This section is meant to be a student study resource and meant to supplement the material provided in the classroom. The included documents are a combination of my thoughts as well as collected notes. While my hope is that the included summaries distill down key scholarly works into a quick reference format, it's by no means a replacement for the actual work. Do your reading!
To use, click the drop down menu into a specific subfield where you will see each summary or study material bulleted and placed into a given section. This section is an evolving process, taking inspiration from similar summary databases like seen at the WAY more thorough Adam Brown WikiSum. Seriously, Adam is a legend and definitely helped many poor souls (such as me) make it through comprehensive exams. My only hope is that this section helps others in a similar way. As such, I'll be adding materials here over time as I condense and distill my own notes into a more readable format. I'd like to also add an "I'm only human clause" by which I cannot ensure that such documents are error free. If you do notice a massive error or would like clarification regarding the summaries I've provided, you can contact me at Pascjam2@isu.edu.
Judicial Balancing Test Quick Summary
The Supreme Court and the attitudinal model revisited- Segal and Spaeth 2002
Pursuit of justices: Presidential politics and the selection of Supreme Court nominees- Yalof 2001
Comparative Politics
Levitsky, Steven, and Lucan Way. 2002. The Rise of Competitive Authoritarianism.
Lijphart, Arend. 1971. Comparative politics and the comparative method.
Lijphart, Arend. 1989. Democratic Political Systems: Types, Cases, Causes, and Consequences.
International Relations
Newman, D. (2003). On borders and power: A theoretical framework.
Putnam, Robert D. 1988. Diplomacy and Domestic Politics: The Logic of Two-Level Games.
The Study of Borders
Kolosov, Vladimir A. 2015. “Theoretical Approaches in the Study of Borders”
Lobasz, Jennifer K. 2009. “Beyond Border Security: Feminist Approaches to Human Trafficking.”
More to added into these sections this Summer!