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Political Science Book Summaries

Free Speech Summary
Free Speech
A Very Short Introduction
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
Political Philosophy Summary
Political Philosophy
A Beginners' Guide for Students and Politicians
by Adam Swift 2013 200 pages
3.95
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Political Science
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
Running and Winning Local Elections
by Catherine M. 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 Summary
The Constitution of Liberty
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 Jr. 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 Right to Privacy Summary
The Right to Privacy
by Ellen Alderman 2010 433 pages
3.96
100+ ratings
Law
Politics
History
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
Broken Government Summary
Broken Government
How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches
by John W. Dean 2007 364 pages
4.07
100+ ratings
Politics
History
American
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
Tyranny of the Minority Summary
Tyranny of the Minority
Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
by Steven Levitsky 2023 336 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
The Bill of Obligations Summary
The Bill of Obligations
The Ten Habits of Good Citizens
by Richard N. Haass 2023 240 pages
4.14
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
American History
Why Nations Fail Summary
Why Nations Fail
The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
by Daron AcemoÄŸlu 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
Autocracy, Inc. Summary
Autocracy, Inc.
by Anne Applebaum 2024 224 pages
4.26
4k+ ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Politics Summary
Politics
by Aristotle 2000 368 pages
3.98
40k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Political Ideologies Summary
Political Ideologies
An Introduction
by Andrew Heywood 2003 382 pages
4.11
1k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Political Science
International Relations Summary
International Relations
A Very Short Introduction
by Paul Wilkinson 2007 160 pages
3.32
500+ ratings
Politics
International Relations
Political Science
The Machiavellians Summary
The Machiavellians
Defenders of Freedom
by James Burnham 1987 305 pages
4.30
1k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Road to Serfdom Summary
The Road to Serfdom
by Friedrich A. Hayek 1994 320 pages
4.16
24k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
The Tragedy of Great Power Politics Summary
The Tragedy of Great Power Politics
by John J. Mearsheimer 2014 592 pages
4.05
3k+ ratings
Politics
International Relations
History
Democracy in America Summary
Democracy in America
by Alexis de Tocqueville 1835 983 pages
4.05
25k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
The Global Minotaur Summary
The Global Minotaur
America, the True Origins of the Financial Crisis and the Future of the World Economy
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
Soft Power Summary
Soft Power
The Means to Success in World Politics
by Joseph S. Nye Jr. 2004 191 pages
3.81
1k+ ratings
Politics
International Relations
Political Science
Totalitarianism Summary
Totalitarianism
Part Three of the Origins of the Totalitarism
by Hannah Arendt
4.17
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Oil Kings Summary
The Oil Kings
How the U.S., Iran, and Saudi Arabia Changed the Balance of Power in the Middle East
by Andrew Scott Cooper 2011 546 pages
4.11
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Iran
The Lost History of Liberalism Summary
The Lost History of Liberalism
From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century
by Helena Rosenblatt
4.02
100+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
In Trump Time Summary
In Trump Time
A Journal of America's Plague Year
by Peter Navarro
4.55
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Geopolitics Summary
Geopolitics
A Very Short Introduction
by Klaus Dodds 2007 184 pages
3.37
500+ ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
National Identity Summary
National Identity
by Anthony D. Smith
3.70
100+ ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
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