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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
by James C. Scott 1998 464 pages
4.2
5k+ ratings
History
Economics
Anthropology
From Dictatorship to Democracy Summary
From Dictatorship to Democracy
A Conceptual Framework for Liberation
by Gene Sharp 2012 160 pages
3.80
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Twilight of the Elites Summary
Twilight of the Elites
America After Meritocracy
by Christopher L. Hayes 2012 304 pages
4.00
5k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
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
by Erica Chenoweth 2012 320 pages
4.04
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Activism
Strategic Vision Summary
Strategic Vision
America and the Crisis of Global Power
by Zbigniew Brzeziński 2012 224 pages
3.78
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
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
The Oil Curse Summary
The Oil Curse
How Petroleum Wealth Shapes the Development of Nations
by Michael L. Ross 2012 312 pages
3.96
100+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Political Science
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
Static Summary
Static
Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back
by Amy Goodman 2006 352 pages
4.05
100+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Political Science
How Propaganda Works Summary
How Propaganda Works
by Jason F. Stanley 2015 376 pages
3.55
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Psychology
The China Model Summary
The China Model
Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy
by Daniel A. Bell 2015 336 pages
3.61
100+ ratings
China
Politics
History
Two Cheers for Anarchism Summary
Two Cheers for Anarchism
Six Easy Pieces on Autonomy, Dignity and Meaningful Work and Play
by James C. Scott 2012 200 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Free Speech Summary
Free Speech
Ten Principles for a Connected World
by Timothy Garton Ash 2016 512 pages
3.98
100+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Law
The Rise and Fall of Nations Summary
The Rise and Fall of Nations
Forces of Change in the Post-Crisis World
by Ruchir Sharma 2016 480 pages
4.14
2k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
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 Retreat of Western Liberalism Summary
The Retreat of Western Liberalism
by Edward Luce 2017 226 pages
4.02
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The Geopolitics of Emotion Summary
The Geopolitics of Emotion
How Cultures of Fear, Humiliation, and Hope are Reshaping the World
by Dominique Moïsi 2010 176 pages
3.63
100+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Political Science
How Democracies Die Summary
How Democracies Die
What History Reveals About Our Future
by Steven Levitsky 2018 320 pages
4.16
25k+ ratings
History
Political Science
Politics
Divided Summary
Divided
Why We're Living in an Age of Walls
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
Republic, Lost Summary
Republic, Lost
How Money Corrupts Congress — and a Plan to Stop It
by Lawrence Lessig
4.17
2k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
A Simple Government Summary
A Simple Government
Twelve Things We Really Need from Washington
by Mike Huckabee 2011 208 pages
3.76
100+ ratings
Politics
History
Government
Case Studies And Theory Development In The Social Sciences Summary
Case Studies And Theory Development In The Social Sciences
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
Politics Is for Power Summary
Politics Is for Power
How to Move Beyond Political Hobbyism, Take Action, and Make Real Change
by Eitan D. Hersh 2020 282 pages
4.10
1k+ ratings
Politics
Political Science
Social Justice
The Prince Summary
The Prince
by Niccolò Machiavelli 2014 144 pages
3.84
300k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
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
Anti-Pluralism Summary
Anti-Pluralism
The Populist Threat to Liberal Democracy
by William A. Galston 2018 176 pages
3.79
100+ ratings
Politics
Political Science
Philosophy
Moral Politics Summary
Moral Politics
How Liberals and Conservatives Think
by George Lakoff 2016 512 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Philosophy
Prius Or Pickup? Summary
Prius Or Pickup?
How the Answers to Four Simple Questions Explain America's Great Divide
by Marc Hetherington 2018 289 pages
3.86
100+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Psychology
Concrete Economics Summary
Concrete Economics
The Hamilton Approach to Economic Growth and Policy
by Stephen S. Cohen 2016 240 pages
3.87
100+ ratings
Economics
History
Finance
Predator Nation Summary
Predator Nation
Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption, and the Hijacking of America
by Charles 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)
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
The Conservative Heart Summary
The Conservative Heart
How To Build A Fairer, Happier, And More Prosperous America
by Arthur C. Brooks 2015 256 pages
4.11
1k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Machiavelli Summary
Machiavelli
A Very Short Introduction
by Quentin Skinner 2001 120 pages
3.82
500+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Politics
Hardball Summary
Hardball
How Politics Is Played, Told by One Who Knows the Game
by Chris Matthews 1999 240 pages
3.51
1k+ ratings
Politics
School
Political Science
Power, Terror, Peace, and War Summary
Power, Terror, Peace, and War
America's Grand Strategy in a World at Risk
by Walter Russell Mead 2007 258 pages
3.65
100+ ratings
History
Politics
International Relations
10 Judgements That Changed India Summary
10 Judgements That Changed India
by Zia Mody 2013 256 pages
4.08
1k+ ratings
India
Law
History
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