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Political Science Book Summaries

The Dictator's Handbook Summary
The Dictator's Handbook
Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics
by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita 2011 462 pages
4.26
10k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Price of Civilization Summary
The Price of Civilization
Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity
by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2011 341 pages
3.83
2k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
The Post-American World Summary
The Post-American World
Release 2.0
by Fareed Zakaria 2011 336 pages
3.86
12k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Seeing Like a State Summary
Seeing Like a State
How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed (The Institution for Social and Policy St)
by Professor James C. Scott 1998 464 pages
4.2
5k+ ratings
History
Economics
Anthropology
A Conflict of Visions Summary
A Conflict of Visions
Ideological Origins of Political Struggles
by Thomas Sowell 2007 352 pages
4.32
4k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Economics
Why Civil Resistance Works Summary
Why Civil Resistance Works
The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict (Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare)
by Erica Chenoweth 2012 320 pages
4.04
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Activism
The Great Debate Summary
The Great Debate
Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left
by Yuval Levin 2013 296 pages
3.87
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Simpler Summary
Simpler
The Future of Government
by Cass R. Sunstein 2013 272 pages
3.57
500+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Law
World Order Summary
World Order
by Henry Kissinger 2014 432 pages
4.05
12k+ ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
Diplomacy Summary
Diplomacy
A Very Short Introduction
by Joseph M. Siracusa 2010 160 pages
3.15
100+ ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
How Propaganda Works Summary
How Propaganda Works
by Jason Stanley 2015 376 pages
3.55
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Psychology
What You Should Know About Politics . . . But Don't Summary
What You Should Know About Politics . . . But Don't
A Non-Partisan Guide to the Issues That Matter
by Jessamyn Conrad 2012 400 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
The Rise of the Outsiders Summary
The Rise of the Outsiders
How Mainstream Politics Lost its Way
by Steve Richards 2017 320 pages
3.66
100+ ratings
Politics
21st Century
History
The Geopolitics of Emotion Summary
The Geopolitics of Emotion
How Cultures of Fear, Humiliation, and Hope are Reshaping the World
by Dominique Moisi 2010 176 pages
3.63
100+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Political Science
How Democracies Die Summary
How Democracies Die
by Steven Levitsky 2018 320 pages
4.16
25k+ ratings
History
Political Science
Politics
Divided Summary
Divided
by Tim Marshall 2018
4.01
5k+ ratings
Politics
History
Geography
War on Peace Summary
War on Peace
The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence
by Ronan Farrow 2018 432 pages
4.15
8k+ ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
Case Studies and Theory Development in the Social Sciences (Belfer Center Studies in International Security) Summary
Case Studies and Theory Development in the Social Sciences (Belfer Center Studies in International Security)
by Alexander L. George 2005 256 pages
3.77
100+ ratings
Political Science
Politics
Social Science
The Political Brain Summary
The Political Brain
The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation
by Drew Westen 2008 495 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Science
Why We're Polarized Summary
Why We're Polarized
by Ezra Klein 2020 336 pages
4.22
16k+ ratings
Politics
History
Psychology
Political Tribes Summary
Political Tribes
Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations
by Amy Chua 2018 304 pages
4.20
3k+ ratings
Politics
History
Psychology
The System Summary
The System
Who Rigged It, How We Fix It
by Robert B. Reich 2020 224 pages
4.28
2k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
On Tyranny Summary
On Tyranny
Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
by Timothy Snyder 2017 130 pages
4.19
64k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Essays
The Politics Industry Summary
The Politics Industry
How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy
by Katherine M. Gehl 2020 272 pages
4.3
500+ ratings
Politics
Business
Economics
Moral Politics Summary
Moral Politics
How Liberals and Conservatives Think, Third Edition
by Professor George Lakoff 2016 512 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Philosophy
Predator Nation Summary
Predator Nation
Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption, and the Hijacking of America
by Charles H. Ferguson 2012 386 pages
4.12
100+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Business
Can't We All Disagree More Constructively? Summary
Can't We All Disagree More Constructively?
From The Righteous Mind (Kindle Single) (A Vintage Short)
by Jonathan Haidt 2016 73 pages
4.1
100+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Philosophy
The J Curve Summary
The J Curve
A New Way to Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall
by Ian Bremmer 2006 336 pages
3.74
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Machiavelli Summary
Machiavelli
A Very Short Introduction
by SKINNER 2001 120 pages
3.82
500+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Politics
Free Speech Summary
Free Speech
A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
by Nigel Warburton 2009 136 pages
3.64
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
Nothing to Hide Summary
Nothing to Hide
The False Tradeoff between Privacy and Security
by Daniel J. Solove 2011 256 pages
3.84
100+ ratings
Law
Politics
Technology
Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone Summary
Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone
by Astra Taylor 2019 368 pages
4.22
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Campaign Manager Summary
Campaign Manager
by Shaw 2009
3.94
100+ ratings
Politics
Reference
Political Science
Wealth, Poverty and Politics Summary
Wealth, Poverty and Politics
by Thomas Sowell 2016 509 pages
4.37
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Age of the Strongman Summary
The Age of the Strongman
How the Cult of the Leader Threatens Democracy Around the World
by Gideon Rachman 2022 288 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
The Constitution of Liberty[The Definitive Edition]  [CONSTITUTION OF LIBERTY] [Paperback] Summary
The Constitution of Liberty[The Definitive Edition]  [CONSTITUTION OF LIBERTY] [Paperback]
by F.a.Hayek 2011 688 pages
4.16
2k+ ratings
Economics
Philosophy
Politics
The Revenge of Geography Summary
The Revenge of Geography
What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate
by Robert D. Kaplan 2012 391 pages
3.78
5k+ ratings
History
Politics
Geography
Why Americans Hate Politics Summary
Why Americans Hate Politics
by E.J. Dionne 2013 484 pages
3.88
100+ ratings
Politics
Political Science
American
The Rage of a Privileged Class Summary
The Rage of a Privileged Class
Why Do Prosperouse Blacks Still Have the Blues?
by Ellis Cose 2009 210 pages
3.96
100+ ratings
Race
Sociology
Politics
The Road to Unfreedom Summary
The Road to Unfreedom
Russia, Europe, America
by Timothy Snyder 2018 368 pages
4.36
8k+ ratings
History
Politics
Russia
Notes on Resistance Summary
Notes on Resistance
by Noam Chomsky 2022 282 pages
4.35
100+ ratings
Politics
History
Social Justice
Social Justice Fallacies Summary
Social Justice Fallacies
by Thomas Sowell 2023 1120 pages
4.46
1k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Tyranny of the Minority Summary
Tyranny of the Minority
Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
by Steven Levitsky 2023 384 pages
4.44
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
American History
Liberalism And Its Discontents Summary
Liberalism And Its Discontents
by Francis Fukuyama 2022 112 pages
3.93
2k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Political Science
Why Nations Fail Summary
Why Nations Fail
The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
by Daron Acemoglu 2012 546 pages
4.08
51k+ ratings
Politics
History
Business
How Civil Wars Start Summary
How Civil Wars Start
And How to Stop Them
by Barbara F. Walter 2022 320 pages
4.25
4k+ ratings
Politics
History
War
The Global Minotaur Summary
The Global Minotaur
America, The True Origins of the Financial Crisis and the Future of the World Economy (Economic Controversies)
by Yanis Varoufakis 2011 170 pages
4.17
2k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Conscience of a Liberal Summary
The Conscience of a Liberal
by Paul Krugman 2007 352 pages
3.97
6k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
The People vs. Democracy Summary
The People vs. Democracy
Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It
by Yascha Mounk 2018 400 pages
4.06
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution Summary
Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution
by Bernie Sanders 2017 240 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Political Science
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