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Kashmir Summary
Kashmir
The Vajpayee Years
by A.S. Dulat 2015 326 pages
3.81
500+ ratings
History
India
Politics
Regulating the Poor Summary
Regulating the Poor
The Functions of Public Welfare
by Frances Fox Piven 1971 544 pages
4.24
321 ratings
Sociology
Politics
History
Politics Summary
Politics
who gets what, when, how
by Harold D. Lasswell 1936 222 pages
3.37
41 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Public Citizens Summary
Public Citizens
The Attack on Big Government and the Remaking of American Liberalism
by Paul Sabin 2024 272 pages
3.81
192 ratings
Politics
History
American History
The Fierce Urgency of Now Summary
The Fierce Urgency of Now
Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society
by Julian E. Zelizer 2015 384 pages
4.00
292 ratings
History
Politics
American History
Trumpocracy Summary
Trumpocracy
The Corruption of the American Republic
by David Frum 2018 301 pages
3.88
3k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Conservatism Summary
Conservatism
A Rediscovery
by Yoram Hazony 2022 256 pages
4.29
304 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
A Nation by Design Summary
A Nation by Design
Immigration Policy in the Fashioning of America
by Aristide R. Zolberg 2006 672 pages
3.82
55 ratings
History
Immigration
Politics
Bad Faith Summary
Bad Faith
Race and the Rise of the Religious Right
by Randall Balmer 2021 144 pages
4.25
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Religion
The Most Dangerous Man In Detroit Summary
The Most Dangerous Man In Detroit
Walter Reuther And The Fate Of American Labor
by Nelson Lichtenstein 1995 592 pages
4.04
96 ratings
Labor
History
Biography
Racial Realignment Summary
Racial Realignment
The Transformation of American Liberalism, 1932–1965
by Eric Schickler 2016 384 pages
4.24
46 ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Dangerous Charisma Summary
Dangerous Charisma
by Jerrold M. Post 2019 352 pages
3.56
186 ratings
Psychology
Politics
Society
Democracy and Its Critics Summary
Democracy and Its Critics
by Robert A. Dahl 1989 397 pages
3.84
316 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Philosophy
Rule and Ruin Summary
Rule and Ruin
The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, From Eisenhower to the Tea Party
by Geoffrey Kabaservice 2011 482 pages
4.00
401 ratings
Politics
History
American History
Separate and Unequal Summary
Separate and Unequal
The Kerner Commission and the Unraveling of American Liberalism
by Steven M. Gillon 2018 400 pages
3.97
95 ratings
Politics
History
Race
The Court v. The Voters Summary
The Court v. The Voters
The Troubling Story of How the Supreme Court Has Undermined Voting Rights
by Joshua A. Douglas 2024 240 pages
4.45
44 ratings
Law
History
Politics
Nations Summary
Nations
The Long History and Deep Roots of Political Ethnicity and Nationalism
by Azar Gat 2012 447 pages
3.90
103 ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
Wiser Summary
Wiser
Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter
by Cass R. Sunstein 2014 272 pages
3.62
437 ratings
Psychology
Business
Politics
The Broken Branch Summary
The Broken Branch
How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track
by Thomas E. Mann 2006 288 pages
3.76
290 ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
The Market Revolution in America Summary
The Market Revolution in America
Liberty, Ambition, and the Eclipse of the Common Good
by John Lauritz Larson 2009 224 pages
3.60
88 ratings
History
Economics
American History
Nations Apart Summary
Nations Apart
How Clashing Regional Cultures Shattered America
by Colin Woodard 2025 368 pages
4.08
246 ratings
History
Politics
American History
NATO's Secret Armies Summary
NATO's Secret Armies
Operation Gladio and Terrorism in Western Europe
by Daniele Ganser 2004 336 pages
4.01
421 ratings
History
Politics
Conspiracy Theories
Operation Hollywood Summary
Operation Hollywood
How the Pentagon Shapes and Censors the Movies
by David L. Robb 2004 350 pages
3.46
72 ratings
Politics
Film
History
The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere Summary
The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere
An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society
by Jürgen Habermas 1962 301 pages
3.87
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Politics
Radical American Partisanship Summary
Radical American Partisanship
Mapping Violent Hostility, Its Causes, and the Consequences for Democracy
by Nathan P. Kalmoe 2022 222 pages
3.70
44 ratings
Politics
American History
Political Science
The Age of Federalism Summary
The Age of Federalism
by Stanley Elkins 1993 944 pages
4.17
283 ratings
History
American History
Politics
Wards of the State Summary
Wards of the State
The Long Shadow of American Foster Care
by Claudia Rowe 2025 256 pages
4.39
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Social Justice
The Ideological Brain Summary
The Ideological Brain
A Radical Science of Susceptible Minds
by Leor Zmigrod 2025 292 pages
3.65
500+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Politics
The Right To Vote The Contested History Of Democracy In The United States Summary
The Right To Vote The Contested History Of Democracy In The United States
by Alexander Keyssar 2000 512 pages
4.04
301 ratings
History
Politics
American History
Cross Purposes Summary
Cross Purposes
Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy
by Jonathan Rauch 2025 160 pages
4.18
340 ratings
Religion
Politics
Christianity
Liberalism Summary
Liberalism
The Life of an Idea
by Edmund Fawcett 2014 488 pages
3.90
277 ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Long Southern Strategy Summary
The Long Southern Strategy
How Chasing White Voters in the South Changed American Politics
by Angie Maxwell 2019 560 pages
4.13
136 ratings
Politics
History
American History
From Politics to the Pews Summary
From Politics to the Pews
How Partisanship and the Political Environment Shape Religious Identity
by Michele F. Margolis 2018 336 pages
3.89
35 ratings
Politics
Religion
Political Science
Inventing the Individual Summary
Inventing the Individual
The Origins of Western Liberalism
by Larry Siedentop 2014 416 pages
4.11
500+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
ROOTS OF SOUTHERN POPULISM Summary
ROOTS OF SOUTHERN POPULISM
YEOMAN FARMERS & THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE GEORGIA UP: Yeoman Farmers and the Transformation of the Georgia Upcountry, 1850-1890
by Steven Hahn 1985 373 pages
3.78
74 ratings
History
American History
Politics
Mañana o pasado Summary
Mañana o pasado
El misterio de los mexicanos
by Jorge G. Castañeda 2011 433 pages
3.62
358 ratings
History
Cultural
Politics
Democracy in America? Summary
Democracy in America?
What Has Gone Wrong and What We Can Do About It
by Benjamin I. Page 2017 352 pages
3.78
54 ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
The Market Revolution Summary
The Market Revolution
Jacksonian America, 1815-1846
by Charles Grier Sellers 1992 512 pages
3.63
293 ratings
History
American History
Economics
Talking to the Enemy Summary
Talking to the Enemy
Faith, Brotherhood, and the (Un)Making of Terrorists
by Scott Atran 2010 581 pages
3.95
288 ratings
Politics
Religion
Anthropology
Anti-System Politics Summary
Anti-System Politics
The Crisis of Market Liberalism in Rich Democracies
by Jonathan Hopkin 2020 331 pages
3.90
51 ratings
Politics
Economics
Political Science
The Great Demographic Illusion Summary
The Great Demographic Illusion
Majority, Minority, and the Expanding American Mainstream
by Richard Alba 2020 336 pages
4.03
38 ratings
Politics
Race
Sociology
Internal Improvement Summary
Internal Improvement
National Public Works and the Promise of Popular Government in the Early United States
by John Lauritz Larson 2001 342 pages
3.73
33 ratings
American History
Politics
Class
Age of Danger Summary
Age of Danger
Keeping America Safe in an Era of New Superpowers, New Weapons, and New Threats
by Andrew R. Hoehn 2023 368 pages
3.81
70 ratings
Politics
The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine Summary
The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine
From Zionism to Intifadas and the Struggle for Peace
by Michael Scott-Baumann 2023 288 pages
4.12
3k+ ratings
History
Politics
Middle East
Kill Switch Summary
Kill Switch
The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy
by Adam Jentleson 2021 352 pages
4.24
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
American History
One Nation Under God Summary
One Nation Under God
How Corporate America Invented Christian America
by Kevin M. Kruse 2015 384 pages
3.96
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
Religion
I Told You So! Summary
I Told You So!
Scientists Who Were Ridiculed, Exiled, and Imprisoned for Being Right
by Matt Kaplan 2026 288 pages
3.83
488 ratings
Science
History
Medical
American Amnesia Summary
American Amnesia
How the War on Government Led Us to Forget What Made America Prosper
by Jacob S. Hacker 2016 464 pages
4.14
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The Rise of Southern Republicans Summary
The Rise of Southern Republicans
by Black 2002 454 pages
3.93
81 ratings
Politics
History
American History
Fault Lines in the Constitution Summary
Fault Lines in the Constitution
The Framers, Their Fights, and the Flaws That Affect Us Today
by Cynthia Levinson 2017 240 pages
4.00
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Middle Grade
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