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🏙️ Cities And State Power

Examines the tension between urban centers and centralized authority, exploring how cities serve as both instruments and challengers of state control.
On Power
by Robert A. Caro • 2017
How one man built a financial empire inside the government and became untouchable.
3.95
1k+
🏙️ Urban Planning🏛️ Political Power🗳️ Machine Politics🏚️ Displacement🏢 Public Authorities
On Power Summary
On Power 92%
How one man built a financial empire inside the government and became untouchable.
by Robert A. Caro 2017
3.95
1k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Planning🏛️ Political Power🗳️ Machine Politics🏚️ Displacement🏢 Public Authorities
Who Really Rules? New Haven and Community Power Reexamined
by G. William Domhoff • 1978
The pluralists said nobody ruled New Haven. Three club rosters and Yale's board minutes disagree.
3.75
8
🏛️ Community Power Studies🏙️ Urban Politics👑 Elite Theory📊 Political Sociology🏗️ Urban Renewal
Who Really Rules? New Haven and Community Power Reexamined Summary
Who Really Rules? New Haven and Community Power Reexamined 91%
The pluralists said nobody ruled New Haven. Three club rosters and Yale's board minutes disagree.
by G. William Domhoff 1978
3.75
8 ratings
🏛️ Community Power Studies🏙️ Urban Politics👑 Elite Theory📊 Political Sociology🏗️ Urban Renewal
The Smart Enough City
by Ben Green • 2019
Smart cities dress up political problems as engineering ones. The fix is governance, not gadgets.
4.12
208
🏙️ Smart Cities🏛️ Urban Policy💻 Technology Criticism⚙️ Techno-Solutionism⚖️ Algorithmic Bias
The Smart Enough City Summary
The Smart Enough City 90%
Smart cities dress up political problems as engineering ones. The fix is governance, not gadgets.
by Ben Green 2019
4.12
208 ratings
🏙️ Smart Cities🏛️ Urban Policy💻 Technology Criticism⚙️ Techno-Solutionism⚖️ Algorithmic Bias
The Just City
by Susan S. Fainstein • 2010
Stop asking if a city is growing. Start asking who it's growing for.
3.75
174
🏙️ Urban Policy📐 Planning Theory⚖️ Distributive Justice🏛️ Urban Political Economy💼 Neoliberal Critique
The Just City Summary
The Just City 90%
Stop asking if a city is growing. Start asking who it's growing for.
by Susan S. Fainstein 2010
3.75
174 ratings
🏙️ Urban Policy📐 Planning Theory⚖️ Distributive Justice🏛️ Urban Political Economy💼 Neoliberal Critique
Against the smart city
by Adam Greenfield • 2013
Smart cities sell efficiency but deliver surveillance. The real operating system is people.
3.96
132
🏙️ Smart Cities📐 Urban Planning🔬 Technological Critique🤖 Algorithmic Control💰 Neoliberal Urbanism
Against the smart city Summary
Against the smart city 90%
Smart cities sell efficiency but deliver surveillance. The real operating system is people.
by Adam Greenfield 2013
3.96
132 ratings
🏙️ Smart Cities📐 Urban Planning🔬 Technological Critique🤖 Algorithmic Control💰 Neoliberal Urbanism
Smart Cities
by Anthony M. Townsend • 2013
Corporations are selling smart cities. A movement of civic hackers has a better blueprint.
3.61
817
🏙️ Urban Technology🔌 Digital Infrastructure🗳️ Civic Technology📊 Open Data🌱 Grassroots Innovation
Smart Cities Summary
Smart Cities 90%
Corporations are selling smart cities. A movement of civic hackers has a better blueprint.
by Anthony M. Townsend 2013
3.61
817 ratings
🏙️ Urban Technology🔌 Digital Infrastructure🗳️ Civic Technology📊 Open Data🌱 Grassroots Innovation
The Power Broker
by Robert A. Caro • 1974
How one unelected man built New York, bulldozed entire communities, and answered to no one.
4.53
30k+
🏙️ Urban Planning📋 Political Biography⚡ Power And Democracy🏚️ Displacement And Communities🔄 Urban Renewal
The Power Broker Summary
The Power Broker 89%
How one unelected man built New York, bulldozed entire communities, and answered to no one.
by Robert A. Caro 1974
4.53
30k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Planning📋 Political Biography⚡ Power And Democracy🏚️ Displacement And Communities🔄 Urban Renewal
Capital City
by Samuel Stein • 2019
Gentrification is not a market outcome. It is policy, written by the real estate industry.
3.92
2k+
🏙️ Urban Political Economy🏗️ Gentrification Studies🚚 Urban Displacement📖 Marxist Urban Theory🏠 Housing Justice
Capital City Summary
Capital City 89%
Gentrification is not a market outcome. It is policy, written by the real estate industry.
by Samuel Stein 2019
3.92
2k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Political Economy🏗️ Gentrification Studies🚚 Urban Displacement📖 Marxist Urban Theory🏠 Housing Justice
Fragmented Democracy
by Jamila Michener • 2018
Your zip code decides your Medicaid benefits. It also decides whether you bother with politics.
4.23
120
🏛️ American Federalism🏥 Health Policy⚖️ Political Inequality🏢 Bureaucratic Encounters🔗 Race And Poverty
Fragmented Democracy Summary
Fragmented Democracy 89%
Your zip code decides your Medicaid benefits. It also decides whether you bother with politics.
by Jamila Michener 2018
4.23
120 ratings
🏛️ American Federalism🏥 Health Policy⚖️ Political Inequality🏢 Bureaucratic Encounters🔗 Race And Poverty
Uses of Disorder
by Richard Sennett • 1970
The young craving for purity is architecting our cities into sterile, segregated cages.
3.88
258
🏙️ Urban Sociology🧩 Identity Formation🚧 Social Segregation🏛️ Bureaucratic Power💰 Affluent Isolation
Uses of Disorder Summary
Uses of Disorder 89%
The young craving for purity is architecting our cities into sterile, segregated cages.
by Richard Sennett 1970
3.88
258 ratings
🏙️ Urban Sociology🧩 Identity Formation🚧 Social Segregation🏛️ Bureaucratic Power💰 Affluent Isolation
Why Cities Lose
by Jonathan A. Rodden • 2019
The left's real problem isn't gerrymandering: its voters are packed into cities.
3.78
252
🏙️ Urban-Rural Divide🗳️ Electoral Systems✂️ Gerrymandering📊 Proportional Representation🌍 Political Geography
Why Cities Lose Summary
Why Cities Lose 89%
The left's real problem isn't gerrymandering: its voters are packed into cities.
by Jonathan A. Rodden 2019
3.78
252 ratings
🏙️ Urban-Rural Divide🗳️ Electoral Systems✂️ Gerrymandering📊 Proportional Representation🌍 Political Geography
Nowhere to Live
by James S. Burling • 2024
Why can't Americans afford homes? A century of rules made building them illegal.
4.00
12
🏠 Housing Policy🏛️ Property Rights🏗️ Zoning Reform⚖️ Eminent Domain📜 Government Overreach
Nowhere to Live Summary
Nowhere to Live 89%
Why can't Americans afford homes? A century of rules made building them illegal.
by James S. Burling 2024
4.00
12 ratings
🏠 Housing Policy🏛️ Property Rights🏗️ Zoning Reform⚖️ Eminent Domain📜 Government Overreach
The Development of the Modern State
by Gianfranco Poggi • 1978
How the modern state, from feudalism to liberalism, created its own crisis of legitimacy.
3.48
86
📜 State Formation📖 Historical Sociology📜 Constitutionalism⚠️ Legitimacy Crisis🏰 Feudalism
The Development of the Modern State Summary
The Development of the Modern State 89%
How the modern state, from feudalism to liberalism, created its own crisis of legitimacy.
by Gianfranco Poggi 1978
3.48
86 ratings
📜 State Formation📖 Historical Sociology📜 Constitutionalism⚠️ Legitimacy Crisis🏰 Feudalism
Triumph of the City
by Edward L. Glaeser • 2011
Poverty flocks to cities because cities are the escape route. The economic case for density.
3.91
6k+
🏙️ Urban Economics🏗️ City Planning🏘️ Urban Density🧠 Human Capital💡 Knowledge Spillovers
Triumph of the City Summary
Triumph of the City 89%
Poverty flocks to cities because cities are the escape route. The economic case for density.
by Edward L. Glaeser 2011
3.91
6k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Economics🏗️ City Planning🏘️ Urban Density🧠 Human Capital💡 Knowledge Spillovers
The Option of Urbanism
by Christopher B. Leinberger • 2007
America's car suburbs were built by policy, not consumer choice. The market now wants the opposite.
3.89
185
🏙️ Urban Planning🏘️ Sprawl🏗️ New Urbanism🚶 Walkable Cities🏚️ Gentrification
The Option of Urbanism Summary
The Option of Urbanism 89%
America's car suburbs were built by policy, not consumer choice. The market now wants the opposite.
by Christopher B. Leinberger 2007
3.89
185 ratings
🏙️ Urban Planning🏘️ Sprawl🏗️ New Urbanism🚶 Walkable Cities🏚️ Gentrification
Road to Nowhere
by Paris Marx • 2022
The tech-driven transportation future is a dead end. The real fix: fewer cars, better transit.
4.16
643
🚗 Car Culture🏙️ Urban Planning💻 Techno-Solutionism🚌 Public Transit🛵 Gig Economy
Road to Nowhere Summary
Road to Nowhere 89%
The tech-driven transportation future is a dead end. The real fix: fewer cars, better transit.
by Paris Marx 2022
4.16
643 ratings
🚗 Car Culture🏙️ Urban Planning💻 Techno-Solutionism🚌 Public Transit🛵 Gig Economy
The Great Reset
by Richard Florida • 2010
Crashes rebuild how we live. Two gave us factories and suburbs. The third is remaking cities.
3.59
656
🏙️ Urban Economics🗺️ Economic Geography🏗️ Infrastructure💡 Creative Economy🔄 Post-Industrial Society
The Great Reset Summary
The Great Reset 89%
Crashes rebuild how we live. Two gave us factories and suburbs. The third is remaking cities.
by Richard Florida 2010
3.59
656 ratings
🏙️ Urban Economics🗺️ Economic Geography🏗️ Infrastructure💡 Creative Economy🔄 Post-Industrial Society
The Rise of the Creative Class
by Richard Florida • 2004
Jobs once followed factories. Now a class of creatives clusters in the most tolerant cities.
3.68
3k+
🏙️ Urban Economics🎨 Creative Industries🧠 Knowledge Work🌍 Economic Geography🏗️ Place Making
The Rise of the Creative Class Summary
The Rise of the Creative Class 89%
Jobs once followed factories. Now a class of creatives clusters in the most tolerant cities.
by Richard Florida 2004
3.68
3k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Economics🎨 Creative Industries🧠 Knowledge Work🌍 Economic Geography🏗️ Place Making
The Price of Federalism
by Paul E. Peterson • 1995
Washington redistributes; states compete for growth. The pattern leaves Rust Belt cities behind.
3.37
19
💰 Fiscal Federalism🇺🇸 American Federalism📊 Public Finance🔗 Intergovernmental Relations🏥 Welfare Policy
The Price of Federalism Summary
The Price of Federalism 89%
Washington redistributes; states compete for growth. The pattern leaves Rust Belt cities behind.
by Paul E. Peterson 1995
3.37
19 ratings
💰 Fiscal Federalism🇺🇸 American Federalism📊 Public Finance🔗 Intergovernmental Relations🏥 Welfare Policy
The Edifice Complex
by Deyan Sudjic • 2006
From Hitler's Reich Chancellery to the Bilbao Guggenheim, what monuments are really for.
3.8
380
🏛️ Architecture And Power🧠 Political Psychology⭐ Starchitecture🏗️ Authoritarian Architecture🏙️ Skyscraper History
The Edifice Complex Summary
The Edifice Complex 89%
From Hitler's Reich Chancellery to the Bilbao Guggenheim, what monuments are really for.
by Deyan Sudjic 2006
3.8
380 ratings
🏛️ Architecture And Power🧠 Political Psychology⭐ Starchitecture🏗️ Authoritarian Architecture🏙️ Skyscraper History
Bring Back the Bureaucrats
by John DiIulio • 2014
Government grew. Bureaucracy didn't. The case for hiring federal workers to make it smaller.
3.22
32
🏛️ Public Administration🔧 Government Reform📄 Outsourcing Critique🎯 Accountability📜 Constitutional Governance
Bring Back the Bureaucrats Summary
Bring Back the Bureaucrats 89%
Government grew. Bureaucracy didn't. The case for hiring federal workers to make it smaller.
by John DiIulio 2014
3.22
32 ratings
🏛️ Public Administration🔧 Government Reform📄 Outsourcing Critique🎯 Accountability📜 Constitutional Governance
The End of Power
by Moisés Naím • 2013
Power is crumbling everywhere at once. The three hidden forces dismantling every hierarchy.
3.63
4k+
🏛️ Political Decay🌐 Dispersion Of Power🌎 Post-Hegemonic World📉 Erosion Of Authority⚔️ Asymmetric Conflict
The End of Power Summary
The End of Power 89%
Power is crumbling everywhere at once. The three hidden forces dismantling every hierarchy.
by Moisés Naím 2013
3.63
4k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Decay🌐 Dispersion Of Power🌎 Post-Hegemonic World📉 Erosion Of Authority⚔️ Asymmetric Conflict
Sunbelt Capitalism
by Elizabeth Tandy Shermer • 2013
How Phoenix elites seized government, broke unions, and built a corporate model that remade America.
3.23
22
☀️ Sunbelt Politics🏗️ Urban Development🏢 Corporate Power⚒️ Anti-Union Politics🏛️ Political Economy
Sunbelt Capitalism Summary
Sunbelt Capitalism 89%
How Phoenix elites seized government, broke unions, and built a corporate model that remade America.
by Elizabeth Tandy Shermer 2013
3.23
22 ratings
☀️ Sunbelt Politics🏗️ Urban Development🏢 Corporate Power⚒️ Anti-Union Politics🏛️ Political Economy
Who Rules America Now? A View for the 80's
by G. William Domhoff • 1083
Exclusive clubs, think tanks, and family offices: how a tiny ruling class kept the American agenda.
4.17
30
🏛️ Political Sociology🧐 Class Analysis💰 Wealth Inequality🏢 Corporate Influence👑 Elite Theory
Who Rules America Now? A View for the 80's Summary
Who Rules America Now? A View for the 80's 89%
Exclusive clubs, think tanks, and family offices: how a tiny ruling class kept the American agenda.
by G. William Domhoff 1083
4.17
30 ratings
🏛️ Political Sociology🧐 Class Analysis💰 Wealth Inequality🏢 Corporate Influence👑 Elite Theory
The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City
by Alan Ehrenhalt • 2012
American metros are inverting: affluence returns downtown, immigrants settle the suburbs.
3.77
678
📊 Demographic Shifts🏘️ Suburban Transformation🏗️ Gentrification☀️ Sun Belt Cities🏙️ Density And Sprawl
The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City Summary
The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City 89%
American metros are inverting: affluence returns downtown, immigrants settle the suburbs.
by Alan Ehrenhalt 2012
3.77
678 ratings
📊 Demographic Shifts🏘️ Suburban Transformation🏗️ Gentrification☀️ Sun Belt Cities🏙️ Density And Sprawl
The Sovereign State and Its Competitors
by Hendrik Spruyt • 1994
The sovereign state won not by conquest but by keeping promises and enforcing uniform rules.
4.03
124
🏛️ State Formation🌐 International Relations Theory🔄 Institutional Change📊 Historical Sociology💰 Political Economy
The Sovereign State and Its Competitors Summary
The Sovereign State and Its Competitors 89%
The sovereign state won not by conquest but by keeping promises and enforcing uniform rules.
by Hendrik Spruyt 1994
4.03
124 ratings
🏛️ State Formation🌐 International Relations Theory🔄 Institutional Change📊 Historical Sociology💰 Political Economy
Power
by Dennis Wrong • 1996
Power must become authority to last, and every command carries both threat and attachment.
4.00
18
🏛️ Political Sociology📜 Political Theory⚖️ Coercion And Consent🔗 Authority Structures👥 Collective Action
Power Summary
Power 89%
Power must become authority to last, and every command carries both threat and attachment.
by Dennis Wrong 1996
4.00
18 ratings
🏛️ Political Sociology📜 Political Theory⚖️ Coercion And Consent🔗 Authority Structures👥 Collective Action
Why Nothing Works
by Marc J. Dunkelman • 2025
Progressivism has two souls: one builds, one stops. The stopper won, so nothing gets built.
3.79
1k+
🇺🇸 American Progressivism🔒 Bureaucratic Gridlock🏘️ Housing Crisis🏗️ Infrastructure Politics🏡 Local Control
Why Nothing Works Summary
Why Nothing Works 89%
Progressivism has two souls: one builds, one stops. The stopper won, so nothing gets built.
by Marc J. Dunkelman 2025
3.79
1k+ ratings
🇺🇸 American Progressivism🔒 Bureaucratic Gridlock🏘️ Housing Crisis🏗️ Infrastructure Politics🏡 Local Control
The Perils of Federalism
by Lisa L. Miller • 2008
Federalism rewards punitive interests. The communities hit hardest by crime stay shut out.
3.54
13
📜 American Political Development⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform🏛️ Interest Group Politics📰 Moral Panics🏙️ Urban Politics
The Perils of Federalism Summary
The Perils of Federalism 89%
Federalism rewards punitive interests. The communities hit hardest by crime stay shut out.
by Lisa L. Miller 2008
3.54
13 ratings
📜 American Political Development⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform🏛️ Interest Group Politics📰 Moral Panics🏙️ Urban Politics
Paint Your Town Red
by Matthew Brown • 2021
38 million to 111 million: the spending shift that rebuilt a town.
3.71
173
🏘️ Localism🗳️ Economic Democracy🤝 Worker Cooperatives🛒 Local Procurement🗣️ Participatory Democracy
Paint Your Town Red Summary
Paint Your Town Red 89%
38 million to 111 million: the spending shift that rebuilt a town.
by Matthew Brown 2021
3.71
173 ratings
🏘️ Localism🗳️ Economic Democracy🤝 Worker Cooperatives🛒 Local Procurement🗣️ Participatory Democracy
Federalism and the Making of America by David Brian Robertson
by David Robertson • 2011
America's biggest fights aren't over what government should do but which government gets to decide.
3.73
11
🏛️ Constitutional History🏗️ American Governance📜 American Political Development🔗 Intergovernmental Relations⚖️ Divided Sovereignty
Federalism and the Making of America by David Brian Robertson Summary
Federalism and the Making of America by David Brian Robertson 89%
America's biggest fights aren't over what government should do but which government gets to decide.
by David Robertson 2011
3.73
11 ratings
🏛️ Constitutional History🏗️ American Governance📜 American Political Development🔗 Intergovernmental Relations⚖️ Divided Sovereignty
Justice at Work
by Marc Doussard • 2022
How coalitions fuse racial and economic justice to win policy in cities.
5.00
3
🏙️ Urban Policy✊ Labor Movements🤝 Coalition Building⚖️ Racial Justice📢 Community Organizing
Justice at Work Summary
Justice at Work 89%
How coalitions fuse racial and economic justice to win policy in cities.
by Marc Doussard 2022
5.00
3 ratings
🏙️ Urban Policy✊ Labor Movements🤝 Coalition Building⚖️ Racial Justice📢 Community Organizing
Curbing Traffic
by Melissa Bruntlett • 2021
Dutch cities prove removing cars heals loneliness, restores childhood, and makes everyone richer.
4.38
633
🏛️ Urban Policy🏗️ Urban Design🚗 Car Dependency🚶 Walkable Cities🌳 Public Space
Curbing Traffic Summary
Curbing Traffic 89%
Dutch cities prove removing cars heals loneliness, restores childhood, and makes everyone richer.
by Melissa Bruntlett 2021
4.38
633 ratings
🏛️ Urban Policy🏗️ Urban Design🚗 Car Dependency🚶 Walkable Cities🌳 Public Space
Ungoverning
by Nancy L. Rosenblum • 2024
Shrinking government is one thing. Breaking it on purpose is another.
3.79
90
🏛️ Administrative State⚖️ Constitutional Law🔧 State Capacity📉 Democratic Backsliding📢 Populist Authoritarianism
Ungoverning Summary
Ungoverning 89%
Shrinking government is one thing. Breaking it on purpose is another.
by Nancy L. Rosenblum 2024
3.79
90 ratings
🏛️ Administrative State⚖️ Constitutional Law🔧 State Capacity📉 Democratic Backsliding📢 Populist Authoritarianism
Tactical Urbanism
by Mike Lydon • 2014
How to hack your city with paint, planters, and pop-up parks, and prove change is possible now.
3.99
315
🛠️ Diy Urbanism🎨 Creative Placemaking🏗️ Pop-Up Urbanism🚲 Street Reclamation🗳️ Participatory Planning
Tactical Urbanism Summary
Tactical Urbanism 89%
How to hack your city with paint, planters, and pop-up parks, and prove change is possible now.
by Mike Lydon 2014
3.99
315 ratings
🛠️ Diy Urbanism🎨 Creative Placemaking🏗️ Pop-Up Urbanism🚲 Street Reclamation🗳️ Participatory Planning
Democracy
by Charles Tilly • 2007
Democracy isn't a finish line. Three processes build it; elites can tear them down much faster.
3.64
173
🗳️ Democratization📜 Democratic Theory📚 Historical Sociology📉 Democratic Backsliding🏛️ State-Society Relations
Democracy Summary
Democracy 89%
Democracy isn't a finish line. Three processes build it; elites can tear them down much faster.
by Charles Tilly 2007
3.64
173 ratings
🗳️ Democratization📜 Democratic Theory📚 Historical Sociology📉 Democratic Backsliding🏛️ State-Society Relations
Extrastatecraft
by Keller Easterling • 2014
Free zones and broadband cables don't just move goods. They rewrite who governs the world.
3.68
410
🏗️ Infrastructure Politics📐 Architectural Theory🌍 Global Urbanism🕸️ Network Thinking🗺️ Spatial Theory
Extrastatecraft Summary
Extrastatecraft 88%
Free zones and broadband cables don't just move goods. They rewrite who governs the world.
by Keller Easterling 2014
3.68
410 ratings
🏗️ Infrastructure Politics📐 Architectural Theory🌍 Global Urbanism🕸️ Network Thinking🗺️ Spatial Theory
The Project
by David A. Graham • 2025
A manual for capturing the state: gut the civil service, politicize the DOJ, and nullify Congress.
4.02
2k+
🏛️ Presidential Power✝️ Christian Nationalism🐘 American Conservatism📋 Administrative State🗳️ State Capture
The Project Summary
The Project 88%
A manual for capturing the state: gut the civil service, politicize the DOJ, and nullify Congress.
by David A. Graham 2025
4.02
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Presidential Power✝️ Christian Nationalism🐘 American Conservatism📋 Administrative State🗳️ State Capture
Rebel Cities
by David Harvey • 2012
Capitalism doesn't just happen in cities. It happens through them, and the rent is coming due.
3.92
2k+
🌆 Urban Capitalism🗺️ Marxist Geography🏛️ Political Economy✊ Anti-Capitalism📉 Financial Crises
Rebel Cities Summary
Rebel Cities 88%
Capitalism doesn't just happen in cities. It happens through them, and the rent is coming due.
by David Harvey 2012
3.92
2k+ ratings
🌆 Urban Capitalism🗺️ Marxist Geography🏛️ Political Economy✊ Anti-Capitalism📉 Financial Crises
We Have Not a Government
by George William Van Cleve • 2017
State free-riding broke the first U.S. government. A debt crisis and revolt forced a grand bargain.
3.99
76
📜 Constitutional History🇺🇸 Early Republic🏛️ Federalism🏴 State Sovereignty💰 Political Economy
We Have Not a Government Summary
We Have Not a Government 88%
State free-riding broke the first U.S. government. A debt crisis and revolt forced a grand bargain.
by George William Van Cleve 2017
3.99
76 ratings
📜 Constitutional History🇺🇸 Early Republic🏛️ Federalism🏴 State Sovereignty💰 Political Economy
The Storm Before the Calm
by George Friedman • 2020
Every eighty years America's government breaks; every fifty, its economy. Now both arrive at once.
4.05
3k+
🏛️ American Political History🔄 Cyclical History🌪️ Crisis And Renewal👥 Demographic Shifts💾 Technology And Society
The Storm Before the Calm Summary
The Storm Before the Calm 88%
Every eighty years America's government breaks; every fifty, its economy. Now both arrive at once.
by George Friedman 2020
4.05
3k+ ratings
🏛️ American Political History🔄 Cyclical History🌪️ Crisis And Renewal👥 Demographic Shifts💾 Technology And Society
Fiber
by Susan P. Crawford • 2018
Fiber is this century's electricity, and America skipped the wiring job.
3.87
159
🌐 Internet Infrastructure📡 Telecom Policy⚖️ Regulatory Capture🏛️ Anti-Monopoly🔌 Public Utilities
Fiber Summary
Fiber 88%
Fiber is this century's electricity, and America skipped the wiring job.
by Susan P. Crawford 2018
3.87
159 ratings
🌐 Internet Infrastructure📡 Telecom Policy⚖️ Regulatory Capture🏛️ Anti-Monopoly🔌 Public Utilities
Streetfight
by Janette Sadik-Khan • 2016
Paint, data, and political nerve: beating the car-first status quo.
4.26
2k+
🛣️ Street Design🎨 Tactical Urbanism🌳 Public Space🚲 Bike Advocacy🚌 Transit Equity
Streetfight Summary
Streetfight 88%
Paint, data, and political nerve: beating the car-first status quo.
by Janette Sadik-Khan 2016
4.26
2k+ ratings
🛣️ Street Design🎨 Tactical Urbanism🌳 Public Space🚲 Bike Advocacy🚌 Transit Equity
Federalism
by Mark J. Rozell • 2019
The Constitution did not settle the fight between national and state power; it designed the arena.
3.67
63
📜 Federalism⚖️ Constitutional Law🏛️ American Government🌍 Comparative Politics👨‍⚖️ Supreme Court
Federalism Summary
Federalism 88%
The Constitution did not settle the fight between national and state power; it designed the arena.
by Mark J. Rozell 2019
3.67
63 ratings
📜 Federalism⚖️ Constitutional Law🏛️ American Government🌍 Comparative Politics👨‍⚖️ Supreme Court
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
by Jane Jacobs • 1961
Slums with low crime and safe sidewalks: the invisible logic cities follow when planners look away.
4.29
20k+
🏙️ Urban Planning🏚️ Urban Renewal🚶 Street Life🌆 New Urbanism🏘️ Urban Density
The Death and Life of Great American Cities Summary
The Death and Life of Great American Cities 88%
Slums with low crime and safe sidewalks: the invisible logic cities follow when planners look away.
by Jane Jacobs 1961
4.29
20k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Planning🏚️ Urban Renewal🚶 Street Life🌆 New Urbanism🏘️ Urban Density
The Handover
by David Runciman • 2023
Three inhuman agents run the world: states, corporations, and now AI. We have to pick one.
3.71
234
🏛️ Political Theory🏢 Corporate Power🤖 Ai Governance👥 Institutional Power🧠 Group Decision Making
The Handover Summary
The Handover 88%
Three inhuman agents run the world: states, corporations, and now AI. We have to pick one.
by David Runciman 2023
3.71
234 ratings
🏛️ Political Theory🏢 Corporate Power🤖 Ai Governance👥 Institutional Power🧠 Group Decision Making
The New Urban Crisis
by Richard Florida • 2017
Why urban revival is driving inequality and pushing out the middle class.
3.49
1k+
🏙️ Urban Inequality🏘️ Gentrification📊 Economic Segregation🏠 Housing Affordability🌐 Global Cities
The New Urban Crisis Summary
The New Urban Crisis 88%
Why urban revival is driving inequality and pushing out the middle class.
by Richard Florida 2017
3.49
1k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Inequality🏘️ Gentrification📊 Economic Segregation🏠 Housing Affordability🌐 Global Cities
City of Gold
by Jim Krane • 2009
Dubai's skyline was built by men who will never be allowed to call it home.
3.97
776
🏛️ State Capitalism⛽ Resource Curse👑 Gulf Monarchies🏙️ Instant Cities👷 Migrant Labor
City of Gold Summary
City of Gold 88%
Dubai's skyline was built by men who will never be allowed to call it home.
by Jim Krane 2009
3.97
776 ratings
🏛️ State Capitalism⛽ Resource Curse👑 Gulf Monarchies🏙️ Instant Cities👷 Migrant Labor
The New Road to Serfdom
by Daniel Hannan • 2010
Europe's centralized model killed jobs, silenced voters, and shrank families. America is next.
4.03
657
🏛️ Comparative Politics🏗️ Federalism📜 Classical Liberalism🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism🇪🇺 Euroscepticism
The New Road to Serfdom Summary
The New Road to Serfdom 88%
Europe's centralized model killed jobs, silenced voters, and shrank families. America is next.
by Daniel Hannan 2010
4.03
657 ratings
🏛️ Comparative Politics🏗️ Federalism📜 Classical Liberalism🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism🇪🇺 Euroscepticism
Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World
by Fareed Zakaria • 2020
COVID-19 hit fast-forward. Ten lessons for a digital, unequal, and bipolar world.
3.96
6k+
🏛️ Public Policy🌐 International Relations🚨 Crisis Management💻 Digital Transformation⚖️ Economic Inequality
Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World Summary
Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World 88%
COVID-19 hit fast-forward. Ten lessons for a digital, unequal, and bipolar world.
by Fareed Zakaria 2020
3.96
6k+ ratings
🏛️ Public Policy🌐 International Relations🚨 Crisis Management💻 Digital Transformation⚖️ Economic Inequality
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