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Power flows through the halls of government and across international borders, shaping the forces that define our world and daily lives. Here you'll find penetrating analyses of political systems, social movements, and the complex dynamics between rulers and the ruled, from ancient philosophies to modern geopolitics.

Political Science Book Summaries

Empires in World History Summary
Empires in World History
Power and the Politics of Difference
by Jane Burbank 2010 528 pages
3.98
430 ratings
History
World History
Politics
Electoral Systems and Party Systems Summary
Electoral Systems and Party Systems
A Study of Twenty-Seven Democracies, 1945-1990
by Arend Lijphart 1994 228 pages
3.35
37 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Reference
C. Wright Mills and the Power Elite Summary
C. Wright Mills and the Power Elite
by G. William Domhoff 1968 288 pages
4.53
17 ratings
Political Science
Sociology
Politics
War and Change in World Politics Summary
War and Change in World Politics
by Robert Gilpin 1999 288 pages
3.97
362 ratings
International Relations
Politics
War
The Rise and Fall of Rational Control Summary
The Rise and Fall of Rational Control
The History of Modern Political Philosophy
by Harvey Claflin Mansfield 2026 336 pages
4.12
26 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Nationalist Exclusion and Ethnic Conflict Summary
Nationalist Exclusion and Ethnic Conflict
Shadows of Modernity
by Andreas Wimmer 1998 332 pages
3.83
12 ratings
Political Science
When the People Speak Summary
When the People Speak
Deliberative Democracy and Public Consultation
by James S. Fishkin 2009 256 pages
3.76
49 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Political Science
The Partisan Sort Summary
The Partisan Sort
How Liberals Became Democrats and Conservatives Became Republicans
by Matthew Levendusky 2009 184 pages
4.09
33 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Conservatism Summary
Conservatism
The Fight for a Tradition
by Edmund Fawcett 2020 544 pages
3.73
128 ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Nationalist Revival Summary
The Nationalist Revival
Trade, Immigration, and the Revolt Against Globalization
by John B. Judis 2018 158 pages
3.75
247 ratings
Politics
Economics
History
A Framework for Political Analysis Summary
A Framework for Political Analysis
by David Easton 1979
3.94
33 ratings
Political Science
Asymmetric Politics Summary
Asymmetric Politics
Ideological Republicans and Group Interest Democrats
by Matt Grossmann 2016 414 pages
4.13
114 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Ebooks
The Sovereign State and Its Competitors Summary
The Sovereign State and Its Competitors
An Analysis of Systems Change
by Hendrik Spruyt 1994 302 pages
4.03
124 ratings
History
Politics
Political Science
Peasants Into Frenchmen Summary
Peasants Into Frenchmen
The Modernization of Rural France, 1870-1914
by Eugen Weber 1976 614 pages
4.28
403 ratings
History
France
European History
The Rise of the Western World Summary
The Rise of the Western World
A New Economic History
by Douglass C. North 1973 180 pages
3.85
171 ratings
History
Economics
Political Science
Structuring the State Summary
Structuring the State
The Formation of Italy and Germany and the Puzzle of Federalism
by Daniel Ziblatt 2006 288 pages
3.53
15 ratings
Political Science
Politics
Germany
Uneasy Alliances Summary
Uneasy Alliances
Race and Party Competition in America
by Paul Frymer 1999 224 pages
3.85
33 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Social Justice
Democracy When the People Are Thinking Summary
Democracy When the People Are Thinking
Revitalizing Our Politics Through Public Deliberation
by James S. Fishkin 2018 272 pages
3.82
28 ratings
Politics
Political Science
The Bitter End Summary
The Bitter End
The 2020 Presidential Campaign and the Challenge to American Democracy
by John Sides 2022 400 pages
3.83
129 ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
The Forum and the Tower Summary
The Forum and the Tower
How Scholars and Politicians Have Imagined the World, from Plato to Eleanor Roosevelt
by Mary Ann Glendon 2011 280 pages
3.95
66 ratings
Philosophy
History
Law
Building a New American State Summary
Building a New American State
The Expansion of National Administrative Capacities 1877-1920
by Stephen Skowronek 1982 400 pages
3.75
57 ratings
History
Political Science
Politics
The Fracturing of the American Corporate Elite Summary
The Fracturing of the American Corporate Elite
by Mark S. Mizruchi 2013 384 pages
3.47
19 ratings
Sociology
Politics
Political Science
Who Rules America Now? A View for the 80's Summary
Who Rules America Now? A View for the 80's
by G. William Domhoff 1083 256 pages
4.17
30 ratings
Sociology
Politics
Political Science
The Future of Liberalism Summary
The Future of Liberalism
by Alan Wolfe 2009 352 pages
3.74
92 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Political Science
La défaite de l'Occident Summary
La défaite de l'Occident
by Emmanuel Todd 2024 384 pages
3.96
500+ ratings
Politics
History
France
Change They Can't Believe In Summary
Change They Can't Believe In
The Tea Party and Reactionary Politics in America
by Christopher S. Parker 2013 384 pages
3.69
86 ratings
Politics
American History
Political Science
The Global Police State Summary
The Global Police State
by William I. Robinson 2020 208 pages
4.11
112 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Political Science
Kings or People Summary
Kings or People
Power and the Mandate to Rule
by Reinhard Bendix 1978 704 pages
3.88
17 ratings
History
Sociology
Political Science
Authoritarianism and Polarization in American Politics Summary
Authoritarianism and Polarization in American Politics
by Marc J. Hetherington 2009 248 pages
3.97
121 ratings
Politics
Psychology
Political Science
Polarized Summary
Polarized
Making Sense of a Divided America
by James E. Campbell 2016 336 pages
3.70
23 ratings
Politics
Political Science
State Capture Summary
State Capture
How Conservative Activists, Big Businesses, and Wealthy Donors Reshaped the American States -- and the Nation
by Alexander Hertel-Fernandez 2019 384 pages
4.02
59 ratings
Politics
Political Science
The United States Of America
Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe Summary
Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe
From the Ancien Régime to the Present Day
by Sheri Berman 2019 544 pages
4.13
148 ratings
History
Politics
Political Science
After Utopia Summary
After Utopia
The Decline of Politcal Faith
by Judith N. Shklar 1970 309 pages
4.15
40 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Political Science
Issue Evolution Summary
Issue Evolution
Race and the Transformation of American Politics by Edward G. Carmines
by Edward G. Carmines 1989
3.22
23 ratings
Political Science
Corporation Nation Summary
Corporation Nation
How Corporations are Taking Over Our Lives -- and What We Can Do About It
by Charles Derber 1998 384 pages
3.74
65 ratings
Politics
Business
Economics
A World Safe for Democracy Summary
A World Safe for Democracy
Liberal Internationalism and the Crises of Global Order
by G. John Ikenberry 2020 432 pages
3.80
143 ratings
Politics
International Relations
History
The New Road to Serfdom Summary
The New Road to Serfdom
A Letter of Warning to America
by Daniel Hannan 2010 224 pages
4.03
500+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Perception and Misperception in International Politics Summary
Perception and Misperception in International Politics
by Robert Jervis 1976 464 pages
4.17
417 ratings
Politics
International Relations
Psychology
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