Political Science
Power flows through the halls of government and across international borders, shaping the forces that define our world and daily lives. Here you'll find penetrating analyses of political systems, social movements, and the complex dynamics between rulers and the ruled, from ancient philosophies to modern geopolitics.
Political Science Book Summaries
Democracy in Chains
The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America
Politics
History
Economics
Laboratories of Autocracy
A Wake-Up Call from Behind the Lines
Politics
History
Political Science
Democracy
Politics
Political Science
Sociology
Birth of the Leviathan
History
Politics
Political Science
Four Threats
The Recurring Crises of American Democracy
Politics
History
Political Science
San Fransicko
Why Progressives Ruin Cities
Politics
History
Sociology
Radical American Partisanship
Mapping Violent Hostility, Its Causes, and the Consequences for Democracy
Politics
American History
Political Science
Unequal Democracy
The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age
Politics
Economics
Political Science
Presidents, Populism, and the Crisis of Democracy
Politics
Political Science
History
Democracy for Realists
Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government
Politics
Political Science
History
Racial Realignment
The Transformation of American Liberalism, 1932–1965
Politics
History
Political Science
Durable Inequality
Sociology
Politics
Economics
The Politics of Our Time
Populism, Nationalism, Socialism
Politics
Political Science
The Sources of Social Power
Volume 1, A History of Power from the Beginning to AD 1760
History
Sociology
Politics
Protecting Soldiers and Mothers
The Political Origins of Social Policy in the United States
History
American History
Politics
American Amnesia
How the War on Government Led Us to Forget What Made America Prosper
Politics
History
Economics
The Watchman's Rattle
Thinking Our Way Out of Extinction
Science
Psychology
Sociology
The Great Alignment
Race, Party Transformation, and the Rise of Donald Trump
Politics
Political Science
History
The Divided States of America
Why Federalism Doesn't Work
Politics
History
American History
Affluence and Influence
Economic Inequality and Political Power in America
Politics
Economics
Political Science
Liberty and Coercion
The Paradox of American Government from the Founding to the Present
History
Politics
American History
Categorically Unequal
The American Stratification System
Sociology
Politics
Economics
States and Power in Africa
Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control
Africa
History
Politics
Democracy in America?
What Has Gone Wrong and What We Can Do About It
Politics
Political Science
History
The Politics of Resentment
Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker
Politics
Political Science
Sociology
Anti-System Politics
The Crisis of Market Liberalism in Rich Democracies
Politics
Economics
Political Science
The Age of Acquiescence
The Life and Death of American Resistance to Organized Wealth and Power
History
Politics
Economics
Patterns of Democracy
Government Forms and Performance in Thirty-Six Countries
Politics
Political Science
Academic
Hacking the Electorate
How Campaigns Perceive Voters
Politics
Political Science
Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution
History
American History
Politics
The Quest for Community
A Study in the Ethics of Order & Freedom
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
One Nation Under God
How Corporate America Invented Christian America
History
Politics
Religion
Taking America Back for God
Christian Nationalism in the United States
Politics
Religion
Christianity
Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop
The Case for Multiparty Democracy in America
Politics
Political Science
History
The Right To Vote The Contested History Of Democracy In The United States
History
Politics
American History
The Great Disruption
Human Nature and the Reconstitution of Social Order
Politics
Sociology
Political Science
The Business of America is Lobbying
How Corporations Became Politicized and Politics Became More Corporate
Politics
Political Science
History
The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere
An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society
Philosophy
Sociology
Politics
The Great Exception
The New Deal and the Limits of American Politics
History
Politics
Economics
Nation Building
Why Some Countries Come Together While Others Fall Apart
Politics
Political Science
History
Ill Winds
Saving Democracy from Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition, and American Complacency
Politics
History
International Relations
The Left Behind
Decline and Rage in Rural America
Politics
Sociology
Cultural
The Dark Side of Democracy
Explaining Ethnic Cleansing
History
Politics
Sociology
Paths Out of Dixie
The Democratization of Authoritarian Enclaves in America's Deep South, 1944-1972
History
Politics
Political Science
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
The Rise of Southern Republicans
Politics
History
American History
Political Parties
Organization and Power
Political Science
The Broken Branch
How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track
Politics
Political Science
History
Nationalist Exclusion and Ethnic Conflict
Shadows of Modernity
Political Science
The Authoritarian Personality
Psychology
Philosophy
Politics
