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Politics Summary
Politics
who gets what, when, how
by Harold D. Lasswell 1936 222 pages
3.37
41 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Unusually Cruel Summary
Unusually Cruel
Prisons, Punishment, and the Real American Exceptionalism
by Marc Morjé Howard 2017 296 pages
4.39
41 ratings
Politics
Black Power Summary
Black Power
The Politics of Liberation
by Stokely Carmichael 1967 256 pages
4.37
2k+ ratings
Politics
Race
History
The Economics of Inequality Summary
The Economics of Inequality
by Thomas Piketty 1997 160 pages
3.65
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
The Ideological Brain Summary
The Ideological Brain
A Radical Science of Susceptible Minds
by Leor Zmigrod 2025 292 pages
3.65
500+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Politics
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
Southern Politics In State and Nation Summary
Southern Politics In State and Nation
by V.O. Key Jr. 1949 752 pages
4.32
100 ratings
Politics
History
American
The Ethnic Phenomenon Summary
The Ethnic Phenomenon
by Pierre L. van den Berghe 1981 318 pages
4.34
47 ratings
Politics
Anthropology
Sociology
Talking to the Enemy Summary
Talking to the Enemy
Faith, Brotherhood, and the (Un)Making of Terrorists
by Scott Atran 2010 581 pages
3.95
288 ratings
Politics
Religion
Anthropology
Dog Whistle Politics Summary
Dog Whistle Politics
How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism and Wrecked the Middle Class
by Ian F. Haney-López 2013 304 pages
4.20
1k+ ratings
Politics
Race
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
One Nation Under God Summary
One Nation Under God
How Corporate America Invented Christian America
by Kevin M. Kruse 2015 384 pages
3.96
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
Religion
Nacionalismo contra Globalismo. Dicotomía del Siglo XXI antes de la Inteligencia Artificial Summary
Nacionalismo contra Globalismo. Dicotomía del Siglo XXI antes de la Inteligencia Artificial
by Alfredo Jalife-Rahme 2019 208 pages
4.23
13 ratings
Politics
Fault Lines in the Constitution Summary
Fault Lines in the Constitution
The Framers, Their Fights, and the Flaws That Affect Us Today
by Cynthia Levinson 2017 240 pages
4.00
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Middle Grade
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
The Power of Market Fundamentalism Summary
The Power of Market Fundamentalism
Karl Polanyi's Critique
by Fred L. Block 2014 312 pages
4.34
67 ratings
Economics
Politics
Theory
The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy Summary
The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy
by Christopher Lasch 1995 276 pages
3.95
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
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
Red Dawn Over China Summary
Red Dawn Over China
How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity
by Frank Dikötter 2026 384 pages
3.82
126 ratings
China
History
Politics
The Development of the Modern State Summary
The Development of the Modern State
A Sociological Introduction
by Gianfranco Poggi 1978 191 pages
3.48
86 ratings
Sociology
History
Politics
ROOTS OF SOUTHERN POPULISM Summary
ROOTS OF SOUTHERN POPULISM
YEOMAN FARMERS & THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE GEORGIA UP: Yeoman Farmers and the Transformation of the Georgia Upcountry, 1850-1890
by Steven Hahn 1985 373 pages
3.78
74 ratings
History
American History
Politics
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
Crafting State-Nations Summary
Crafting State-Nations
India and Other Multinational Democracies
by Alfred Stepan 2010 336 pages
4.64
11 ratings
Politics
War and State Formation in Ancient China and Early Modern Europe Summary
War and State Formation in Ancient China and Early Modern Europe
by Victoria Tin-bor Hui 2005 310 pages
4.02
46 ratings
History
China
Politics
The Watchman's Rattle Summary
The Watchman's Rattle
Thinking Our Way Out of Extinction
by Rebecca D. Costa 2009 347 pages
3.96
500+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Sociology
Adversarial Legalism Summary
Adversarial Legalism
The American Way of Law
by Robert A. Kagan 2003 352 pages
3.72
72 ratings
Law
Politics
History
Children of the Days Summary
Children of the Days
A Calendar of Human History
by Eduardo Galeano 2012 423 pages
4.18
4k+ ratings
History
Literature
Politics
Categorically Unequal Summary
Categorically Unequal
The American Stratification System
by Douglas S. Massey 2007 340 pages
4.24
134 ratings
Sociology
Politics
Economics
We Have Not a Government Summary
We Have Not a Government
The Articles of Confederation and the Road to the Constitution
by George William Van Cleve 2017 390 pages
3.99
76 ratings
History
Politics
American History
Ethnic Boundary Making Summary
Ethnic Boundary Making
Institutions, Power, Networks
by Andreas Wimmer 2012 304 pages
3.55
22 ratings
Sociology
Politics
Race
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
The Ideological Origins of American Federalism Summary
The Ideological Origins of American Federalism
by Alison L. LaCroix 2010 320 pages
3.52
31 ratings
History
Law
Politics
The Securitarian Personality Summary
The Securitarian Personality
What Really Motivates Trump's Base and Why It Matters for the Post-Trump Era
by John R. Hibbing 2020 304 pages
3.66
29 ratings
Psychology
Politics
Social Science
Wobblies and Zapatistas Summary
Wobblies and Zapatistas
Conversations on Anarchism, Marxism, and Radical History
by Staughton Lynd 2008 288 pages
3.89
473 ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Letter to a Christian Nation Summary
Letter to a Christian Nation
by Sam Harris 2006 96 pages
3.99
42k+ ratings
Religion
Philosophy
Atheism
The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine Summary
The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine
From Zionism to Intifadas and the Struggle for Peace
by Michael Scott-Baumann 2023 288 pages
4.12
3k+ ratings
History
Politics
Middle East
Nationalism Summary
Nationalism
by Craig J. Calhoun 1998 176 pages
3.86
58 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Us Against Them Summary
Us Against Them
Ethnocentric Foundations of American Opinion
by Donald R. Kinder 2009 354 pages
3.97
33 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Class
American Exceptionalism and Civil Religion Summary
American Exceptionalism and Civil Religion
Reassessing the History of an Idea
by John D. Wilsey 2015 263 pages
4.17
175 ratings
History
American History
Religion
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
Bring Back the Bureaucrats Summary
Bring Back the Bureaucrats
Why More Federal Workers Will Lead to Better (and Smaller!) Government
by John DiIulio 2014 185 pages
3.22
32 ratings
College
Politics
Capitalism and Modern Social Theory Summary
Capitalism and Modern Social Theory
An Analysis of the Writings of Marx, Durkheim and Max Weber
by Anthony Giddens 1971 261 pages
3.91
500+ ratings
Sociology
Politics
Philosophy
The End of Power Summary
The End of Power
From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn't What It Used to Be
by Moisés Naím 2013 320 pages
3.63
3k+ ratings
Business
Politics
History
A Little History of Economics Summary
A Little History of Economics
by Niall Kishtainy 2017 256 pages
4.08
6k+ ratings
Economics
History
Business
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
The Left Behind Summary
The Left Behind
Decline and Rage in Rural America
by Robert Wuthnow 2018 200 pages
3.58
500+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Cultural
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
War Without Rules Summary
War Without Rules
China's Playbook for Global Domination
by Robert Spalding 2022 256 pages
4.04
318 ratings
China
Politics
Military Fiction
Mornings on Horseback Summary
Mornings on Horseback
by David McCullough 1981 445 pages
4.10
35k+ ratings
History
Biography
Presidents
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