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Political Tribes Summary
Political Tribes
Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations
by Amy Chua 2018 293 pages
4.20
4k+ ratings
Politics
History
Psychology
An Introduction to the Policy Process Summary
An Introduction to the Policy Process
Theories, Concepts and Models of Public Policy Making
by Thomas A. Birkland 2001 288 pages
3.58
288 ratings
Politics
Public Policy
Textbooks
The Constitution of Liberty Summary
The Constitution of Liberty
by Friedrich A. Hayek 1960 688 pages
4.16
2k+ ratings
Economics
Philosophy
Politics
Of Man Summary
Of Man
by Thomas Hobbes 1658 124 pages
3.50
239 ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
The Politics Industry Summary
The Politics Industry
How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy
by Katherine M. Gehl 2020 272 pages
4.30
500+ ratings
Politics
Business
Economics
Can't We All Disagree More Constructively? Summary
Can't We All Disagree More Constructively?
from The Righteous Mind (Kindle Single)
by Jonathan Haidt 2016 73 pages
4.11
349 ratings
Politics
Psychology
Philosophy
How Tyrants Fall Summary
How Tyrants Fall
And How Nations Survive
by Marcel Dirsus 2024 274 pages
3.92
500+ ratings
Politics
History
War
What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America Summary
What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America
by Thomas Frank 2004 332 pages
3.85
12k+ ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Wireless Wars Summary
Wireless Wars
China's Dangerous Domination of 5G and How We're Fighting Back
by Jonathan Pelson 2021 328 pages
4.10
301 ratings
China
Technology
Politics
#republic Summary
#republic
Divided Democracy in the Age of Social Media
by Cass R. Sunstein 2017 328 pages
3.35
332 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Society
The Liberal Tradition in America Summary
The Liberal Tradition in America
by Louis Hartz 1955 348 pages
3.63
158 ratings
Politics
History
American History
The Emergency Summary
The Emergency
A Personal History
by Coomi Kapoor 2015 400 pages
4.00
1k+ ratings
History
India
Politics
The Conservative Heart Summary
The Conservative Heart
How To Build A Fairer, Happier, And More Prosperous America
by Arthur C. Brooks 2015 246 pages
4.11
1k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
The J Curve Summary
The J Curve
A New Way to Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall
by Ian Bremmer 2006 320 pages
3.73
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism Summary
The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism
by Bertrand Russell 1920 122 pages
3.99
411 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
The Decline and Rise of Democracy Summary
The Decline and Rise of Democracy
A Global History from Antiquity to Today
by David Stasavage 2020 424 pages
3.86
223 ratings
History
Politics
Political Science
The Price of Civilization Summary
The Price of Civilization
Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity
by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2010 352 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Realpolitik Summary
Realpolitik
A History
by John Bew 2015 408 pages
3.94
161 ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Republic, Lost Summary
Republic, Lost
How Money Corrupts Congress--and a Plan to Stop It
by Lawrence Lessig 2011 400 pages
4.18
2k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Free Speech Summary
Free Speech
A Very Short Introduction
by Nigel Warburton 2009 115 pages
3.64
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
What You Should Know About Politics . . . But Don't Summary
What You Should Know About Politics . . . But Don't
A Non-Partisan Guide to the Issues That Matter
by Jessamyn Conrad 2008 400 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Why Nothing Works Summary
Why Nothing Works
Who Killed Progress―and How to Bring It Back
by Marc J. Dunkelman 2025 416 pages
3.81
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The Political Thought of Xi Jinping Summary
The Political Thought of Xi Jinping
by Steve Tsang 2024 296 pages
4.13
156 ratings
China
Politics
History
National Populism Summary
National Populism
The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy
by Roger Eatwell 2018 374 pages
3.80
1k+ ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
China's Gilded Age Summary
China's Gilded Age
The Paradox of Economic Boom and Vast Corruption
by Yuen Yuen Ang 2021 274 pages
4.17
309 ratings
China
Economics
Politics
Diplomacy Summary
Diplomacy
A Very Short Introduction
by Joseph M. Siracusa 2010 160 pages
3.14
245 ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
Transforming Leadership Summary
Transforming Leadership
by James MacGregor Burns 2003 340 pages
3.81
251 ratings
Leadership
History
Business
Two Cheers for Anarchism Summary
Two Cheers for Anarchism
Six Easy Pieces on Autonomy, Dignity and Meaningful Work and Play
by James C. Scott 2012 198 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Right to Privacy Summary
The Right to Privacy
by Ellen Alderman 1995 432 pages
3.96
339 ratings
Law
Politics
History
Prius Or Pickup? Summary
Prius Or Pickup?
How the Answers to Four Simple Questions Explain America's Great Divide
by Marc Hetherington 2018 288 pages
3.85
500+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Sociology
In Trump Time Summary
In Trump Time
A Journal of America's Plague Year
by Peter Navarro 2021 344 pages
4.53
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Crouching Tiger Summary
Crouching Tiger
What China's Militarism Means for the World
by Peter Navarro 2015 336 pages
4.04
219 ratings
China
Politics
History
The Conscience of a Liberal Summary
The Conscience of a Liberal
by Paul Krugman 2007 296 pages
3.97
6k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution Summary
Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution
by Bernie Sanders 2017 226 pages
3.99
2k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Has the West Lost It? Summary
Has the West Lost It?
A Provocation
by Kishore Mahbubani 2018 112 pages
3.70
500+ ratings
Politics
China
History
Hatred of Democracy Summary
Hatred of Democracy
by Jacques Rancière 2005 106 pages
3.72
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
The Rise of the Outsiders Summary
The Rise of the Outsiders
How Mainstream Politics Lost its Way
by Steve Richards 2017 320 pages
3.69
150 ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
International Relations Summary
International Relations
A Very Short Introduction
by Paul Wilkinson 2007 160 pages
3.32
500+ ratings
Politics
International Relations
History
The Dark Enlightenment Summary
The Dark Enlightenment
by Nick Land 2012 112 pages
3.26
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy Summary
Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy
by Rawls 2007 496 pages
4.15
289 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
Political Philosophy Summary
Political Philosophy
A Beginners' Guide for Students and Politicians
by Adam Swift 2001 288 pages
3.91
432 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Academic
Twilight of the Elites Summary
Twilight of the Elites
America After Meritocracy
by Christopher L. Hayes 2012 304 pages
3.99
6k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
We Are the Change We Seek Summary
We Are the Change We Seek
The Speeches of Barack Obama
by E.J. Dionne Jr. 2017 369 pages
4.35
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Biography
Why Americans Hate Politics Summary
Why Americans Hate Politics
by E.J. Dionne Jr. 1991 589 pages
3.88
219 ratings
Politics
Political Science
American
Kremlin Rising Summary
Kremlin Rising
Vladimir Putin's Russia and the End of Revolution
by Peter Baker 2005 464 pages
3.90
332 ratings
Russia
History
Politics
خون و نفت خاطرات یک شاهزاده ایرانی Summary
خون و نفت خاطرات یک شاهزاده ایرانی
by Manoucher Farmanfarmaian 1997 576 pages
4.04
185 ratings
Iran
History
Memoir
Concrete Economics Summary
Concrete Economics
The Hamilton Approach to Economic Growth and Policy
by Stephen S. Cohen 2015 240 pages
3.87
283 ratings
Economics
History
Politics
The Lost History of Liberalism Summary
The Lost History of Liberalism
From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century
by Helena Rosenblatt 2018 368 pages
4.04
448 ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
No Democracy Lasts Forever Summary
No Democracy Lasts Forever
How the Constitution Threatens the United States
by Erwin Chemerinsky 2024 240 pages
3.94
323 ratings
Politics
History
Law
Nations and Nationalism since 1780 Summary
Nations and Nationalism since 1780
Programme, Myth, Reality
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1990 214 pages
3.91
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
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