The list below represents examples of textbooks that meet the curricular requirements of AP Comparative Government and Politics. The list below is not exhaustive and the texts listed should not be regarded as endorsed, authorized, recommended, or approved by the College Board. Not using a book from this list does not mean that a course will not receive authorization. Syllabi submitted as part of the AP Course Audit process will be evaluated holistically, with textbooks considered along with supplementary, supporting resources to confirm that the course as a whole provides students with the content delineated in the curricular requirements of the AP Course Audit. For discussions of the usefulness of these texts and other teaching materials in the AP Comparative Government and Politics classroom, please consult the Teachers' Resources section of AP Central.
 Teachers' Resources
All editions of the books on this list published after the year 2001 will meet the curricular requirements for the course.
Almond, Gabriel A., Russell J. Dalton, Kaare Strøm, G. Bingham Powell. Comparative Politics:
A Theoretical Framework. New York: Longman.
Almond, Gabriel A., Russell J. Dalton, Kaare Strøm, G. Bingham Powell. Comparative Politics
Today: A World View. New York: Longman.
Almond, Gabriel Abraham, Russell J. Dalton, and G. Bingham Powell, eds. European Politics
Today. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Longman.
Ball, Alan R., and B. Guy Peters. Modern Politics and Government. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Calvert, Peter. Comparative Politics: An Introduction. New York: Longman.
Curtis, Michael, et al. Introduction to Comparative Government. Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Longman.
Danziger, James N. Understanding the Political World: A Comparative Introduction to Political Science. New York: Longman.
Ethridge, Marcus E., and Howard Handelman. Politics in a Changing World: A Comparative Introduction to Political Science. Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth.
Hauss, Charles. Comparative Politics: Domestic Responses to Global Challenges. Belmont,
CA: Wadsworth/Thomson.
Joseph, William, Joel Krieger, Mark Kesselman. Introduction to Politics of the Developing
World. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Kesselman, Mark, et al. Introduction to Comparative Politics. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Kopstein, Jeffrey, and Mark Lichbach, eds. Comparative Politics: Interests, Identities, and
Institutions in a Changing Global Order. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Lawson, Kay. The Human Polity: A Comparative Introduction to Political Science. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Macridis, Roy C., and Steven L. Burg. Introduction to Comparative Politics: Regimes
and Change. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Longman.
Magstadt, Thomas M. Nations and Governments: Comparative Politics in Regional Perspective.
Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Mahler, Gregory S. Comparative Politics: An Institutional and Cross-national Approach. Upper
Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
McCormick, John. Comparative Politics in Transition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson.
O'Neil, Patrick H. Essentials of Comparative Politics. New York: W. W. Norton.
Pinkney, Robert. Democracy in the Third World. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner.
Roskin, Michael G. Countries and Concepts: Politics, Geography, Culture, AP Edition. Upper
Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Shively, W. Phillips. Power and Choice: An Introduction to Political Science. New York:
McGraw-Hill.
Sodaro, Michael J, et al. Comparative Politics: A Global Introduction. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Wiarda, Howard J. Comparative Democracy and Democratization. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Wiarda, Howard J. Political Development in Emerging Nations: Is There Still a Third World?
Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Wilson, Frank L. Concepts and Issues in Comparative Politics: An Introduction to Comparative
Analysis. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
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