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Escape from Capitalism Summary
Escape from Capitalism
An Intervention
by Clara E. Mattei 2026 224 pages
4.22
275 ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Common Good Summary
The Common Good
by Robert B. Reich 2018 208 pages
4.11
2k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Why Did Europe Conquer the World? Summary
Why Did Europe Conquer the World?
by Philip T. Hoffman 2015 282 pages
3.42
257 ratings
History
Economics
European History
White Identity Politics Summary
White Identity Politics
by Ashley Jardina 2019
3.90
208 ratings
Politics
Race
Political Science
America's Greatest Challenge Summary
America's Greatest Challenge
Confronting the Chinese Communist Party
by Newt Gingrich 2019 362 pages
4.22
269 ratings
Politics
China
History
The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism Summary
The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism
by Gøsta Esping-Andersen 1989 245 pages
3.93
352 ratings
Economics
Politics
Sociology
Hidden Hand Summary
Hidden Hand
Exposing How the Chinese Communist Party is Reshaping the World
by Clive Hamilton 2020 320 pages
3.85
500+ ratings
China
Politics
History
The Great Experiment Summary
The Great Experiment
Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure
by Yascha Mounk 2022 368 pages
3.71
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Fragmented Democracy Summary
Fragmented Democracy
Medicaid, Federalism, and Unequal Politics
by Jamila Michener 2018 236 pages
4.23
120 ratings
Politics
Race
Health Care
The Case Against Socialism Summary
The Case Against Socialism
by Rand Paul 2019 373 pages
4.18
1k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
American Exceptionalism Summary
American Exceptionalism
A Double-Edged Sword
by Seymour Martin Lipset 1996 354 pages
3.50
116 ratings
Politics
Sociology
American History
Cultural Backlash Summary
Cultural Backlash
Trump, Brexit and Authoritarian Populism
by Pippa Norris 2019 554 pages
3.81
180 ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
Winner-Take-All Politics Summary
Winner-Take-All Politics
How Washington Made the Rich Richer and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class
by Jacob S. Hacker 2010 368 pages
4.04
2k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
The Victory Lab Summary
The Victory Lab
The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns
by Sasha Issenberg 2012 321 pages
3.78
1k+ ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
Exit, Voice, and Loyalty Summary
Exit, Voice, and Loyalty
Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States
by Albert O. Hirschman 1970 176 pages
4.11
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
White Backlash Summary
White Backlash
Immigration, Race, and American Politics
by Marisa Abrajano 2015 256 pages
3.65
49 ratings
Immigration
Race
Politics
Why Cities Lose Summary
Why Cities Lose
The Deep Roots of the Urban-Rural Political Divide
by Jonathan A. Rodden 2019 336 pages
3.78
252 ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
The Logic of Collective Action Summary
The Logic of Collective Action
Public Goods and the Theory of Groups
by Mancur Olson 1965 186 pages
3.98
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Political Science
On Democracy Summary
On Democracy
by Robert A. Dahl 1998 224 pages
3.68
1k+ ratings
Politics
Political Science
Philosophy
Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop Summary
Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop
The Case for Multiparty Democracy in America
by Lee Drutman 2020 368 pages
4.15
450 ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
On Power Summary
On Power
by Robert A. Caro 2017 2 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Biography
The Business of America is Lobbying Summary
The Business of America is Lobbying
How Corporations Became Politicized and Politics Became More Corporate
by Lee Drutman 2015 269 pages
3.79
67 ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
The Politics of Resentment Summary
The Politics of Resentment
Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker
by Katherine J. Cramer 2016 225 pages
4.01
1k+ ratings
Politics
Political Science
Sociology
Rights Talk Summary
Rights Talk
The Impoverishment of Political Discourse
by Mary Ann Glendon 1991 236 pages
4.06
124 ratings
Politics
Law
Philosophy
A Necessary Evil Summary
A Necessary Evil
A History of American Distrust of Government
by Garry Wills 1999 368 pages
3.78
196 ratings
History
Politics
American History
Nemesis Summary
Nemesis
The Last Days of the American Republic
by Chalmers Johnson 2007 354 pages
4.07
500+ ratings
Politics
History
War
Identity Crisis Summary
Identity Crisis
The 2016 Presidential Campaign and the Battle for the Meaning of America
by John Sides 2018 352 pages
4.10
500+ ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
Democracy Summary
Democracy
by Charles Tilly 2007 248 pages
3.64
173 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Sociology
Laboratories of Autocracy Summary
Laboratories of Autocracy
A Wake-Up Call from Behind the Lines
by David Pepper 2021 452 pages
4.48
338 ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Let Them Eat Tweets Summary
Let Them Eat Tweets
How the Right Rules in an Age of Extreme Inequality
by Jacob S. Hacker 2020 288 pages
4.09
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Four Threats Summary
Four Threats
The Recurring Crises of American Democracy
by Suzanne Mettler 2020 301 pages
4.03
221 ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Open Democracy Summary
Open Democracy
Reinventing Popular Rule for the Twenty-First Century
by Hélène Landemore 2020 272 pages
4.09
109 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Political Science
American Citizenship Summary
American Citizenship
The Quest for Inclusion
by Judith Nisse Shklar 1991 134 pages
3.60
67 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
Durable Inequality Summary
Durable Inequality
by Charles Tilly 1998 312 pages
4.03
114 ratings
Sociology
Politics
Economics
Democracy for Realists Summary
Democracy for Realists
Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government
by Christopher H. Achen 2016 408 pages
3.98
1k+ ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
It's Even Worse Than It Looks Summary
It's Even Worse Than It Looks
How the American Constitutional System Collided with the Politics of Extremism
by Thomas E. Mann 2012 225 pages
3.89
3k+ ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Neither Liberal nor Conservative Summary
Neither Liberal nor Conservative
Ideological Innocence in the American Public
by Donald R. Kinder 2017 224 pages
3.90
61 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Read For School
Ill Winds Summary
Ill Winds
Saving Democracy from Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition, and American Complacency
by Larry Diamond 2019 368 pages
3.99
274 ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
Liberty and Coercion Summary
Liberty and Coercion
The Paradox of American Government from the Founding to the Present
by Gary Gerstle 2015 472 pages
4.04
77 ratings
History
Politics
American History
Modelos de partido Summary
Modelos de partido
Organización y poder en los partidos políticos
by Angelo Panebianco 1982 512 pages
3.60
15 ratings
Political Science
The Rise and Decline of Nations Summary
The Rise and Decline of Nations
Economic Growth, Stagflation, and Social Rigidities
by Mancur Olson 1982 276 pages
3.96
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
It Was All a Lie Summary
It Was All a Lie
How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump
by Stuart Stevens 2020 256 pages
4.12
4k+ ratings
Politics
History
American History
The Hell of Good Intentions Summary
The Hell of Good Intentions
America's Foreign Policy Elite and the Decline of U.S. Primacy
by Stephen M. Walt 2018 400 pages
4.01
500+ ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
Why Leaders Lie Summary
Why Leaders Lie
The Truth About Lying in International Politics
by John J. Mearsheimer 2010 160 pages
3.47
500+ ratings
Politics
International Relations
History
The Conservative Sensibility Summary
The Conservative Sensibility
by George F. Will 2019 640 pages
4.11
1k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Next American Nation Summary
The Next American Nation
The New Nationalism and the Fourth American Revolution
by Michael Lind 1995 448 pages
3.95
87 ratings
Politics
History
Cultural
The Destructionists Summary
The Destructionists
The Twenty-Five Year Crack-Up of the Republican Party
by Dana Milbank 2022 416 pages
4.21
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Current Affairs
Partisans Summary
Partisans
The Conservative Revolutionaries Who Remade American Politics in the 1990s
by Nicole Hemmer 2022 368 pages
4.17
475 ratings
Politics
History
American History
Unstable Majorities Summary
Unstable Majorities
Polarization, Party Sorting, and Political Stalemate
by Morris P. Fiorina 2017 264 pages
4.07
74 ratings
Politics
Political Science
The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism Summary
The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism
by Theda Skocpol 2011 264 pages
3.82
413 ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
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