Political Science Book Summaries

The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order Summary
The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order
America and the World in the Free Market Era
by Gary Gerstle 2022 432 pages
4.22
1.4K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
States and Social Revolutions Summary
States and Social Revolutions
A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia and China
by Theda Skocpol 1979 426 pages
3.85
559 ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
On Power Summary
On Power
by Robert A. Caro 2017 2 pages
3.94
1.2K ratings
Politics
History
Biography
The Jungle Grows Back Summary
The Jungle Grows Back
America and Our Imperiled World
by Robert Kagan 2018 192 pages
4.1
1.4K ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
Strongmen Summary
Strongmen
Mussolini to the Present
by Ruth Ben-Ghiat 2020 384 pages
4.27
5.4K ratings
History
Politics
Biography
The New Leviathans Summary
The New Leviathans
Thoughts After Liberalism
by John Gray 2023 178 pages
3.43
959 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
The Common Good Summary
The Common Good
by Robert B. Reich 2018 208 pages
4.11
2.9K ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Trump vs. China Summary
Trump vs. China
Facing America's Greatest Threat
by Newt Gingrich 2019 448 pages
4.22
268 ratings
Politics
China
History
Hidden Hand Summary
Hidden Hand
Exposing How the Chinese Communist Party is Reshaping the World
by Clive Hamilton 2020 320 pages
3.86
797 ratings
China
Politics
History
Money, Lies, and God Summary
Money, Lies, and God
Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy
by Katherine Stewart 2025 352 pages
4.21
1.7K ratings
Politics
History
Religion
Connectography Summary
Connectography
Mapping the Future of Global Civilization
by Parag Khanna 2016 496 pages
3.82
1.1K ratings
Economics
Politics
Science
How to Change the World Summary
How to Change the World
Tales of Marx and Marxism
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 2011 470 pages
3.88
976 ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
World on Fire Summary
World on Fire
How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability
by Amy Chua 2004 368 pages
3.82
1.4K ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Trust Summary
Trust
The Social Virtue and the Creation of Prosperity
by Francis Fukuyama 1996 480 pages
3.96
749 ratings
Economics
Politics
Sociology
Open Democracy Summary
Open Democracy
Reinventing Popular Rule for the Twenty-First Century
by Hélène Landemore 2020 272 pages
4.09
108 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Political Science
Winner-Take-All Politics Summary
Winner-Take-All Politics
How Washington Made the Rich Richer and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class
by Jacob S. Hacker 2010 368 pages
4.04
2.0K ratings
Politics
Economics
History
The New Class War Summary
The New Class War
Saving Democracy from the Managerial Elite
by Michael Lind 2020 224 pages
3.73
835 ratings
Politics
Economics
Sociology
The Conservative Sensibility Summary
The Conservative Sensibility
by George F. Will 2019 640 pages
4.11
1.0K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Quest for Cosmic Justice Summary
The Quest for Cosmic Justice
by Thomas Sowell 2002 224 pages
4.38
3.4K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Economics
Making Democracy Work Summary
Making Democracy Work
Civic Traditions in Modern Italy
by Robert D. Putnam 1994 258 pages
3.87
867 ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
Uncivil Agreement Summary
Uncivil Agreement
How Politics Became Our Identity
by Lilliana Mason 2018 192 pages
3.84
753 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Psychology
Oligarchy Summary
Oligarchy
by Jeffrey A. Winters 2011 344 pages
4.3
166 ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Nemesis Summary
Nemesis
The Last Days of the American Republic
by Chalmers Johnson 2007 354 pages
4.07
968 ratings
Politics
History
War
Let Them Eat Tweets Summary
Let Them Eat Tweets
How the Right Rules in an Age of Extreme Inequality
by Jacob S. Hacker 2020 288 pages
4.09
550 ratings
Politics
History
Economics
White Identity Politics Summary
White Identity Politics
by Ashley Jardina 2019 0 pages
3.9
207 ratings
Politics
Race
Political Science
The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism Summary
The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism
by Theda Skocpol 2012 264 pages
3.82
412 ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Cultural Backlash Summary
Cultural Backlash
Trump, Brexit and Authoritarian Populism
by Pippa Norris 2019 554 pages
3.81
179 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Sociology
American Crucible Summary
American Crucible
Race and Nation in the Twentieth Century
by Gary Gerstle 2002 472 pages
3.82
246 ratings
History
American History
Race
The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism Summary
The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism
by GΓΈsta Esping-Andersen 1990 245 pages
3.93
353 ratings
Economics
Politics
Sociology
Why Did Europe Conquer the World? Summary
Why Did Europe Conquer the World?
by Philip T. Hoffman 2015 282 pages
3.41
256 ratings
History
Economics
European History
How Democratic Is the American Constitution? Summary
How Democratic Is the American Constitution?
by Robert A. Dahl 2003 240 pages
3.69
758 ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Why Cities Lose Summary
Why Cities Lose
The Deep Roots of the Urban-Rural Political Divide
by Jonathan A. Rodden 2019 336 pages
3.79
250 ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
The Victory Lab Summary
The Victory Lab
The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns
by Sasha Issenberg 2012 321 pages
3.78
1.6K ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy Summary
Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy
by Daniel Ziblatt 2017 439 pages
4
88 ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens Summary
Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens
Rhetoric, Ideology, and the Power of the People
by Josiah Ober 1991 408 pages
3.71
48 ratings
History
Politics
Classics
White Backlash Summary
White Backlash
Immigration, Race, and American Politics
by Marisa Abrajano 2015 256 pages
3.65
49 ratings
Race
Politics
Political Science
Ideas with Consequences Summary
Ideas with Consequences
The Federalist Society and the Conservative Counterrevolution
by Amanda Hollis-Brusky 2015 266 pages
3.83
87 ratings
Politics
Law
History
Politics by Other Means Summary
Politics by Other Means
Politicians, Prosecutors, and the Press from Watergate to Whitewater
by Professor of Political Science Benjamin Ginsberg 2002 268 pages
3.29
38 ratings
Political Science
It's Even Worse Than It Looks Summary
It's Even Worse Than It Looks
How the American Constitutional System Collided with the Politics of Extremism
by Thomas E. Mann 2012 225 pages
3.89
3.8K ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Fragmented Democracy Summary
Fragmented Democracy
Medicaid, Federalism, and Unequal Politics
by Jamila Michener 2018 236 pages
4.23
120 ratings
Politics
Race
Health Care
The Case Against Socialism Summary
The Case Against Socialism
by Rand Paul 2019 373 pages
4.18
1.2K ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Political Order and Political Decay Summary
Political Order and Political Decay
From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy
by Francis Fukuyama 2014 672 pages
4.34
4.9K ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
More Guns, Less Crime Summary
More Guns, Less Crime
Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws
by John R. Lott Jr. 2000 321 pages
4.07
850 ratings
Politics
Law
Economics
American Exceptionalism Summary
American Exceptionalism
A Double-Edged Sword
by Seymour Martin Lipset 1997 354 pages
3.5
116 ratings
Politics
Sociology
American History
The Populist Explosion Summary
The Populist Explosion
How the Great Recession Transformed American and European Politics
by John B. Judis 2016 182 pages
3.74
1.6K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The Nine Summary
The Nine
Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
by Jeffrey Toobin 2007 384 pages
4.09
18.6K ratings
Politics
History
Law
A Necessary Evil Summary
A Necessary Evil
A History of American Distrust of Government
by Garry Wills 2002 368 pages
3.77
195 ratings
History
Politics
American History
Neither Liberal nor Conservative Summary
Neither Liberal nor Conservative
Ideological Innocence in the American Public
by Donald R. Kinder 2017 224 pages
3.9
60 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Read For School
The Great Experiment Summary
The Great Experiment
Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure
by Yascha Mounk 2022 368 pages
3.71
973 ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Unstable Majorities Summary
Unstable Majorities
Polarization, Party Sorting, and Political Stalemate
by Morris P. Fiorina 2017 264 pages
4.07
72 ratings
Politics
Political Science
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