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  Political Philosophy
   Sources of information
Basic
The Best references for this course are Jean Hampton’s Political Philosophy (Boulder (Colorado): Westview Press, 1997), Will Kymlicka’s Contemporary Political Philosophy (Oxford [etc.]: University Press, 2nd ed. 2002), and Adam Swift’s Political Philosophy: A beginner’s guide for students and politicians (Cambridge, UK: Polity, 2014). The first two of these are advanced introductory works that provide in-depth explorations of a few central issues in the field, yet they are suitable for graduate students with little or no background in normative political philosophy as well. Nevertheless, students with limited background may find it useful to consult, in addition, textbooks aimed at a more beginners’ level, such as David Miller’s Political Philosophy: A very short introduction (Oxford University Press, 2003). Another general introduction of a very basic but broad nature and with general coverage of almost all current problems of political philosophy is Parvin, P., & Chambers, C. (2012). Political philosophy: a complete introduction (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2012).

Complementary
There are other very interesting works, although of a more global and specialised nature, such as:
Goodin, R. E., & Pettit, P. (1993). A companion to contemporary political philosophy. Oxford: Blackwell.
Bird, C. (2010). An introduction to political philosophy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Wolff, J. (2006). An introduction to political philosophy. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press.
Smith, P. M. (2008). Moral and political philosophy: key issues, concepts and theories. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Estlund, D. M. (2012). The Oxford handbook of political philosophy. New York: Oxford University Press.
Knowles, D. (2004). Political philosophy. London: Routledge.
Christman, J. (2018). Social and political philosophy: a contemporary introduction. London: Routledge.
Christiano, T., Christman, J. P. (2009). Contemporary debates in political philosophy. Chichester, U.K.; Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.

Finally and from a more historical perspective:

Klosko, G. (2013). The Oxford handbook of the history of political philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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