Political Science Books

The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets

Jane Addams

The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets is a non-fiction writing by Jane Addams, an American settlement activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, public administrator and author. She is al..

The Prince

Niccolò Machiavelli

The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise by the Florentine writer Niccolò Machiavelli, originally called “De Principatibus” (About Principalities). It was written around 1513, but not published..

Peace Theories and the Balkan War

Norman Angell

Peace Theories and the Balkan War is a political science work written by English writer Sir Ralph Norman Angell and Nobel Peace Prize winner.Mr. Norman Angell's theory was one to enable the citiz..

The Theory of Social Revolutions

Brooks Adams

The Theory of Social Revolutions is a work on political theory written by American historian Peter Chardon Brooks Adams who was a critic of capitalism.Excerpts:Civilization, I apprehend, is nearly syn..

The Magna Carta

Anonymous

The original document is in Latin so this can only be a fairly rough approximation of the actual content. The text used is the first version in the Gutenberg collection. - Magna Carta is the most sign..

Political Ideals

Bertrand Russell

Political ideals must be based upon ideals for the individual life. The aim of politics should be to make the lives of individuals as good as possible. There is nothing for the politician to consider ..

Civil Government of Virginia

William Fayette Fox

Civil Government of Virginia, A Text-book for Schools Based Upon the Constitution of 1902 and Conforming to the Laws Enacted in Accordance Therewith. The word GOVERNMENT means guidance or direction or..

The English Constitution

Walter Bagehot

The English Constitution is an extremely accessible work of political and legal science by Walter Bagehot, first published in serialized form in 1865-7. While some of his observations on the English s..