Political Science Book Summaries

Why Nothing Works Summary
Why Nothing Works
Who Killed Progress―and How to Bring It Back
by Marc J. Dunkelman 2025 416 pages
3.89
761 ratings
Politics
History
Economics
No Democracy Lasts Forever Summary
No Democracy Lasts Forever
How the Constitution Threatens the United States
by Erwin Chemerinsky 2024 240 pages
3.88
227 ratings
Politics
History
Law
Nothing to Hide Summary
Nothing to Hide
The False Tradeoff between Privacy and Security
by Daniel J. Solove 2011 256 pages
3.85
183 ratings
Law
Politics
Technology
International Relations Summary
International Relations
by Joshua S. Goldstein 1993 624 pages
3.81
434 ratings
Politics
International Relations
Political Science
The Campaign Manager Summary
The Campaign Manager
Running and Winning Local Elections
by Catherine M. Shaw 1996 416 pages
3.94
203 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Reference
Anti-Pluralism Summary
Anti-Pluralism
The Populist Threat to Liberal Democracy
by William A. Galston 2018 176 pages
3.76
140 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Philosophy
The Retreat of Western Liberalism Summary
The Retreat of Western Liberalism
by Edward Luce 2017 234 pages
4.01
2.9K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
In Service of the Republic Summary
In Service of the Republic
The Art and Science of Economic Policy
by Vijay Kelkar 2019 448 pages
4.22
339 ratings
Economics
India
Politics
Static Summary
Static
Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back
by Amy Goodman 2006 338 pages
4.06
380 ratings
Politics
Journalism
Sociology
The Rage of a Privileged Class Summary
The Rage of a Privileged Class
by Ellis Cose 1993 192 pages
3.96
156 ratings
Race
Sociology
Politics
Broken Government Summary
Broken Government
How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches
by John W. Dean 2007 352 pages
4.05
330 ratings
Politics
History
American
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
185 ratings
Politics
Technology
History
Democracy Rules Summary
Democracy Rules
by Jan-Werner Müller 2021 256 pages
3.41
150 ratings
Politics
Political Science
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
105 ratings
History
Politics
International Relations
Contesting Democracy Summary
Contesting Democracy
Political Ideas in Twentieth-Century Europe
by Jan-Werner Müller 2006 304 pages
4.03
147 ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
A Simple Government Summary
A Simple Government
Twelve Things We Really Need from Washington
by Mike Huckabee 2011 240 pages
3.75
301 ratings
Politics
History
Government
Liberty and Tyranny Summary
Liberty and Tyranny
A Conservative Manifesto
by Mark R. Levin 2004 245 pages
4.18
7.7K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
International Organizations Summary
International Organizations
The Politics and Processes of Global Governance
by Margaret P. Karns 2004 603 pages
3.48
160 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Academic
The Second Amendment Summary
The Second Amendment
by Michael Waldman 2014 255 pages
4.03
1.3K ratings
History
Politics
Law
Fascism Summary
Fascism
A Warning
by Madeleine K. Albright 2018 320 pages
4.25
20.7K ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Broke Summary
Broke
The Plan to Restore our Trust, Truth and Treasure
by Glenn Beck 2010 406 pages
4.01
2.4K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Battlefield Cyber Summary
Battlefield Cyber
How China and Russia are Undermining Our Democracy and National Security
by William J. Holstein 2023 304 pages
4.03
86 ratings
China
Politics
History
The Dark Enlightenment Summary
The Dark Enlightenment
by Nick Land 2013 112 pages
3.3
667 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
Gaslighting America Summary
Gaslighting America
Why We Love It When Trump Lies to Us
by Amanda Carpenter 2018 288 pages
3.88
394 ratings
Politics
Presidents
Psychology
Disaster Nationalism Summary
Disaster Nationalism
The Downfall of Liberal Civilization
by Richard Seymour 2024 288 pages
4.07
426 ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Palestine Summary
Palestine
Peace Not Apartheid
by Jimmy Carter 2006 288 pages
3.92
5.0K ratings
Politics
History
Middle East
Buckley Summary
Buckley
The Life and the Revolution That Changed America
by Sam Tanenhaus 2025 1040 pages
4.21
268 ratings
Biography
Politics
History
The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy Summary
The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy
by Christopher Lasch 1995 276 pages
3.98
1.4K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
How to Lose a Country Summary
How to Lose a Country
The 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship
by Ece Temelkuran 2019 289 pages
4.04
2.2K ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps Summary
How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps
by Ben Shapiro 2020 288 pages
4.08
5.0K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Hegemony How-To Summary
Hegemony How-To
A Roadmap for Radicals
by Jonathan Smucker 2017 290 pages
4.24
436 ratings
Politics
Activism
Social Justice
Authoritarian Nightmare Summary
Authoritarian Nightmare
Trump and His Followers
by John W. Dean 2020 368 pages
4.15
869 ratings
Politics
Psychology
History
Against the Web Summary
Against the Web
A Cosmopolitan Answer to the New Right
by Michael Brooks 2020 96 pages
4.1
1.9K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Essays
Democracy Summary
Democracy
Eleven writers and leaders on what it is – and why it matters
by Margaret Atwood 2024 144 pages
3.99
242 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
After the Fall Summary
After the Fall
Being American in the World We've Made
by Ben Rhodes 2021 339 pages
4.19
4.9K ratings
Politics
History
Memoir
The Strategy of Denial Summary
The Strategy of Denial
American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
by Elbridge A. Colby 2021 384 pages
3.78
606 ratings
Politics
China
History
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