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Thanks for your replies, Cicero and wtncffts. I guess I should have qualified my first statement. I really meant I have never taken any [strictly] political science class before. I have, however, taken a couple of political economy courses at the economics department, both of which exposed me to specialized books in comp pol and pol econ (e.g. Drazen, Acemoglu&Robinson, BDM2S2, Persson&Tabellini), but not to the really basic, introductory books that I would think any PhD student should at least know. (I did my undergrad and MA in economics, to answer your question wtncffts.) The list that you gave wtncffts, is the kind of list that I am looking for - not field specific, but gives any student good grounding on the works/thoughts that are presumed to be part of the stock knowledge of a first year PhD Pol Sci student. I was wondering, if maybe, apart from reading these classics that you mentioned, (which I still need to do by the way!), there are a couple of textbooks out there that nicely survey the field in general. I'll definitely look into the two books you suggested, Cicero.

I have never taken any political science class in college or in graduate school before. Now that I got admitted to a good Pol Sci PhD program, I want to make sure that I have read, say, the five essential textbooks a political science student should know. I imagine my first semester will be pretty intense in terms of reading lists, so I would like to take some load off as much as I can now that I still have time to read. Do you guys have your own list of basic but essential (text)books that you don't mind sharing? Thanks!!

Hi! Anyone here claiming the Rochester admit?