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Государство Саммари книг

How States Think

— John J. Mearsheimer • 2023

Rational foreign policy: a sound theory plus a real debate. The outcome is a separate question.

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🌐 International Relations Theory 🏛️ Foreign Policy Analysis 🦅 Political Realism ♟️ Grand Strategy ⚡ Crisis Decision-Making

How States Think

Rational foreign policy: a sound theory plus a real debate. The outcome is a separate question.

— John J. Mearsheimer 2023 304 стр.

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🌐 International Relations Theory 🏛️ Foreign Policy Analysis 🦅 Political Realism ♟️ Grand Strategy ⚡ Crisis Decision-Making

Chaotic Neutral

— Ed Burmila • 2022

Democrats swapped the working class for Wall Street. The collapse started with Bill Clinton.

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🏛️ Democratic Party 💼 Neoliberal Centrism 🗳️ Electoral Strategy ⚒️ Economic Populism 🏙️ State And Local Politics

Chaotic Neutral

Democrats swapped the working class for Wall Street. The collapse started with Bill Clinton.

— Ed Burmila 2022 352 стр.

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🏛️ Democratic Party 💼 Neoliberal Centrism 🗳️ Electoral Strategy ⚒️ Economic Populism 🏙️ State And Local Politics

Ideas with Consequences

— Amanda Hollis-Brusky • 2014

How a conservative legal network supplied the reasoning for a Supreme Court revolution.

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🏛️ Constitutional Law ⚖️ Judicial Politics 📜 Originalism 🐘 Conservative Legal Thought 🏢 Federalism

Ideas with Consequences

How a conservative legal network supplied the reasoning for a Supreme Court revolution.

— Amanda Hollis-Brusky 2014 266 стр.

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🏛️ Constitutional Law ⚖️ Judicial Politics 📜 Originalism 🐘 Conservative Legal Thought 🏢 Federalism

From Rebel to Ruler

— Tony Saich • 2021

Its ideology should have killed it, but the party survived by stealing ancient imperial habits.

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🏯 Modern China 🛡️ Authoritarian Resilience 🏛️ One-Party Rule ✊ Revolutionary Politics 🧱 State Building

From Rebel to Ruler

Its ideology should have killed it, but the party survived by stealing ancient imperial habits.

— Tony Saich 2021 560 стр.

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🏯 Modern China 🛡️ Authoritarian Resilience 🏛️ One-Party Rule ✊ Revolutionary Politics 🧱 State Building

If Russia Wins

— Carlo Masala • 2025

Ukraine falls, then Russia probes NATO's border. The alliance cracks, and Article 5 goes unused.

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🗺️ Geopolitics 🛡️ European Defense 📋 Scenario Analysis ⚔️ Hybrid Warfare ☢️ Nuclear Deterrence

If Russia Wins

Ukraine falls, then Russia probes NATO's border. The alliance cracks, and Article 5 goes unused.

— Carlo Masala 2025 114 стр.

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🗺️ Geopolitics 🛡️ European Defense 📋 Scenario Analysis ⚔️ Hybrid Warfare ☢️ Nuclear Deterrence

The Flag and the Cross

— Philip S. Gorski • 2022

A centuries-old story of who America belongs to now threatens to end its democratic experiment.

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✝️ Christian Nationalism 🇺🇸 American Mythology ⚠️ Authoritarian Threat 📊 Racial Hierarchy 😤 White Grievance

The Flag and the Cross

A centuries-old story of who America belongs to now threatens to end its democratic experiment.

— Philip S. Gorski 2022 176 стр.

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✝️ Christian Nationalism 🇺🇸 American Mythology ⚠️ Authoritarian Threat 📊 Racial Hierarchy 😤 White Grievance

Democracy in America?

— Benjamin I. Page • 2017

What most Americans want passes one time in three. The explanation isn't gridlock. It's wealth.

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🤑 Money In Politics ⚖️ Political Inequality 📉 Democratic Decline 🏛️ Elite Capture 🗳️ Voting Rights

Democracy in America?

What most Americans want passes one time in three. The explanation isn't gridlock. It's wealth.

— Benjamin I. Page 2017 352 стр.

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🤑 Money In Politics ⚖️ Political Inequality 📉 Democratic Decline 🏛️ Elite Capture 🗳️ Voting Rights

Rise

— Brigitte Gabriel • 2018

Radical Islam and the left share one project: dismantling the West. A former refugee's battle plan.

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🏛️ Judeo-Christian Values ⚔️ Islamic Radicalism 🗽 Immigration Policy 🤐 Political Correctness 🗣️ Free Speech Defense

Rise

Radical Islam and the left share one project: dismantling the West. A former refugee's battle plan.

— Brigitte Gabriel 2018 272 стр.

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🏛️ Judeo-Christian Values ⚔️ Islamic Radicalism 🗽 Immigration Policy 🤐 Political Correctness 🗣️ Free Speech Defense

The Right

— Matthew Continetti • 2022

From Harding to Trump: the century-long war between the Right's intellectuals and its populist base.

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🏛️ American Conservatism 📚 Intellectual History 🗳️ Populism ⚔️ Culture Wars ❄️ Cold War Politics

The Right

From Harding to Trump: the century-long war between the Right's intellectuals and its populist base.

— Matthew Continetti 2022

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🏛️ American Conservatism 📚 Intellectual History 🗳️ Populism ⚔️ Culture Wars ❄️ Cold War Politics

Crafting State-Nations

— Alfred Stepan • 2010

For multinational democracies, the nation-state model is a trap. India shows a better path.

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🏛️ Comparative Politics 🏗️ Federal Systems 🌍 Multicultural Democracy 🤝 Power Sharing 🆔 National Identity

Crafting State-Nations

For multinational democracies, the nation-state model is a trap. India shows a better path.

— Alfred Stepan 2010 336 стр.

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🏛️ Comparative Politics 🏗️ Federal Systems 🌍 Multicultural Democracy 🤝 Power Sharing 🆔 National Identity

West of Slavery

— Kevin Waite • 2021

The slave South wanted a Pacific empire and nearly built one before the Civil War.

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🌄 Westward Expansion 🏛️ Antebellum America ⛓️ Slavery And Capitalism 🚂 Railroad Politics ⚔️ Civil War West

West of Slavery

The slave South wanted a Pacific empire and nearly built one before the Civil War.

— Kevin Waite 2021 384 стр.

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🌄 Westward Expansion 🏛️ Antebellum America ⛓️ Slavery And Capitalism 🚂 Railroad Politics ⚔️ Civil War West

The Hell of Good Intentions

— Stephen M. Walt • 2018

After the Cold War, America tried to lead the world. It overreached, failed, and learned nothing.

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🗺️ Grand Strategy 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy ⚔️ Military Overreach 🌍 Post-Cold War Era 🏛️ Foreign Policy Elite

The Hell of Good Intentions

After the Cold War, America tried to lead the world. It overreached, failed, and learned nothing.

— Stephen M. Walt 2018 400 стр.

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🗺️ Grand Strategy 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy ⚔️ Military Overreach 🌍 Post-Cold War Era 🏛️ Foreign Policy Elite

Operation Hollywood

— David L. Robb • 2004

The military lent Hollywood its jets and ships, then demanded veto power over the script.

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🚫 Military Censorship 📢 Propaganda Studies 🏛️ Pentagon Influence 🤫 Self-Censorship 📜 First Amendment Law

Operation Hollywood

The military lent Hollywood its jets and ships, then demanded veto power over the script.

— David L. Robb 2004 350 стр.

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🚫 Military Censorship 📢 Propaganda Studies 🏛️ Pentagon Influence 🤫 Self-Censorship 📜 First Amendment Law

One Nation, Uninsured

— Jill Quadagno • 2005

Organized interests, not national values, killed universal health care in the United States.

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🏥 Health Care Policy 📜 Public Health History 🏛️ Interest-Group Politics 🩺 Health Reform ⚖️ Racial Health Disparities

One Nation, Uninsured

Organized interests, not national values, killed universal health care in the United States.

— Jill Quadagno 2005 274 стр.

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🏥 Health Care Policy 📜 Public Health History 🏛️ Interest-Group Politics 🩺 Health Reform ⚖️ Racial Health Disparities

Unstable Majorities

— Morris P. Fiorina • 2017

Not a deeply polarized public. Sorted parties overreach, and the movable middle flips Congress.

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🔄 Ideological Sorting 🏛️ Elite Polarization 🗳️ Independent Voters 😠 Negative Partisanship 🔒 Political Gridlock

Unstable Majorities

Not a deeply polarized public. Sorted parties overreach, and the movable middle flips Congress.

— Morris P. Fiorina 2017 264 стр.

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🔄 Ideological Sorting 🏛️ Elite Polarization 🗳️ Independent Voters 😠 Negative Partisanship 🔒 Political Gridlock

Democracy and Its Critics

— Robert A. Dahl • 1989

Democracy requires conditions that sound simple and are almost never present at the same time.

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🗳️ Democratic Theory 🌐 Comparative Politics 🏛️ Political Institutions 🔀 Pluralism ✋ Majority Rule

Democracy and Its Critics

Democracy requires conditions that sound simple and are almost never present at the same time.

— Robert A. Dahl 1989 397 стр.

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🗳️ Democratic Theory 🌐 Comparative Politics 🏛️ Political Institutions 🔀 Pluralism ✋ Majority Rule

The Rise of Southern Republicans

— Black • 2002

Black Democrats and white Republicans made an unlikely alliance to redraw the South. It worked.

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🗳️ Southern Politics 🔄 Electoral Realignment ⚖️ Racial Polarization ✊ Voting Rights 📐 Redistricting

The Rise of Southern Republicans

Black Democrats and white Republicans made an unlikely alliance to redraw the South. It worked.

— Black 2002 454 стр.

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🗳️ Southern Politics 🔄 Electoral Realignment ⚖️ Racial Polarization ✊ Voting Rights 📐 Redistricting

Paths Out of Dixie

— Robert Mickey • 2015

The Jim Crow South was authoritarian, not democratic. It fell along three distinct paths.

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📍 Southern Politics 🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes 🗳️ Voting Rights 🚫 Racial Segregation 🏢 One-Party Rule

Paths Out of Dixie

The Jim Crow South was authoritarian, not democratic. It fell along three distinct paths.

— Robert Mickey 2015 584 стр.

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📍 Southern Politics 🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes 🗳️ Voting Rights 🚫 Racial Segregation 🏢 One-Party Rule

A Nation Without Borders

— Steven Hahn • 2016

The United States was an empire before it was a nation. Slavery, rebellion, and conquest built it.

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🏛️ American Empire 💰 Slavery And Capitalism 🏜️ New Western History ⚔️ Civil War And Reconstruction 🗺️ Continental Expansion

A Nation Without Borders

The United States was an empire before it was a nation. Slavery, rebellion, and conquest built it.

— Steven Hahn 2016 608 стр.

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🏛️ American Empire 💰 Slavery And Capitalism 🏜️ New Western History ⚔️ Civil War And Reconstruction 🗺️ Continental Expansion

America’s Best Idea

— Randall Balmer • 2025

The wall between church and state saved American faith. Its demolition began in segregated schools.

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⛪ Church And State 🇺🇸 American Religion 🗽 Religious Liberty 🚩 Christian Nationalism ⚖️ Constitutional Law

America’s Best Idea

The wall between church and state saved American faith. Its demolition began in segregated schools.

— Randall Balmer 2025 160 стр.

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⛪ Church And State 🇺🇸 American Religion 🗽 Religious Liberty 🚩 Christian Nationalism ⚖️ Constitutional Law

How Democratic Is the American Constitution?

— Robert A. Dahl • 2001

No other advanced democracy ever copied our Constitution. What they all saw that we do not.

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📜 Constitutional Criticism 🗳️ Electoral Reform 🌍 Comparative Politics ⚖️ Political Inequality 📖 Democratic Theory

How Democratic Is the American Constitution?

No other advanced democracy ever copied our Constitution. What they all saw that we do not.

— Robert A. Dahl 2001 240 стр.

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📜 Constitutional Criticism 🗳️ Electoral Reform 🌍 Comparative Politics ⚖️ Political Inequality 📖 Democratic Theory

Protecting Soldiers and Mothers

— Skocpol • 1992

Why America built a welfare state for soldiers and mothers, not workers, and never recovered.

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🏛️ Welfare State Origins 📜 Historical Institutionalism 🗽 American Political Development ⌛ Progressive Era Reforms 👩‍👧 Maternal Welfare

Protecting Soldiers and Mothers

Why America built a welfare state for soldiers and mothers, not workers, and never recovered.

— Skocpol 1992 736 стр.

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🏛️ Welfare State Origins 📜 Historical Institutionalism 🗽 American Political Development ⌛ Progressive Era Reforms 👩‍👧 Maternal Welfare

White Supremacy

— George M. Fredrickson • 1981

Same racial logic, different regimes: why America built Jim Crow and South Africa built apartheid.

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🏛️ Comparative History 🌍 Settler Colonialism 🎨 Color Line 🚧 Jim Crow 🇿🇦 Apartheid

White Supremacy

Same racial logic, different regimes: why America built Jim Crow and South Africa built apartheid.

— George M. Fredrickson 1981 384 стр.

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🏛️ Comparative History 🌍 Settler Colonialism 🎨 Color Line 🚧 Jim Crow 🇿🇦 Apartheid

Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized America

— Morris P. Fiorina • 2004

Fifty years of polling data show a moderate public, sidelined by a polarized political class.

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🧮 Public Opinion Research 🏛️ Elite Vs Mass Opinion 🗳️ Partisan Sorting 🐘 American Political Parties 📢 Political Participation

Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized America

Fifty years of polling data show a moderate public, sidelined by a polarized political class.

— Morris P. Fiorina 2004 256 стр.

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🧮 Public Opinion Research 🏛️ Elite Vs Mass Opinion 🗳️ Partisan Sorting 🐘 American Political Parties 📢 Political Participation

Peace Pact

— David C. Hendrickson • 2003

Before it was a nation, America was a powder keg. The Constitution was the peace treaty.

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🏛️ Early American Republic 📜 Constitutional Origins ⚖️ Federalist Thought 🕊️ Balance Of Power 💔 Union And Disunion

Peace Pact

Before it was a nation, America was a powder keg. The Constitution was the peace treaty.

— David C. Hendrickson 2003 416 стр.

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🏛️ Early American Republic 📜 Constitutional Origins ⚖️ Federalist Thought 🕊️ Balance Of Power 💔 Union And Disunion

The Reactionary Spirit

— Zack Beauchamp • 2024

The urge to defend hierarchy dismantles democracy from within. Four nations reveal the pattern.

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🗳️ Comparative Politics 📉 Democratic Backsliding 🚩 Authoritarian Populism 🔄 Reactionary Movements 🎭 Competitive Authoritarianism

The Reactionary Spirit

The urge to defend hierarchy dismantles democracy from within. Four nations reveal the pattern.

— Zack Beauchamp 2024 263 стр.

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🗳️ Comparative Politics 📉 Democratic Backsliding 🚩 Authoritarian Populism 🔄 Reactionary Movements 🎭 Competitive Authoritarianism

Birth of the Leviathan

— Ertman • 1997

Dark Age local government set Europe's regimes. The timing of war shaped their institutions.

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🏛️ State Formation 🔬 Comparative Politics 🛤️ Path Dependence ⚡ State Capacity 📜 Historical Sociology

Birth of the Leviathan

Dark Age local government set Europe's regimes. The timing of war shaped their institutions.

— Ertman 1997 380 стр.

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🏛️ State Formation 🔬 Comparative Politics 🛤️ Path Dependence ⚡ State Capacity 📜 Historical Sociology

The Populist Explosion

— John B. Judis • 2016

Populism is a language, not an ideology. The Great Recession taught the West to speak it.

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🔥 Populist Politics 💰 Neoliberalism Critique 🇺🇸 American Populism 🔄 Political Realignment 🇪🇺 European Union Crisis

The Populist Explosion

Populism is a language, not an ideology. The Great Recession taught the West to speak it.

— John B. Judis 2016 182 стр.

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🔥 Populist Politics 💰 Neoliberalism Critique 🇺🇸 American Populism 🔄 Political Realignment 🇪🇺 European Union Crisis

Public Citizens

— Paul Sabin • 2024

How liberal crusaders against big government paved the road for Reagan’s anti-government revolution.

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⚖️ Public Interest Law 📜 Regulatory Reform 🌿 Environmental Activism 🤔 Distrust Of Government 🔒 Political Gridlock

Public Citizens

How liberal crusaders against big government paved the road for Reagan’s anti-government revolution.

— Paul Sabin 2024 272 стр.

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⚖️ Public Interest Law 📜 Regulatory Reform 🌿 Environmental Activism 🤔 Distrust Of Government 🔒 Political Gridlock

Conservatism

— Yoram Hazony • 2022

Nation, faith, and family: the pillars liberalism dismissed, and the only path out of its collapse.

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🏛️ Political Philosophy 🧐 Conservative Thought 🇺🇸 National Conservatism ⛪ Religious Traditionalism ⚖️ Tradition And Modernity

Conservatism

Nation, faith, and family: the pillars liberalism dismissed, and the only path out of its collapse.

— Yoram Hazony 2022 256 стр.

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🏛️ Political Philosophy 🧐 Conservative Thought 🇺🇸 National Conservatism ⛪ Religious Traditionalism ⚖️ Tradition And Modernity

Ungoverning

— Nancy L. Rosenblum • 2024

Shrinking government is one thing. Breaking it on purpose is another.

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🏛️ Administrative State ⚖️ Constitutional Law 🔧 State Capacity 📉 Democratic Backsliding 📢 Populist Authoritarianism

Ungoverning

Shrinking government is one thing. Breaking it on purpose is another.

— Nancy L. Rosenblum 2024 280 стр.

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🏛️ Administrative State ⚖️ Constitutional Law 🔧 State Capacity 📉 Democratic Backsliding 📢 Populist Authoritarianism

Rule and Ruin

— Geoffrey Kabaservice • 2011

A major American party became a purity machine. The inside story of the moderates it eliminated.

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🏛️ Rockefeller Republicans 🐘 American Conservatism 🧲 Political Polarization 🗺️ Party Realignment 🗳️ Primary Elections

Rule and Ruin

A major American party became a purity machine. The inside story of the moderates it eliminated.

— Geoffrey Kabaservice 2011 482 стр.

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🏛️ Rockefeller Republicans 🐘 American Conservatism 🧲 Political Polarization 🗺️ Party Realignment 🗳️ Primary Elections

The Long Southern Strategy

— Angie Maxwell • 2019

White grievance, anti-feminism, and evangelicalism fused in the South, then nationalized the GOP.

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🗳️ Southern Politics 🔄 Political Realignment 🎭 Racial Politics 🤍 White Identity Politics ✝️ American Evangelicalism

The Long Southern Strategy

White grievance, anti-feminism, and evangelicalism fused in the South, then nationalized the GOP.

— Angie Maxwell 2019 560 стр.

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🗳️ Southern Politics 🔄 Political Realignment 🎭 Racial Politics 🤍 White Identity Politics ✝️ American Evangelicalism

Yankee Leviathan

— Richard Franklin Bensel • 1991

The Confederacy's statist war machine, not the Constitution, built the modern American state.

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📜 Civil War History 🏚️ Reconstruction Era 🏛️ State Formation 💰 Political Economy 🗳️ American Political Development

Yankee Leviathan

The Confederacy's statist war machine, not the Constitution, built the modern American state.

— Richard Franklin Bensel 1991 466 стр.

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📜 Civil War History 🏚️ Reconstruction Era 🏛️ State Formation 💰 Political Economy 🗳️ American Political Development

Liberalism

— Edmund Fawcett • 2014

Liberalism is a two-century argument, not a creed: over freedom, power, and who belongs.

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🏛️ Political Theory 💡 Intellectual History 🗽 Liberal Tradition 📊 Political Economy 🗳️ Democratic Theory

Liberalism

Liberalism is a two-century argument, not a creed: over freedom, power, and who belongs.

— Edmund Fawcett 2014 488 стр.

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🏛️ Political Theory 💡 Intellectual History 🗽 Liberal Tradition 📊 Political Economy 🗳️ Democratic Theory

Dangerous Charisma

— Jerrold M. Post • 2019

A CIA profiler diagnosed malignant narcissism. The surprise was how perfectly it fit his followers.

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🧠 Political Psychology 🪞 Narcissism ✨ Charismatic Leadership ⚠️ Authoritarianism 👥 Follower Psychology

Dangerous Charisma

A CIA profiler diagnosed malignant narcissism. The surprise was how perfectly it fit his followers.

— Jerrold M. Post 2019 352 стр.

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🧠 Political Psychology 🪞 Narcissism ✨ Charismatic Leadership ⚠️ Authoritarianism 👥 Follower Psychology

The Destructionists

— Dana Milbank • 2022

Gingrich lit the match in 1993. Twenty-five years of arson later, Trump walked through the ashes.

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🐘 Republican Party 🏛️ American Conservatism 🔀 Political Polarization ⚠️ Democratic Backsliding 📺 Conservative Media

The Destructionists

Gingrich lit the match in 1993. Twenty-five years of arson later, Trump walked through the ashes.

— Dana Milbank 2022 416 стр.

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🐘 Republican Party 🏛️ American Conservatism 🔀 Political Polarization ⚠️ Democratic Backsliding 📺 Conservative Media

Republican Gomorrah

— Max Blumenthal • 2007

The Christian right, built on crisis and submission, was destined to devour the GOP from inside.

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🗳️ American Politics ✝️ Christian Right 👑 Authoritarianism ⚔️ Culture Wars 📜 Theocratic Politics

Republican Gomorrah

The Christian right, built on crisis and submission, was destined to devour the GOP from inside.

— Max Blumenthal 2007 432 стр.

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🗳️ American Politics ✝️ Christian Right 👑 Authoritarianism ⚔️ Culture Wars 📜 Theocratic Politics

More Guns, Less Crime

— John R. Lott Jr. • 1998

Mass shootings fell 84% in concealed-carry states. The economist who did the math.

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🔫 Gun Control ⚖️ Criminal Justice 🎯 Deterrence Theory 📜 Law And Economics 💰 Free Market Economics

More Guns, Less Crime

Mass shootings fell 84% in concealed-carry states. The economist who did the math.

— John R. Lott Jr. 1998 321 стр.

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🔫 Gun Control ⚖️ Criminal Justice 🎯 Deterrence Theory 📜 Law And Economics 💰 Free Market Economics

The Great Alignment

— Alan I. Abramowitz • 2018

Partisan sorting by race and culture turned politics into mutual hatred. Trump is the result.

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🔄 Political Realignment 🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏾 Racial Politics 💔 Affective Polarization 🗳️ Voting Behavior ⚔️ Cultural Polarization

The Great Alignment

Partisan sorting by race and culture turned politics into mutual hatred. Trump is the result.

— Alan I. Abramowitz 2018 216 стр.

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🔄 Political Realignment 🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏾 Racial Politics 💔 Affective Polarization 🗳️ Voting Behavior ⚔️ Cultural Polarization

NATO's Secret Armies

— Daniele Ganser • 2004

NATO's hidden armies were built for the Soviets. They turned on Western democracy instead.

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🥶 Cold War History 🕵️ Covert Operations 💣 State-Sponsored Terror 🔍 CIA History ☭ Anti-Communism

NATO's Secret Armies

NATO's hidden armies were built for the Soviets. They turned on Western democracy instead.

— Daniele Ganser 2004 336 стр.

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🥶 Cold War History 🕵️ Covert Operations 💣 State-Sponsored Terror 🔍 CIA History ☭ Anti-Communism

The Sovereign State and Its Competitors

— Hendrik Spruyt • 1994

The sovereign state won not by conquest but by keeping promises and enforcing uniform rules.

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🏛️ State Formation 🌐 International Relations Theory 🔄 Institutional Change 📊 Historical Sociology 💰 Political Economy

The Sovereign State and Its Competitors

The sovereign state won not by conquest but by keeping promises and enforcing uniform rules.

— Hendrik Spruyt 1994 302 стр.

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🏛️ State Formation 🌐 International Relations Theory 🔄 Institutional Change 📊 Historical Sociology 💰 Political Economy

The Court v. The Voters

— Joshua A. Douglas • 2024

We trust the Court to protect voting rights. Fifty years of rulings tell a different story.

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🗳️ Voting Rights ⚖️ Constitutional Law 🏛️ Supreme Court 📋 Judicial Activism ⚠️ Democratic Erosion

The Court v. The Voters

We trust the Court to protect voting rights. Fifty years of rulings tell a different story.

— Joshua A. Douglas 2024 240 стр.

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🗳️ Voting Rights ⚖️ Constitutional Law 🏛️ Supreme Court 📋 Judicial Activism ⚠️ Democratic Erosion

The Red and the Blue

— Steve Kornacki • 2018

The prosperous 1990s: two men broke American politics, and we are still living in the wreckage.

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🏛️ Political Polarization 🗳️ Electoral History ⏳ Clinton Era 💥 Anti-Establishment 🔒 Congressional Gridlock

The Red and the Blue

The prosperous 1990s: two men broke American politics, and we are still living in the wreckage.

— Steve Kornacki 2018

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🏛️ Political Polarization 🗳️ Electoral History ⏳ Clinton Era 💥 Anti-Establishment 🔒 Congressional Gridlock

Anti-System Politics

— Jonathan Hopkin • 2020

Market rule produces its own opposition: anti-system left and right are the predictable backlash.

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🏛 Political Economy 💰 Neoliberalism 🗳 Populism ⚠️ Democratic Backsliding 📉 Financial Crisis

Anti-System Politics

Market rule produces its own opposition: anti-system left and right are the predictable backlash.

— Jonathan Hopkin 2020 331 стр.

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🏛 Political Economy 💰 Neoliberalism 🗳 Populism ⚠️ Democratic Backsliding 📉 Financial Crisis

Radical American Partisanship

— Nathan P. Kalmoe • 2022

15 percent of Americans have been threatened over politics. The accelerant is racial resentment.

3.70

🗳️ American Politics 💥 Political Violence 🧩 Partisan Polarization 🧠 Political Psychology 🔓 Moral Disengagement

Radical American Partisanship

15 percent of Americans have been threatened over politics. The accelerant is racial resentment.

— Nathan P. Kalmoe 2022 222 стр.

3.70

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🗳️ American Politics 💥 Political Violence 🧩 Partisan Polarization 🧠 Political Psychology 🔓 Moral Disengagement

The Populist Persuasion

— Michael Kazin • 1995

Anti-elite language once belonged to labor and farmers. A history of how conservatives captured it.

3.75

134

🇺🇸 American Populism 🗣️ Political Rhetoric 🏗️ Class Politics 🔨 Labor History 🐘 Conservative Movement

The Populist Persuasion

Anti-elite language once belonged to labor and farmers. A history of how conservatives captured it.

— Michael Kazin 1995 387 стр.

3.75

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🇺🇸 American Populism 🗣️ Political Rhetoric 🏗️ Class Politics 🔨 Labor History 🐘 Conservative Movement

Age of Danger

— Andrew R. Hoehn • 2023

Built for 1947, retooled for terrorism: America's defense system is blind to the threats now coming.

3.81

🛡️ Us Defense Policy 🌍 Great Power Competition 🐢 Bureaucratic Inertia 🎯 Threat Assessment 🦠 Biosecurity

Age of Danger

Built for 1947, retooled for terrorism: America's defense system is blind to the threats now coming.

— Andrew R. Hoehn 2023 368 стр.

3.81

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🛡️ Us Defense Policy 🌍 Great Power Competition 🐢 Bureaucratic Inertia 🎯 Threat Assessment 🦠 Biosecurity

Slaying Goliath

— Diane Ravitch • 2020

Billionaires spent billions to privatize public schools. Teachers and parents fought back and won.

3.81

425

🏫 Public Education 💼 School Privatization 📝 High-Stakes Testing ✊ Teacher Unions 💰 Billionaire Philanthropy

Slaying Goliath

Billionaires spent billions to privatize public schools. Teachers and parents fought back and won.

— Diane Ravitch 2020 352 стр.

3.81

425 оценок

🏫 Public Education 💼 School Privatization 📝 High-Stakes Testing ✊ Teacher Unions 💰 Billionaire Philanthropy

The Partisan Sort

— Matthew Levendusky • 2009

Your party shapes your beliefs, not the reverse. Elite polarization is why.

4.09

🇺🇸 American Electorate 🗳️ Voter Behavior 📊 Elite Polarization 🔀 Partisan Sorting 💔 Affective Polarization

The Partisan Sort

Your party shapes your beliefs, not the reverse. Elite polarization is why.

— Matthew Levendusky 2009 184 стр.

4.09

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🇺🇸 American Electorate 🗳️ Voter Behavior 📊 Elite Polarization 🔀 Partisan Sorting 💔 Affective Polarization

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