Politics
Power flows through the halls of government and the pages of these books, where visionary leaders, economic forces, and social movements shape our world. Here you'll find penetrating analyses of political systems and ideologies alongside intimate portraits of the brilliant minds who've changed history through revolution, reform, and the relentless pursuit of justice.
Politics Book Summaries
The Rise of Southern Republicans
Politics
History
American History
Nation Building
Why Some Countries Come Together While Others Fall Apart
Politics
Political Science
History
Red Dawn Over China
How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity
China
History
Politics
Southern Politics In State and Nation
Politics
History
American
Nationalism
A Short History
History
Politics
Political Science
The House Divided
Sunni, Shia and the Making of the Middle East
History
Religion
Middle East
The Economics of Inequality
Economics
Politics
Business
Children of the Days
A Calendar of Human History
History
Literature
Politics
Majapahit
Intrigue, Betrayal and War in Indonesia's Greatest Empire
History
Politics
World History
In the Shadow of the Poorhouse
A Social History of Welfare in America
History
Economics
Politics
Black Power
The Politics of Liberation
Politics
Race
History
The Two Faces of American Freedom
History
Politics
American History
A Little History of Economics
Economics
History
Business
Republican Gomorrah
Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party
Politics
Religion
History
Exceptional America
What Divides Americans from the World and from Each Other
Politics
History
United States
Federalism
A Very Short Introduction
Politics
History
Philosophy
American Political Parties and Elections
A Very Short Introduction
Politics
History
American History
Seven Social Movements That Changed America
History
Politics
American History
Southern Nation
Congress and White Supremacy after Reconstruction
History
Politics
Race
Unusually Cruel
Prisons, Punishment, and the Real American Exceptionalism
Politics
Making Race and Nation
A Comparison of South Africa, the United States, and Brazil
History
Politics
Political Science
Red State Revolt
The Teachers' Strike Wave and Working-Class Politics
Politics
Labor
History
Crafting State-Nations
India and Other Multinational Democracies
Politics
Presidents, Populism, and the Crisis of Democracy
Politics
Political Science
History
The Development of the Modern State
A Sociological Introduction
Sociology
History
Politics
The Power of Market Fundamentalism
Karl Polanyi's Critique
Economics
Politics
Theory
Dog Whistle Politics
How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism and Wrecked the Middle Class
Politics
Race
History
Categorically Unequal
The American Stratification System
Sociology
Politics
Economics
Letter to a Christian Nation
Religion
Philosophy
Atheism
Nacionalismo contra Globalismo. Dicotomía del Siglo XXI antes de la Inteligencia Artificial
Politics
We Have Not a Government
The Articles of Confederation and the Road to the Constitution
History
Politics
American History
Adversarial Legalism
The American Way of Law
Law
Politics
History
Necropolitics
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
The Watchman's Rattle
Thinking Our Way Out of Extinction
Science
Psychology
Sociology
The Populist Persuasion
An American History
History
Politics
American History
War and State Formation in Ancient China and Early Modern Europe
History
China
Politics
Mornings on Horseback
History
Biography
Presidents
The Progress Paradox
How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse
Psychology
Economics
Sociology
Ethnic Boundary Making
Institutions, Power, Networks
Sociology
Politics
Race
Everything for Sale
The Virtues and Limits of Markets
Economics
Business
Politics
Wobblies and Zapatistas
Conversations on Anarchism, Marxism, and Radical History
History
Politics
Philosophy
The Securitarian Personality
What Really Motivates Trump's Base and Why It Matters for the Post-Trump Era
Psychology
Politics
Social Science
Bring Back the Bureaucrats
Why More Federal Workers Will Lead to Better (and Smaller!) Government
College
Politics
Hacking the Electorate
How Campaigns Perceive Voters
Politics
Political Science
Empires in World History
Power and the Politics of Difference
History
World History
Politics
Ghost Wars
The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
History
Politics
War
Us Against Them
Ethnocentric Foundations of American Opinion
Politics
Sociology
Class
Electoral Systems and Party Systems
A Study of Twenty-Seven Democracies, 1945-1990
Politics
Political Science
Reference
The End of Power
From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn't What It Used to Be
Business
Politics
History
American Exceptionalism and Civil Religion
Reassessing the History of an Idea
History
American History
Religion
