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
Audience of One
Television, Donald Trump, and the Fracturing of America
Politics
History
Pop Culture
The Demagogue's Playbook
The Battle for American Democracy from the Founders to Trump
History
Politics
The Political Economy of American Industrialization, 1877-1900
History
Politics
American History
Legitimacy in Liberal Democracies
Politics
The Age of Choice
A History of Freedom in Modern Life
History
Philosophy
Politics
The Myth of American Exceptionalism
History
Politics
American History
Everything for Sale
The Virtues and Limits of Markets
Economics
Business
Politics
The Progress Paradox
How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse
Psychology
Economics
Sociology
Necropolitics
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
C. Wright Mills and the Power Elite
Political Science
Sociology
Politics
Ghost Wars
The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
History
Politics
War
The Rise and Fall of Rational Control
The History of Modern Political Philosophy
Politics
Philosophy
History
War and Change in World Politics
International Relations
Politics
War
The Federalist Society
How Conservatives Took the Law Back from Liberals
Politics
Law
History
The McDonaldization of Society
Sociology
Economics
Politics
Very Bad People
The Inside Story of Our Fight Against the World’s Network of Corruption
Politics
Crime
True Crime
Hell to Pay
How the Suppression of Wages Is Destroying America
Politics
Economics
Cultural
Majapahit
Intrigue, Betrayal and War in Indonesia's Greatest Empire
History
Politics
World History
The Case against Perfection
Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering
Philosophy
Science
Genetics
Wiser
Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter
Psychology
Business
Politics
The Partisan Sort
How Liberals Became Democrats and Conservatives Became Republicans
Politics
Political Science
The Horn of Africa
State Formation and Decay
Africa
History
Ethiopia
When Money Dies
The Nightmare of the Weimar Hyper-inflation
History
Economics
Finance
Conservatism
The Fight for a Tradition
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Nationalist Revival
Trade, Immigration, and the Revolt Against Globalization
Politics
Economics
History
The True and Only Heaven
Progress and Its Critics
Philosophy
Politics
History
When the People Speak
Deliberative Democracy and Public Consultation
Politics
Philosophy
Political Science
The Impulse Society
America in the Age of Instant Gratification
Sociology
Psychology
Politics
Age of Betrayal
The Triumph of Money in America, 1865-1900
History
Economics
American History
To Catch a Fascist
The Fight to Expose the Radical Right
Politics
History
Journalism
The Great Betrayal
The Struggle for Freedom and Democracy in the Middle East
History
Politics
Middle East
Unrestricted Warfare
China's Master Plan to Destroy America
China
Politics
Military Fiction
Individualism and Commitment in American Life
Readings on the Themes of Habits of the Heart
Sociology
Politics
Rewiring Democracy
How AI Will Transform Our Politics, Government, and Citizenship
Politics
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Asymmetric Politics
Ideological Republicans and Group Interest Democrats
Politics
Political Science
Ebooks
Vote for US
How to Take Back Our Elections and Change the Future of Voting
Politics
Max Weber
An Intellectual Portrait
Sociology
History
Philosophy
The Making of the English Working Class
History
Politics
Economics
The Sovereign State and Its Competitors
An Analysis of Systems Change
History
Politics
Political Science
Civilization and Capitalism 15th–18th Century, Vol 2
The Wheels of Commerce
History
Economics
Sociology
If We Can Keep It
How the Republic Collapsed and How it Might Be Saved
Politics
History
Economics
Whitewashing Race
The Myth of a Color-Blind Society
Race
Sociology
Politics
Man Up
The New Misogyny and the Rise of Violent Extremism
Feminism
Politics
Sociology
Republic of Wrath
How American Politics Turned Tribal, From George Washington to Donald Trump
Politics
History
American History
The Wisdom of Plagues
Lessons from 25 Years of Covering Pandemics
History
Science
Health
Athens on Trial
History
Politics
American Poison
How Racial Hostility Destroyed Our Promise
Race
Politics
History
Peasants Into Frenchmen
The Modernization of Rural France, 1870-1914
History
France
European History
Algorithms of Oppression
How Search Engines Reinforce Racism
Race
Technology
Social Justice
Structuring the State
The Formation of Italy and Germany and the Puzzle of Federalism
Political Science
Politics
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