Politics
Power flows through the halls of government and the pages of these books, where visionary leaders, economic forces, and social movements shape our world. Here you'll find penetrating analyses of political systems and ideologies alongside intimate portraits of the brilliant minds who've changed history through revolution, reform, and the relentless pursuit of justice.
Politics Book Summaries
Regulating the Poor
The Functions of Public Welfare
Sociology
Politics
History
The Most Dangerous Man In Detroit
Walter Reuther And The Fate Of American Labor
Labor
History
Biography
Land of Promise
An Economic History of the United States
History
Economics
American History
How States Think
The Rationality of Foreign Policy
Politics
International Relations
History
Public Citizens
The Attack on Big Government and the Remaking of American Liberalism
Politics
History
American History
Trumpocracy
The Corruption of the American Republic
Politics
History
Philosophy
Liberalism
The Life of an Idea
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere
An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society
Philosophy
Sociology
Politics
Racial Realignment
The Transformation of American Liberalism, 1932–1965
Politics
History
Political Science
Limits to Growth
The 30-Year Update
Economics
Science
Environment
Negro President
Jefferson and the Slave Power
History
Biography
Politics
Nations Apart
How Clashing Regional Cultures Shattered America
History
Politics
American History
Disciples of White Jesus
The Radicalization of American Boyhood
Religion
Politics
Race
Mañana o pasado
El misterio de los mexicanos
History
Cultural
Politics
The Age of Federalism
History
American History
Politics
Operation Hollywood
How the Pentagon Shapes and Censors the Movies
Politics
Film
History
Dangerous Charisma
Psychology
Politics
Society
The Broken Branch
How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track
Politics
Political Science
History
Radical American Partisanship
Mapping Violent Hostility, Its Causes, and the Consequences for Democracy
Politics
American History
Political Science
Nations
The Long History and Deep Roots of Political Ethnicity and Nationalism
History
Politics
Sociology
Kill Switch
The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy
Politics
History
American History
The Market Revolution
Jacksonian America, 1815-1846
History
American History
Economics
The Right To Vote The Contested History Of Democracy In The United States
History
Politics
American History
Democracy and Its Critics
Politics
Political Science
Philosophy
NATO's Secret Armies
Operation Gladio and Terrorism in Western Europe
History
Politics
Conspiracy Theories
Cross Purposes
Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy
Religion
Politics
Christianity
Age of Danger
Keeping America Safe in an Era of New Superpowers, New Weapons, and New Threats
Politics
The Long Southern Strategy
How Chasing White Voters in the South Changed American Politics
Politics
History
American History
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Politics
History
Memoir
I Told You So!
Scientists Who Were Ridiculed, Exiled, and Imprisoned for Being Right
Science
History
Medical
The Great Demographic Illusion
Majority, Minority, and the Expanding American Mainstream
Politics
Race
Sociology
Democracy in America?
What Has Gone Wrong and What We Can Do About It
Politics
Political Science
History
Separate and Unequal
The Kerner Commission and the Unraveling of American Liberalism
Politics
History
Race
The Market Revolution in America
Liberty, Ambition, and the Eclipse of the Common Good
History
Economics
American History
In the Shadow of the Poorhouse
A Social History of Welfare in America
History
Economics
Politics
Inventing the Individual
The Origins of Western Liberalism
History
Philosophy
Politics
Nationalism
A Short History
History
Politics
Political Science
Nation Building
Why Some Countries Come Together While Others Fall Apart
Politics
Political Science
History
The House Divided
Sunni, Shia and the Making of the Middle East
History
Religion
Middle East
The Rise of Southern Republicans
Politics
History
American History
Exceptional America
What Divides Americans from the World and from Each Other
Politics
History
United States
Mental Immunity
Infectious Ideas, Mind-Parasites, and the Search for a Better Way to Think
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
Seven Social Movements That Changed America
History
Politics
American History
Internal Improvement
National Public Works and the Promise of Popular Government in the Early United States
American History
Politics
Class
Federalism
A Very Short Introduction
Politics
History
Philosophy
Anti-System Politics
The Crisis of Market Liberalism in Rich Democracies
Politics
Economics
Political Science
Red State Revolt
The Teachers' Strike Wave and Working-Class Politics
Politics
Labor
History
Wards of the State
The Long Shadow of American Foster Care
History
Politics
Social Justice
Republican Gomorrah
Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party
Politics
Religion
History
The Two Faces of American Freedom
History
Politics
American History
