Dear Professor Grant,
I myself have never published or even proposed such a list because it
would mostly reflect a numerical consensus, and as such would almost
certainly end up with the least common denominator and almost
inevitably exclude the less conventional.  To the extent that this
happens, any field is likely to suffer from excessive banality.

J David Singer
University of Michigan

On Oct 19, 2005, at 5:33 PM, Tobin Grant wrote:

> Some colleagues are putting together lists of "classics" for
> subfields in
> political science.  The idea is to have a collection of 20 or so
> books (or
> other major workds) that grad students should be familiar with when
> preparing for exams.  These are works that help define major problems
> addressed by scholars.  Regardess of whether such a list is useful,
> there
> is obviously going to be differences in the way previous research
> is used
> in each subfield.  I would appreciate any thoughts on whether such
> a list
> could be constructed and if so what you would nominate for such a
> list.
> Feel free to email me directly ([log in to unmask]).  I'll report back next
> week on the "canon".
>
> Tobin Grant
> Southern Illinois University
>
>
>
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