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The Great Exception Summary
The Great Exception
The New Deal and the Limits of American Politics
by Jefferson R. Cowie 2016 288 pages
3.90
203 ratings
History
Politics
Economics
Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy Summary
Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy
by Daniel Ziblatt 2017 439 pages
4.00
88 ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Nationalism Summary
Nationalism
Five Roads to Modernity
by Liah Greenfeld 1992 596 pages
3.77
66 ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
Unequal Democracy Summary
Unequal Democracy
The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age
by Larry M. Bartels 2008 344 pages
3.89
457 ratings
Politics
Economics
Political Science
Birth of the Leviathan Summary
Birth of the Leviathan
by Ertman 1997 380 pages
3.78
49 ratings
History
Politics
Political Science
How Democratic Is the American Constitution? Summary
How Democratic Is the American Constitution?
by Robert A. Dahl 2001 240 pages
3.69
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
The Divided States of America Summary
The Divided States of America
Why Federalism Doesn't Work
by Donald F. Kettl 2020 240 pages
3.48
64 ratings
Politics
History
American History
Paths Out of Dixie Summary
Paths Out of Dixie
The Democratization of Authoritarian Enclaves in America's Deep South, 1944-1972
by Robert Mickey 2015 584 pages
4.36
39 ratings
History
Politics
Political Science
Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy Summary
Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy
Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World
by Barrington Moore Jr. 1966 586 pages
4.00
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
The Passions and the Interests Summary
The Passions and the Interests
Political Arguments for Capitalism Before Its Triumph
by Albert O. Hirschman 1977 180 pages
4.14
500+ ratings
Economics
History
Politics
The Red and the Blue Summary
The Red and the Blue
The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism
by Steve Kornacki 2018
4.20
3k+ ratings
Politics
History
American History
Politics by Other Means Summary
Politics by Other Means
Politicians, Prosecutors, and the Press from Watergate to Whitewater
by Professor of Political Science Benjamin Ginsberg 1990 268 pages
3.29
38 ratings
Political Science
The Populist Explosion Summary
The Populist Explosion
How the Great Recession Transformed American and European Politics
by John B. Judis 2016 182 pages
3.74
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Political Animals Summary
Political Animals
How Our Stone-Age Brain Gets in the Way of Smart Politics
by Rick Shenkman 2016 336 pages
3.87
189 ratings
Politics
Psychology
History
Waves of War Summary
Waves of War
Nationalism, State Formation, and Ethnic Exclusion in the Modern World
by Andreas Wimmer 2012 384 pages
3.48
23 ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
It Didn't Happen Here Summary
It Didn't Happen Here
Why Socialism Failed in the United States
by Seymour Martin Lipset 2000 374 pages
3.60
105 ratings
History
Politics
American History
Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized America Summary
Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized America
by Morris P. Fiorina 2004 256 pages
3.46
420 ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
A Theory of Justice Summary
A Theory of Justice
by John Rawls 1971 824 pages
3.95
13k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Law
The Dark Side of Democracy Summary
The Dark Side of Democracy
Explaining Ethnic Cleansing
by Michael Mann 2004 592 pages
4.06
159 ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
The Great Disruption Summary
The Great Disruption
Human Nature and the Reconstitution of Social Order
by Francis Fukuyama 1999 368 pages
3.62
353 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Political Science
The Great Alignment Summary
The Great Alignment
Race, Party Transformation, and the Rise of Donald Trump
by Alan I. Abramowitz 2018 216 pages
3.43
191 ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
The Rhetoric of Reaction Summary
The Rhetoric of Reaction
Perversity, Futility, Jeopardy
by Albert O. Hirschman 1991 224 pages
4.02
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
A Nation by Design Summary
A Nation by Design
Immigration Policy in the Fashioning of America
by Aristide R. Zolberg 2006 672 pages
3.82
55 ratings
History
Immigration
Politics
Relic Summary
Relic
How Our Constitution Undermines Effective Government--and Why We Need a More Powerful Presidency
by William G. Howell 2016 256 pages
3.41
101 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Government
How States Think Summary
How States Think
The Rationality of Foreign Policy
by John J. Mearsheimer 2023 304 pages
3.68
500+ ratings
Politics
International Relations
History
The Politics of Our Time Summary
The Politics of Our Time
Populism, Nationalism, Socialism
by John B. Judis 2021 425 pages
3.94
33 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Liberalism Summary
Liberalism
The Life of an Idea
by Edmund Fawcett 2014 488 pages
3.90
277 ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Racial Realignment Summary
Racial Realignment
The Transformation of American Liberalism, 1932–1965
by Eric Schickler 2016 384 pages
4.24
46 ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
The Broken Branch Summary
The Broken Branch
How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track
by Thomas E. Mann 2006 288 pages
3.76
290 ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
Radical American Partisanship Summary
Radical American Partisanship
Mapping Violent Hostility, Its Causes, and the Consequences for Democracy
by Nathan P. Kalmoe 2022 222 pages
3.70
44 ratings
Politics
American History
Political Science
Democracy and Its Critics Summary
Democracy and Its Critics
by Robert A. Dahl 1989 397 pages
3.84
316 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Philosophy
Kill Switch Summary
Kill Switch
The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy
by Adam Jentleson 2021 352 pages
4.24
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
American History
The Right To Vote The Contested History Of Democracy In The United States Summary
The Right To Vote The Contested History Of Democracy In The United States
by Alexander Keyssar 2000 512 pages
4.04
301 ratings
History
Politics
American History
Separate and Unequal Summary
Separate and Unequal
The Kerner Commission and the Unraveling of American Liberalism
by Steven M. Gillon 2018 400 pages
3.97
95 ratings
Politics
History
Race
Democracy in America? Summary
Democracy in America?
What Has Gone Wrong and What We Can Do About It
by Benjamin I. Page 2017 352 pages
3.78
54 ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
Nationalism Summary
Nationalism
A Short History
by Liah Greenfeld 2019 160 pages
3.50
48 ratings
History
Politics
Political Science
Nation Building Summary
Nation Building
Why Some Countries Come Together While Others Fall Apart
by Andreas Wimmer 2018 376 pages
4.08
36 ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
The Rise of Southern Republicans Summary
The Rise of Southern Republicans
by Black 2002 454 pages
3.93
81 ratings
Politics
History
American History
The Two Faces of American Freedom Summary
The Two Faces of American Freedom
by Aziz Rana 2010 432 pages
4.03
90 ratings
History
Politics
American History
Republican Gomorrah Summary
Republican Gomorrah
Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party
by Max Blumenthal 2007 432 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
Politics
Religion
History
Making Race and Nation Summary
Making Race and Nation
A Comparison of South Africa, the United States, and Brazil
by Anthony W. Marx 1997 412 pages
3.89
109 ratings
History
Politics
Political Science
Anti-System Politics Summary
Anti-System Politics
The Crisis of Market Liberalism in Rich Democracies
by Jonathan Hopkin 2020 331 pages
3.90
51 ratings
Politics
Economics
Political Science
Politics Summary
Politics
who gets what, when, how
by Harold D. Lasswell 1936 222 pages
3.37
41 ratings
Politics
Political Science
American Amnesia Summary
American Amnesia
How the War on Government Led Us to Forget What Made America Prosper
by Jacob S. Hacker 2016 464 pages
4.14
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Presidents, Populism, and the Crisis of Democracy Summary
Presidents, Populism, and the Crisis of Democracy
by William G. Howell 2020 256 pages
3.87
82 ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
Southern Nation Summary
Southern Nation
Congress and White Supremacy after Reconstruction
by David A. Bateman 2018 488 pages
3.38
13 ratings
History
Politics
Race
American Political Parties and Elections Summary
American Political Parties and Elections
A Very Short Introduction
by L. Sandy Maisel 2016 208 pages
3.39
322 ratings
Politics
History
American History
From Politics to the Pews Summary
From Politics to the Pews
How Partisanship and the Political Environment Shape Religious Identity
by Michele F. Margolis 2018 336 pages
3.89
35 ratings
Politics
Religion
Political Science
The Populist Persuasion Summary
The Populist Persuasion
An American History
by Michael Kazin 1995 387 pages
3.75
134 ratings
History
Politics
American History
Hacking the Electorate Summary
Hacking the Electorate
How Campaigns Perceive Voters
by Eitan D. Hersh 2015 270 pages
3.84
55 ratings
Politics
Political Science
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