Political Science Book Summaries

National Identity Summary
National Identity
by Anthony D. Smith 1991 240 pages
3.70
100+ ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
Prius Or Pickup? Summary
Prius Or Pickup?
How the Answers to Four Simple Questions Explain America's Great Divide
by Marc Hetherington 2018 288 pages
3.85
100+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Psychology
The Next Civil War Summary
The Next Civil War
Dispatches from the American Future
by Stephen Marche 2022 238 pages
3.67
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
American History
The Reactionary Mind Summary
The Reactionary Mind
Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin
by Corey Robin 2011 290 pages
3.94
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Nothing to Hide Summary
Nothing to Hide
The False Tradeoff between Privacy and Security
by Daniel J. Solove 2011 256 pages
3.85
100+ ratings
Law
Politics
Technology
Suicide of a Superpower Summary
Suicide of a Superpower
Will America Survive to 2025?
by Patrick J. Buchanan 2011 496 pages
4.02
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Cult Classics
Crouching Tiger Summary
Crouching Tiger
What China's Militarism Means for the World
by Peter Navarro 2015 336 pages
4.05
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 198 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Realpolitik Summary
Realpolitik
A History
by John Bew 2015 408 pages
3.90
100+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Liberalism Summary
Liberalism
The Classical Tradition
by Ludwig von Mises 1927 203 pages
4.16
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Why Americans Hate Politics Summary
Why Americans Hate Politics
by E.J. Dionne Jr. 1991 432 pages
3.88
100+ ratings
Politics
Political Science
American
The Story of the Integration of the Indian States Summary
The Story of the Integration of the Indian States
by V.P. Menon 1956 511 pages
4.35
100+ ratings
History
India
Politics
The Lost History of Liberalism Summary
The Lost History of Liberalism
From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century
by Helena Rosenblatt 2018 368 pages
4.01
100+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Of Man Summary
Of Man
by Thomas Hobbes 1658 124 pages
3.50
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
The Decline and Rise of Democracy Summary
The Decline and Rise of Democracy
A Global History from Antiquity to Today
by David Stasavage 2020 424 pages
3.83
100+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
International Relations Summary
International Relations
A Very Short Introduction
by Paul Wilkinson 2007 160 pages
3.32
500+ ratings
Politics
International Relations
Political Science
Politics As a Vocation Summary
Politics As a Vocation
by Max Weber 2013 52 pages
3.79
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Sociology
Political Philosophy Summary
Political Philosophy
A Beginners' Guide for Students and Politicians
by Adam Swift 2001 208 pages
3.92
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Academic
The Campaign Manager Summary
The Campaign Manager
Running and Winning Local Elections
by Catherine M. Shaw 1996 416 pages
3.94
100+ ratings
Politics
Political Science
Reference
Hatred of Democracy Summary
Hatred of Democracy
by Jacques Rancière 2005 106 pages
3.71
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
The Retreat of Western Liberalism Summary
The Retreat of Western Liberalism
by Edward Luce 2017 234 pages
4.01
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Broken Government Summary
Broken Government
How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches
by John W. Dean 2007 352 pages
4.05
100+ ratings
Politics
History
American
Anti-Pluralism Summary
Anti-Pluralism
The Populist Threat to Liberal Democracy
by William A. Galston 2018 176 pages
3.76
100+ ratings
Politics
Political Science
Philosophy
The Right to Privacy Summary
The Right to Privacy
by Caroline Kennedy 1995 432 pages
3.95
100+ ratings
Law
Politics
History
The Rage of a Privileged Class Summary
The Rage of a Privileged Class
by Ellis Cose 1993 192 pages
3.96
100+ ratings
Race
Sociology
Politics
A Simple Government Summary
A Simple Government
Twelve Things We Really Need from Washington
by Mike Huckabee 2011 240 pages
3.75
100+ ratings
Politics
History
Government
Static Summary
Static
Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back
by Amy Goodman 2006 338 pages
4.06
100+ ratings
Politics
Journalism
Sociology
Kremlin Rising Summary
Kremlin Rising
Vladimir Putin's Russia and the End of Revolution
by Peter Baker 2005 464 pages
3.88
100+ ratings
Russia
History
Politics
Has the West Lost It? Summary
Has the West Lost It?
A Provocation
by Kishore Mahbubani 2018 112 pages
3.70
500+ ratings
Politics
China
History
Power, Terror, Peace, and War Summary
Power, Terror, Peace, and War
America's Grand Strategy in a World at Risk
by Walter Russell Mead 2004 256 pages
3.65
100+ ratings
History
Politics
International Relations
Global Politics Summary
Global Politics
by Andrew Heywood 2011 448 pages
4.14
100+ ratings
Politics
Political Science
International Relations
National Populism Summary
National Populism
The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy
by Roger Eatwell 2018 374 pages
3.80
1k+ ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
The Origins of Woke Summary
The Origins of Woke
Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics
by Richard Hanania 2023 270 pages
3.77
100+ ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
International Organizations Summary
International Organizations
The Politics and Processes of Global Governance
by Margaret P. Karns 2004 603 pages
3.48
100+ ratings
Politics
Political Science
Academic
On Liberty Summary
On Liberty
by John Stuart Mill 1859 187 pages
3.96
41k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Classics
What Is Populism? Summary
What Is Populism?
by Jan-Werner Müller 2014 136 pages
3.82
2k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State Summary
Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State
Why Americans Vote the Way They Do
by Andrew Gelman 2008 240 pages
3.64
100+ ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
International Relations Summary
International Relations
by Joshua S. Goldstein 1993 624 pages
3.81
100+ ratings
Politics
International Relations
Political Science
Devil's Bargain Summary
Devil's Bargain
Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency
by Joshua Green 2017 302 pages
3.80
5k+ ratings
Politics
History
Biography
Counterinsurgency Warfare Summary
Counterinsurgency Warfare
Theory and Practice
by David Galula 1964 128 pages
4.02
1k+ ratings
Military Fiction
War
History
Wireless Wars Summary
Wireless Wars
China's Dangerous Domination of 5G and How We're Fighting Back
by Jonathan Pelson 2021 328 pages
4.15
100+ ratings
Technology
China
Politics
The Political Thought of Xi Jinping Summary
The Political Thought of Xi Jinping
by Steve Tsang 2024 296 pages
4.09
100+ ratings
China
Politics
History
The Liberal Tradition in America Summary
The Liberal Tradition in America
by Louis Hartz 1955 348 pages
3.59
100+ ratings
Politics
History
American History
The Handover Summary
The Handover
How We Gave Control of Our Lives to Corporations, States and AIs
by David Runciman 2023 352 pages
3.71
100+ ratings
Politics
Technology
History
Expert Political Judgment Summary
Expert Political Judgment
How Good Is It? How Can We Know?
by Philip E. Tetlock 2005 344 pages
3.98
500+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Science
The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism Summary
The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism
by Bertrand Russell 1920 122 pages
3.98
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America Summary
What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America
by Thomas Frank 2004 332 pages
3.85
12k+ ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Anarchy, State, and Utopia Summary
Anarchy, State, and Utopia
by Robert Nozick 1974 367 pages
3.75
5k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
Contesting Democracy Summary
Contesting Democracy
Political Ideas in Twentieth-Century Europe
by Jan-Werner Müller 2006 304 pages
4.03
100+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
China's Gilded Age Summary
China's Gilded Age
The Paradox of Economic Boom and Vast Corruption
by Yuen Yuen Ang 2021 266 pages
4.19
100+ ratings
China
Economics
Politics
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