A comprehensive list of academic book tailored to each subtopic within the eight categories of social-political-economic science. These selections emphasize rigorous scholarship and interdisciplinary relevance:

1. Social Dynamics

• Social Inequality/Stratification:

  • "Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective" (4th ed.) by David B. Grusky **

  

  • “ Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents" by Isabel Wilkerson (intersectional analysis)

• Social Movements:

  • "Dynamics of Contention" by Doug McAdam, Sidney Tarrow, and Charles Tilly (theoretical framework).

    

• Cultural Norms/Identity:

  • “Culture and Social Behavior" by Steven J. Heine (cross-cultural psychology).

  

• Urbanization/Rural Development:

  • "The Urban Revolution" by Henri Lefebvre (critical theory on urbanization).

  

• Migration/Demographics:

  • "Worlds in Motion: Understanding International Migration at the End of the Millennium" by Douglas S. Massey et al.

  

• Social Networks:

  • "Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means" by Albert-László Barabási.

  

1. Politicalal Systems and Governance

• Political Institution:

Institutions, Institutional Change, and Economic Performance" by Douglass C. North (Nobel-winning analysis).

• Public Policy:

  • "Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision Making" by Deborah Stone.

  

• Political Behavior:

  • "The American Voter" by Angus Campbell et al. (seminal voting studies).

  

• Power Dynamics:

  • "The Power Elite" by C. Wright Mills (classic on political elites).

  

• International Relations:

  • "International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity" by Tim Dunne et al.

  

• Conflict Resolution:

  • "The Resolution of Conflict: Constructive and Destructive Processes" by Morton Deutsch.

  

3. Economic Systems and Development

• Economic Theories:

  • "Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy" by Joseph Schumpeter.

  

• Labor Markets:

  • "Labor Economics" (7th ed.) by George J. Borjas.