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🎯 Evidence-Based Politics

Cutting through ideology and rhetoric to ask what the data actually says about policy, governance, and the measurable outcomes of political decisions.
On Leadership
by Tony Blair • 2024
A prime minister's playbook: plan, focus, deliver, and why efficacy beats populism.
3.86
808
🏛️ Political Leadership🎯 Political Strategy🔄 Government Reform📊 Evidence-Based Policy💻 Technology In Government
On Leadership Summary
On Leadership 91%
A prime minister's playbook: plan, focus, deliver, and why efficacy beats populism.
by Tony Blair 2024
3.86
808 ratings
🏛️ Political Leadership🎯 Political Strategy🔄 Government Reform📊 Evidence-Based Policy💻 Technology In Government
The Victory Lab
by Sasha Issenberg • 2012
How data scientists toppled campaign gurus and built the modern, data-driven political machine.
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2k+
🗳️ Political Campaigns📊 Data-Driven Politics🧪 Field Experiments📢 Voter Mobilization🔬 Behavioral Science
The Victory Lab Summary
The Victory Lab 91%
How data scientists toppled campaign gurus and built the modern, data-driven political machine.
by Sasha Issenberg 2012
3.78
2k+ ratings
🗳️ Political Campaigns📊 Data-Driven Politics🧪 Field Experiments📢 Voter Mobilization🔬 Behavioral Science
Rational Choice and Security Studies
by Michael E. Brown • 2000
Two visions of political science: one builds mathematical temples, the other wants to stop war.
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🔒 Security Studies🧮 Rational Choice⚔️ Methodology Wars🔬 Philosophy Of Science📐 Formal Modeling
Rational Choice and Security Studies Summary
Rational Choice and Security Studies 91%
Two visions of political science: one builds mathematical temples, the other wants to stop war.
by Michael E. Brown 2000
3.78
9 ratings
🔒 Security Studies🧮 Rational Choice⚔️ Methodology Wars🔬 Philosophy Of Science📐 Formal Modeling
Power to the Public
by Tara Dawson McGuinness • 2021
Government services fail because they skip users. The fix: design with people, real data, iterate.
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🏛️ Civic Technology📜 Government Reform🧑‍💻 Human-Centered Design📈 Evidence-Based Policy💻 Digital Transformation
Power to the Public Summary
Power to the Public 91%
Government services fail because they skip users. The fix: design with people, real data, iterate.
by Tara Dawson McGuinness 2021
3.98
320 ratings
🏛️ Civic Technology📜 Government Reform🧑‍💻 Human-Centered Design📈 Evidence-Based Policy💻 Digital Transformation
The Fifth Risk
by Michael Lewis • 2018
Why a $40,000 health clinic in rural America reveals a government most Americans never see.
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48k+
🔬 Science Policy🇺🇸 Trump Administration📊 Open Data🌀 Risk Management🌎 Rural America
The Fifth Risk Summary
The Fifth Risk 91%
Why a $40,000 health clinic in rural America reveals a government most Americans never see.
by Michael Lewis 2018
4.09
48k+ ratings
🔬 Science Policy🇺🇸 Trump Administration📊 Open Data🌀 Risk Management🌎 Rural America
Policy Paradox
by Deborah Stone • 1988
Policy runs on stories and symbols more than spreadsheets. The winner defines the problem.
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1k+
🏛️ Policy Analysis🔲 Framing Effects🏗️ Social Construction🎭 Symbolic Politics🗣️ Political Rhetoric
Policy Paradox Summary
Policy Paradox 91%
Policy runs on stories and symbols more than spreadsheets. The winner defines the problem.
by Deborah Stone 1988
3.87
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Policy Analysis🔲 Framing Effects🏗️ Social Construction🎭 Symbolic Politics🗣️ Political Rhetoric
The Cost-Benefit Revolution
by Cass R. Sunstein • 2018
Government rules used to be about politics. Then Reagan made them about arithmetic.
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⚖️ Cost-Benefit Analysis📜 Regulatory Policy🏛️ Technocratic Governance⚠️ Risk Regulation📋 Administrative Law
The Cost-Benefit Revolution Summary
The Cost-Benefit Revolution 91%
Government rules used to be about politics. Then Reagan made them about arithmetic.
by Cass R. Sunstein 2018
3.62
116 ratings
⚖️ Cost-Benefit Analysis📜 Regulatory Policy🏛️ Technocratic Governance⚠️ Risk Regulation📋 Administrative Law
The Political System
by David Easton • 1953
Political science is rich in data but poor in theory. This 1953 diagnosis still holds.
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28
🎯 Defining The Political📚 Political Theory⚖️ Values In Science🔬 Methodology🔄 Systems Theory
The Political System Summary
The Political System 90%
Political science is rich in data but poor in theory. This 1953 diagnosis still holds.
by David Easton 1953
3.96
28 ratings
🎯 Defining The Political📚 Political Theory⚖️ Values In Science🔬 Methodology🔄 Systems Theory
Results
by Charlie Baker • 2022
A governor's playbook for fixing bureaucracy: capable people, honest data, relentless execution.
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89
🏛️ Public Administration🔧 Government Reform⚙️ Execution📊 Data-Driven Decisions🚨 Crisis Management
Results Summary
Results 90%
A governor's playbook for fixing bureaucracy: capable people, honest data, relentless execution.
by Charlie Baker 2022
3.80
89 ratings
🏛️ Public Administration🔧 Government Reform⚙️ Execution📊 Data-Driven Decisions🚨 Crisis Management
Conspiracy Theories and Other Dangerous Ideas
by Cass R. Sunstein • 2014
Fear, happiness, conspiracy beliefs: all misfire in the same predictable ways. Law can correct them.
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167
🧠 Behavioral Economics🏛️ Public Policy⚖️ Legal Reasoning👥 Social Influence🔀 Political Polarization
Conspiracy Theories and Other Dangerous Ideas Summary
Conspiracy Theories and Other Dangerous Ideas 90%
Fear, happiness, conspiracy beliefs: all misfire in the same predictable ways. Law can correct them.
by Cass R. Sunstein 2014
3.14
167 ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics🏛️ Public Policy⚖️ Legal Reasoning👥 Social Influence🔀 Political Polarization
Best Things First
by Bjørn Lomborg • 2023
Saving 4.2 million lives yearly costs $35 billion, if you fund only the most effective policies.
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388
🌍 Development Economics📊 Benefit-Cost Analysis🤲 Effective Altruism📋 Evidence-Based Policy🎯 Policy Prioritization
Best Things First Summary
Best Things First 90%
Saving 4.2 million lives yearly costs $35 billion, if you fund only the most effective policies.
by Bjørn Lomborg 2023
3.90
388 ratings
🌍 Development Economics📊 Benefit-Cost Analysis🤲 Effective Altruism📋 Evidence-Based Policy🎯 Policy Prioritization
Against Democracy
by Jason Brennan • 2016
Voters are ignorant and participation corrupts them. The competent should rule instead.
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1k+
🧠 Democratic Theory🗳️ Voter Ignorance🔧 Governance Reform💬 Deliberative Democracy📊 Political Epistemology
Against Democracy Summary
Against Democracy 90%
Voters are ignorant and participation corrupts them. The competent should rule instead.
by Jason Brennan 2016
3.68
1k+ ratings
🧠 Democratic Theory🗳️ Voter Ignorance🔧 Governance Reform💬 Deliberative Democracy📊 Political Epistemology
How to Run A Government
by Michael Barber • 2015
A small delivery team, relentless data, and boring routines: the real engine of government reform.
3.90
402
📋 Policy Implementation🏛️ Public Sector Reform📊 Evidence-Based Policy💰 Public Sector Productivity🔄 Organizational Routines
How to Run A Government Summary
How to Run A Government 90%
A small delivery team, relentless data, and boring routines: the real engine of government reform.
by Michael Barber 2015
3.90
402 ratings
📋 Policy Implementation🏛️ Public Sector Reform📊 Evidence-Based Policy💰 Public Sector Productivity🔄 Organizational Routines
Understanding Public Policy
by Thomas R. Dye • 1969
Governments make policy through many lenses. An eight-model toolkit shows why each is half right.
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244
🏛️ Public Policy Analysis🇺🇸 American Government🔍 Policy Frameworks📊 Policy Evaluation🏢 Interest Groups
Understanding Public Policy Summary
Understanding Public Policy 90%
Governments make policy through many lenses. An eight-model toolkit shows why each is half right.
by Thomas R. Dye 1969
3.81
244 ratings
🏛️ Public Policy Analysis🇺🇸 American Government🔍 Policy Frameworks📊 Policy Evaluation🏢 Interest Groups
Fragmented Democracy
by Jamila Michener • 2018
Your zip code decides your Medicaid benefits. It also decides whether you bother with politics.
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120
🏛️ American Federalism🏥 Health Policy⚖️ Political Inequality🏢 Bureaucratic Encounters🔗 Race And Poverty
Fragmented Democracy Summary
Fragmented Democracy 90%
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
The Two Percent Solution
by Matt Miller • 2003
America's biggest domestic problems cost two percent of GDP to fix. That's the whole argument.
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89
🏛️ Domestic Policy🏥 Healthcare Reform📚 Education Reform💰 Campaign Finance🤝 Bipartisan Solutions
The Two Percent Solution Summary
The Two Percent Solution 90%
America's biggest domestic problems cost two percent of GDP to fix. That's the whole argument.
by Matt Miller 2003
3.98
89 ratings
🏛️ Domestic Policy🏥 Healthcare Reform📚 Education Reform💰 Campaign Finance🤝 Bipartisan Solutions
The Political Brain
by Drew Westen • 2007
Why facts and policy details lose elections: the emotional brain runs the voting booth.
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2k+
🧠 Political Psychology🗳️ Campaign Strategy📢 Political Messaging🖼️ Framing Effects🌍 Racial Politics
The Political Brain Summary
The Political Brain 90%
Why facts and policy details lose elections: the emotional brain runs the voting booth.
by Drew Westen 2007
4.05
2k+ ratings
🧠 Political Psychology🗳️ Campaign Strategy📢 Political Messaging🖼️ Framing Effects🌍 Racial Politics
More Guns, Less Crime
by John R. Lott Jr. • 1998
Mass shootings fell 84% in concealed-carry states. The economist who did the math.
4.07
852
🔫 Gun Control⚖️ Criminal Justice🎯 Deterrence Theory📜 Law And Economics💰 Free Market Economics
More Guns, Less Crime Summary
More Guns, Less Crime 90%
Mass shootings fell 84% in concealed-carry states. The economist who did the math.
by John R. Lott Jr. 1998
4.07
852 ratings
🔫 Gun Control⚖️ Criminal Justice🎯 Deterrence Theory📜 Law And Economics💰 Free Market Economics
Expert Political Judgment
by Philip E. Tetlock • 2005
Political pundits barely beat chance. Those who change their minds and doubt themselves do best.
3.98
709
🔮 Political Forecasting🧠 Expert Judgment🧩 Cognitive Biases🎲 Probabilistic Thinking🤔 Intellectual Humility
Expert Political Judgment Summary
Expert Political Judgment 90%
Political pundits barely beat chance. Those who change their minds and doubt themselves do best.
by Philip E. Tetlock 2005
3.98
709 ratings
🔮 Political Forecasting🧠 Expert Judgment🧩 Cognitive Biases🎲 Probabilistic Thinking🤔 Intellectual Humility
Progressive Myths
by Michael Huemer • 2024
The statistical case against ten progressive orthodoxies, from police racism to the gender pay gap.
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128
🎯 Political Polemics📰 Media Criticism🎓 Academic Capture📊 Statistical Debunking👮 Police And Race
Progressive Myths Summary
Progressive Myths 90%
The statistical case against ten progressive orthodoxies, from police racism to the gender pay gap.
by Michael Huemer 2024
4.01
128 ratings
🎯 Political Polemics📰 Media Criticism🎓 Academic Capture📊 Statistical Debunking👮 Police And Race
Democracy for Realists
by Christopher H. Achen • 2016
Voters punish presidents for shark attacks, vote their tribe, and ignore policy.
3.98
1k+
🗳️ Electoral Behavior📜 Democratic Theory🧠 Political Psychology🤔 Voter Irrationality👥 Group Identity
Democracy for Realists Summary
Democracy for Realists 90%
Voters punish presidents for shark attacks, vote their tribe, and ignore policy.
by Christopher H. Achen 2016
3.98
1k+ ratings
🗳️ Electoral Behavior📜 Democratic Theory🧠 Political Psychology🤔 Voter Irrationality👥 Group Identity
Social Justice Fallacies
by Thomas Sowell • 2023
Before you remake society for fairness, check the facts. They rarely support the theory.
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3k+
📋 Public Policy Critique🔄 Unintended Consequences📊 Statistical Fallacies👥 Group Differences🧠 Knowledge Problem
Social Justice Fallacies Summary
Social Justice Fallacies 90%
Before you remake society for fairness, check the facts. They rarely support the theory.
by Thomas Sowell 2023
4.38
3k+ ratings
📋 Public Policy Critique🔄 Unintended Consequences📊 Statistical Fallacies👥 Group Differences🧠 Knowledge Problem
Common Sense
by Joel Greenblatt • 2020
The same incentive logic that picks stocks can fix schools, wages, and banks.
3.65
276
🏛️ Economic Policy📚 Education Reform💡 Market-Based Solutions🪢 Social Safety Net🏦 Banking Reform
Common Sense Summary
Common Sense 90%
The same incentive logic that picks stocks can fix schools, wages, and banks.
by Joel Greenblatt 2020
3.65
276 ratings
🏛️ Economic Policy📚 Education Reform💡 Market-Based Solutions🪢 Social Safety Net🏦 Banking Reform
The Logic of Political Survival
by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita • 2003
Why democracies build roads and dictatorships build patronage: the math of political survival.
3.98
162
🏛️ Political Incentives🌍 Comparative Politics🧮 Rational Choice🗳️ Public Choice Theory🔒 Authoritarian Politics
The Logic of Political Survival Summary
The Logic of Political Survival 90%
Why democracies build roads and dictatorships build patronage: the math of political survival.
by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita 2003
3.98
162 ratings
🏛️ Political Incentives🌍 Comparative Politics🧮 Rational Choice🗳️ Public Choice Theory🔒 Authoritarian Politics
The Vision of the Anointed
by Thomas Sowell • 1995
Why failed policies survive: how the elite turns evidence into heresy and failure into virtue.
4.40
3k+
🧐 Public Policy📢 Social Criticism📊 Statistical Fallacies💥 Policy Failure🎭 Ideological Bias
The Vision of the Anointed Summary
The Vision of the Anointed 90%
Why failed policies survive: how the elite turns evidence into heresy and failure into virtue.
by Thomas Sowell 1995
4.40
3k+ ratings
🧐 Public Policy📢 Social Criticism📊 Statistical Fallacies💥 Policy Failure🎭 Ideological Bias
An Introduction to the Policy Process
by Thomas A. Birkland • 2001
Policy fails less from bad ideas than from the battles over attention, framing, and implementation.
3.58
288
🏛️ Policy Process📋 Agenda Setting⚙️ Policy Implementation🛠️ Policy Design🧠 Policy Theory
An Introduction to the Policy Process Summary
An Introduction to the Policy Process 90%
Policy fails less from bad ideas than from the battles over attention, framing, and implementation.
by Thomas A. Birkland 2001
3.58
288 ratings
🏛️ Policy Process📋 Agenda Setting⚙️ Policy Implementation🛠️ Policy Design🧠 Policy Theory
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 90%
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 Storm Before the Calm
by George Friedman • 2020
Every eighty years America's government breaks; every fifty, its economy. Now both arrive at once.
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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 90%
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
Good Economics for Hard Times
by Abhijit V. Banerjee • 2019
The data on immigration, trade, and inequality contradicts everything the policy fight assumes.
4.22
15k+
📊 Economic Policy🧠 Behavioral Economics📋 Evidence-Based Policy🌍 Migration🌱 Development Economics
Good Economics for Hard Times Summary
Good Economics for Hard Times 90%
The data on immigration, trade, and inequality contradicts everything the policy fight assumes.
by Abhijit V. Banerjee 2019
4.22
15k+ ratings
📊 Economic Policy🧠 Behavioral Economics📋 Evidence-Based Policy🌍 Migration🌱 Development Economics
The Thinkers
by E.J. Fagan • 2024
American polarization has a hidden engine: think tanks that supply each party with its own facts.
3.80
15
🧠 Think Tanks🇺🇸 American Politics↔️ Political Polarization📋 Public Policy🔬 Policy Expertise
The Thinkers Summary
The Thinkers 90%
American polarization has a hidden engine: think tanks that supply each party with its own facts.
by E.J. Fagan 2024
3.80
15 ratings
🧠 Think Tanks🇺🇸 American Politics↔️ Political Polarization📋 Public Policy🔬 Policy Expertise
A Letter to Liberals
by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. • 2022
Science silenced, dissent crushed, trillions siphoned: the pandemic response that liberals policed.
4.39
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🏥 Public Health Policy💉 Vaccine Safety⚖️ Civil Liberties🏛️ Regulatory Capture🗽 Classical Liberalism
A Letter to Liberals Summary
A Letter to Liberals 90%
Science silenced, dissent crushed, trillions siphoned: the pandemic response that liberals policed.
by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2022
4.39
359 ratings
🏥 Public Health Policy💉 Vaccine Safety⚖️ Civil Liberties🏛️ Regulatory Capture🗽 Classical Liberalism
Pasteur's Quadrant
by Donald E. Stokes • 1997
The report that sold America on funding pure science: the engine of health, security, and growth.
3.82
150
🧪 Science Policy💰 Research Funding🧬 Basic Research🏛️ Government Science🧑‍🔬 Scientific Workforce
Pasteur's Quadrant Summary
Pasteur's Quadrant 90%
The report that sold America on funding pure science: the engine of health, security, and growth.
by Donald E. Stokes 1997
3.82
150 ratings
🧪 Science Policy💰 Research Funding🧬 Basic Research🏛️ Government Science🧑‍🔬 Scientific Workforce
In the Long Run
by Jonathan White • 2024
The future made democracy possible. Calculated, secret, and algorithmic futures are dismantling it.
3.78
85
🗳️ Democratic Theory📜 Intellectual History💭 Political Imagination⏳ Long-Term Thinking🤖 Algorithmic Governance
In the Long Run Summary
In the Long Run 90%
The future made democracy possible. Calculated, secret, and algorithmic futures are dismantling it.
by Jonathan White 2024
3.78
85 ratings
🗳️ Democratic Theory📜 Intellectual History💭 Political Imagination⏳ Long-Term Thinking🤖 Algorithmic Governance
Recoding America
by Jennifer Pahlka • 2023
Government's tech catastrophes share one cause: it treats code as a purchase, never a practice.
4.37
3k+
🖥️ Gov Tech🔄 Digital Transformation🔁 Agile Government🎨 User-Centered Design📦 Product Management
Recoding America Summary
Recoding America 90%
Government's tech catastrophes share one cause: it treats code as a purchase, never a practice.
by Jennifer Pahlka 2023
4.37
3k+ ratings
🖥️ Gov Tech🔄 Digital Transformation🔁 Agile Government🎨 User-Centered Design📦 Product Management
Why Nudge?
by Cass R. Sunstein • 2014
Predictable human error justifies a new kind of paternalism, one that preserves choice.
3.47
245
📉 Behavioral Economics🏛️ Public Policy🧠 Cognitive Biases📋 Behavioral Policy🛡️ Paternalism
Why Nudge? Summary
Why Nudge? 90%
Predictable human error justifies a new kind of paternalism, one that preserves choice.
by Cass R. Sunstein 2014
3.47
245 ratings
📉 Behavioral Economics🏛️ Public Policy🧠 Cognitive Biases📋 Behavioral Policy🛡️ Paternalism
The Dictator's Handbook
by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita • 2011
All politics comes down to one number: how many backers a leader must satisfy to survive.
4.25
11k+
🏰 Political Survival👑 Authoritarian Regimes🎯 Political Incentives💰 Corruption And Power🌍 Foreign Aid Critique
The Dictator's Handbook Summary
The Dictator's Handbook 90%
All politics comes down to one number: how many backers a leader must satisfy to survive.
by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita 2011
4.25
11k+ ratings
🏰 Political Survival👑 Authoritarian Regimes🎯 Political Incentives💰 Corruption And Power🌍 Foreign Aid Critique
⿻ 數位 Plurality
by E. Glen Weyl • 2024
Tech promised liberation but delivered surveillance and polarization. Taiwan found the off-ramp.
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47
🗳️ Digital Democracy🏛️ Civic Technology🧠 Collective Intelligence💰 Public Goods Funding🆔 Digital Identity
⿻ 數位 Plurality Summary
⿻ 數位 Plurality 90%
Tech promised liberation but delivered surveillance and polarization. Taiwan found the off-ramp.
by E. Glen Weyl 2024
3.51
47 ratings
🗳️ Digital Democracy🏛️ Civic Technology🧠 Collective Intelligence💰 Public Goods Funding🆔 Digital Identity
The Rational Public
by Benjamin I. Page • 1992
One voter's opinion is noise. Combine millions, and a different story about democracy emerges.
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33
📊 Public Opinion Research🗳️ Democratic Theory🧠 Collective Intelligence🏛️ Welfare State Politics🌐 Foreign Policy Attitudes
The Rational Public Summary
The Rational Public 90%
One voter's opinion is noise. Combine millions, and a different story about democracy emerges.
by Benjamin I. Page 1992
3.58
33 ratings
📊 Public Opinion Research🗳️ Democratic Theory🧠 Collective Intelligence🏛️ Welfare State Politics🌐 Foreign Policy Attitudes
Electoral Systems and Party Systems
by Arend Lijphart • 1994
Across twenty-seven democracies, one design rule predicts electoral fairness best.
3.35
37
🗳️ Electoral Systems⚖️ Proportional Representation🏛️ Party Systems🌍 Comparative Politics🔧 Electoral Reform
Electoral Systems and Party Systems Summary
Electoral Systems and Party Systems 90%
Across twenty-seven democracies, one design rule predicts electoral fairness best.
by Arend Lijphart 1994
3.35
37 ratings
🗳️ Electoral Systems⚖️ Proportional Representation🏛️ Party Systems🌍 Comparative Politics🔧 Electoral Reform
Hacking the Electorate
by Eitan D. Hersh • 2015
Campaigns see you through public records, not profiles. State data laws decide who gets mobilized.
3.84
55
🗳️ Campaign Strategy🧠 Voter Behavior📊 Data-Driven Campaigns🎯 Microtargeting📢 Voter Mobilization
Hacking the Electorate Summary
Hacking the Electorate 90%
Campaigns see you through public records, not profiles. State data laws decide who gets mobilized.
by Eitan D. Hersh 2015
3.84
55 ratings
🗳️ Campaign Strategy🧠 Voter Behavior📊 Data-Driven Campaigns🎯 Microtargeting📢 Voter Mobilization
Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop
by Lee Drutman • 2020
The two-party system is a democratic death trap. The only way out is to add more parties.
4.15
450
🦅 American Party Systems🗳️ Electoral Reform📊 Proportional Representation🪓 Political Tribalism⚠️ Democratic Erosion
Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop Summary
Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop 90%
The two-party system is a democratic death trap. The only way out is to add more parties.
by Lee Drutman 2020
4.15
450 ratings
🦅 American Party Systems🗳️ Electoral Reform📊 Proportional Representation🪓 Political Tribalism⚠️ Democratic Erosion
Political Order and Political Decay
by Francis Fukuyama • 2014
Build democracy before the state, and politics becomes clientelism, not good government.
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5k+
🌐 Comparative Politics🏛️ State Building🏚️ Institutional Decay⚙️ Bureaucracy🤝 Clientelism
Political Order and Political Decay Summary
Political Order and Political Decay 89%
Build democracy before the state, and politics becomes clientelism, not good government.
by Francis Fukuyama 2014
4.34
5k+ ratings
🌐 Comparative Politics🏛️ State Building🏚️ Institutional Decay⚙️ Bureaucracy🤝 Clientelism
New Abnormal
by Aaron Kheriaty • 2022
The emergency never ended. It became a permanent way for the state to manage your body.
4.38
148
🏥 Public Health Policy⚖️ Medical Ethics🧬 Biopolitics👁️ Digital Surveillance🔬 Scientism
New Abnormal Summary
New Abnormal 89%
The emergency never ended. It became a permanent way for the state to manage your body.
by Aaron Kheriaty 2022
4.38
148 ratings
🏥 Public Health Policy⚖️ Medical Ethics🧬 Biopolitics👁️ Digital Surveillance🔬 Scientism
Notes on Resistance
by Noam Chomsky • 2022
Four crises are converging. The institutions that caused them are now blocking every fix.
4.30
405
🌍 Us Foreign Policy🏛️ American Politics✊ Political Resistance🌱 Grassroots Organizing📰 Media Criticism
Notes on Resistance Summary
Notes on Resistance 89%
Four crises are converging. The institutions that caused them are now blocking every fix.
by Noam Chomsky 2022
4.30
405 ratings
🌍 Us Foreign Policy🏛️ American Politics✊ Political Resistance🌱 Grassroots Organizing📰 Media Criticism
Does American Democracy Still Work?
by Alan Wolfe • 2006
American democracy has morphed into a form that is democratic on paper but illiberal in practice.
3.57
21
🇺🇸 American Politics🏛️ Democratic Theory⚡ Political Polarization🗳️ Voter Ignorance💰 Money In Politics
Does American Democracy Still Work? Summary
Does American Democracy Still Work? 89%
American democracy has morphed into a form that is democratic on paper but illiberal in practice.
by Alan Wolfe 2006
3.57
21 ratings
🇺🇸 American Politics🏛️ Democratic Theory⚡ Political Polarization🗳️ Voter Ignorance💰 Money In Politics
Uneasy Alliances
by Paul Frymer • 1999
The two-party system sidelines race by design, taking its most loyal voters for granted.
3.85
33
🇺🇸 American Politics🏛️ Two-Party System🖤 Racial Politics🗣️ Political Representation🔗 Institutional Racism
Uneasy Alliances Summary
Uneasy Alliances 89%
The two-party system sidelines race by design, taking its most loyal voters for granted.
by Paul Frymer 1999
3.85
33 ratings
🇺🇸 American Politics🏛️ Two-Party System🖤 Racial Politics🗣️ Political Representation🔗 Institutional Racism
Network Propaganda
by Yochai Benkler • 2018
The internet did not polarize America; a lopsided propaganda machine built over decades did.
4.14
387
🗺️ Media Ecosystems📣 Propaganda Studies🔁 Echo Chambers📰 Political Communication🦠 Disinformation Studies
Network Propaganda Summary
Network Propaganda 89%
The internet did not polarize America; a lopsided propaganda machine built over decades did.
by Yochai Benkler 2018
4.14
387 ratings
🗺️ Media Ecosystems📣 Propaganda Studies🔁 Echo Chambers📰 Political Communication🦠 Disinformation Studies
Apocalypse Never
by Michael Shellenberger • 2020
The planet is getting better in the ways that matter. The alarmists got it backward.
4.16
6k+
🌍 Environmental Policy🌡️ Climate Debate⚡ Energy Policy☢️ Nuclear Advocacy🔕 Anti-Alarmism
Apocalypse Never Summary
Apocalypse Never 89%
The planet is getting better in the ways that matter. The alarmists got it backward.
by Michael Shellenberger 2020
4.16
6k+ ratings
🌍 Environmental Policy🌡️ Climate Debate⚡ Energy Policy☢️ Nuclear Advocacy🔕 Anti-Alarmism
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 89%
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
What You Should Know About Politics . . . But Don't
by Jessamyn Conrad • 2008
What every voter should know about the issues, explained without the partisan spin.
3.94
2k+
🦅 American Politics📋 Public Policy📚 Civic Education⚡ Political Polarization🔥 Culture Wars
What You Should Know About Politics . . . But Don't Summary
What You Should Know About Politics . . . But Don't 89%
What every voter should know about the issues, explained without the partisan spin.
by Jessamyn Conrad 2008
3.94
2k+ ratings
🦅 American Politics📋 Public Policy📚 Civic Education⚡ Political Polarization🔥 Culture Wars
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