Textbooks :

The SPIL offers its members textbooks for reduced prices. Members of SPIL get a discount of up to 13,5%. A couple of weeks in advance of each block, you can order your books simply by logging into the website. The website also holds information about when and where to pick up your books.

Summaries and sample exams :

The SPIL also offers study aids in the form of summaries of text books and sample exams. These can be found under ‘summaries’ and ‘exams’.

Naturally, the summaries that SPIL distributes do not appear from thin air. We need your help to keep our database up to date! We are looking for people who are willing to share their summaries with us. You will receive a generous compensation. If you are interested, please send an e-mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and indicate which books of the list below you would be willing to summarize. The compensations are as follows:

A summary of a textbook of 300 pages or less: 25 euros

A summary of a textbook of 301 to 500 pages: 35 euros

A summary of a textbook of over 500 pages: 40 euros.

The SPIL is still looking for summaries of:

The Globalization of World Politics, Baylis and Smith (4th ed.) (International Politics, first year)

European Politics in Transition,  (Comparative Analysis of Political Systems, second year)

The Practice of Social Research, Babbie (12^th ed.) (Research Methods in Political Science, 2^nd year)

Analyzing Politics: Rationality, Behavior, and Institutions, Shepsle and Bonchek (Rational Choice Theory, 2nd year)

Games of Stategy, Dixit and Skeath (2nd ed.)(Rational Choice Theory, 2nd year)

Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology, Sears and Jervis (Political Psychology, 2^nd year)

Communicating Politics in the Twenty-first Century, Sanders (Politics and Media, 2^nd year)