and Value TheoryAmazon logo Marx, Karl. "Capital. " In The Marx & Engels Reader. Edited by Robert C. Tucker. New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 1978, pp. 294-465. ISBN: 9780393090406.

Amazon logo Howard, M. C., and J. E. King. The Political Economy of Marx. New York, NY: New York University Press, 1988, pp. 1-180. ISBN: 9780814734537.

Amazon logo Rubin, I. I. Essays on Marx's Theory of Value . Montreal, Canada: Black Rose Books, 1996, chapters Introduction 1, 8, 18. ISBN: 9780919618183.
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7Macroeconomics and Theories of GrowthAmazon logo Keynes, J. M. The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money. New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1965, chapters 1-3, 8-13, 24. ISBN: 9780156347112.

Akerlof, George A. "Behavioral Macroeconomics and Macroeconomic Behavior." American Economic Review 92, no. 3 (June 2002): 411-433.

Stiglitz, Joseph E. "Information and the Change in the Paradigm in Economics." American Economic Review 92, no. 3 (June 2002): 460-501.

Romer, Paul. "The Origins of Endogenous Growth." Journal of Economic Perspectives 8, no. 1 (1994): 3-22.

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Mankiw, Gregory. "A Quick Refresher Course in Macroeconomics." Journal of Economic Literature 28, no. 4 (1990).

Solow, Robert. "Perspectives on Growth Theory." Journal of Economic Perspectives 8, no. 1 (1994): 45-54.
8Sociological Theories of CapitalismAmazon logo Weber, Max. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. New York, NY: Routledge, 2001, chapters Introduction, 1-3, and 5. ISBN: 9780415254069.Questions (PDF)
9Sociological Theories of Capitalism (cont.)Amazon logo Polanyi, Karl. The Great Transformation. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1971, chapters 3-14. ISBN: 9780807056790.Questions (PDF)
10Cultural Theories of CapitalismAmazon logo Sahlins, Marshall. Culture and Practical Reason. Chicago, IL: Chicago University Press, 1978, chapters 1, 3, and 5. ISBN: 9780226733616.Questions (PDF)
Analyzing Groups in Society: New Paradigms?
11CorporatismAmazon logo Stepan, Alfred. The State and Society: Peru in Comparative Perspective. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1978, chapters 1-2. ISBN: 9780691021799.

Amazon logo Dulles, Avery. Models of the Church. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1974, chapters 1 and 3. ISBN: 9780385080699.
12InstitutionalismAmazon logo North, Douglas. Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1990. ISBN: 9780521397346.

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Immergut, Ellen M. "The Theoretical Core of the New Institutionalism." Politics and Society 8, no. 1 (March 1998): 5-34.
13New InstitutionalismAmazon logo Hall, Peter, and David Soskice. Varieties of Capitalism. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2001, pp. 1-68. ISBN: 9780199247752.

 








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