🇺🇸 American Politics

The machinery, personalities, and fault lines of U.S. political life, from campaign trail narratives to deep analyses of polarization, power, and the ongoing experiment of democratic governance.

White Identity Politics

by Ashley Jardina • 2019

One in three white Americans now see their race as politically meaningful. That changes everything.

3.90

208

✊ Racial Politics 🪞 Whiteness Studies 🧠 Political Psychology 📊 Racial Attitudes 👥 Social Identity Theory

White Identity Politics

One in three white Americans now see their race as politically meaningful. That changes everything.

by Ashley Jardina 2019

3.90

208 ratings

✊ Racial Politics 🪞 Whiteness Studies 🧠 Political Psychology 📊 Racial Attitudes 👥 Social Identity Theory

The Plot to Seize the White House

by Jules Archer • 1973

Wall Street plotted a fascist coup against FDR. The general they recruited was the wrong man.

4.03

974

🕰️ 1930s America ⚠️ Fascism In America 💼 Corporate Power ⚡ Democracy Under Threat 📜 New Deal Era

The Plot to Seize the White House

Wall Street plotted a fascist coup against FDR. The general they recruited was the wrong man.

by Jules Archer 1973

4.03

974 ratings

🕰️ 1930s America ⚠️ Fascism In America 💼 Corporate Power ⚡ Democracy Under Threat 📜 New Deal Era

The Nine

by Jeffrey Toobin • 2007

The Supreme Court's decisions depend less on law than on the ideologies of nine political beings.

4.09

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⚖️ Supreme Court 📰 Legal Journalism 🎭 Behind The Scenes 📜 Judicial Activism 🏛️ Originalism

The Nine

The Supreme Court's decisions depend less on law than on the ideologies of nine political beings.

by Jeffrey Toobin 2007

4.09

19k+ ratings

⚖️ Supreme Court 📰 Legal Journalism 🎭 Behind The Scenes 📜 Judicial Activism 🏛️ Originalism

Fight for Liberty

by Mark Lasswell • 2018

Democracy is besieged by authoritarians abroad. The weakening at home is the harder fight.

3.92

🗳️ Liberal Democracy 🏛️ Democratic Institutions 💬 Free Speech ⚖️ Rule Of Law 📰 Media And Democracy

Fight for Liberty

Democracy is besieged by authoritarians abroad. The weakening at home is the harder fight.

by Mark Lasswell 2018

3.92

50 ratings

🗳️ Liberal Democracy 🏛️ Democratic Institutions 💬 Free Speech ⚖️ Rule Of Law 📰 Media And Democracy

Let Them Eat Tweets

by Jacob S. Hacker • 2020

The GOP's formula: policies for the rich, powered by racial grievance, protected by a rigged system.

4.09

550

📊 Political Economy 💰 Wealth Inequality 🏛️ Plutocracy ⚠️ Democratic Backsliding 📢 Right-Wing Populism

Let Them Eat Tweets

The GOP's formula: policies for the rich, powered by racial grievance, protected by a rigged system.

by Jacob S. Hacker 2020

4.09

550 ratings

📊 Political Economy 💰 Wealth Inequality 🏛️ Plutocracy ⚠️ Democratic Backsliding 📢 Right-Wing Populism

Four Threats

by Suzanne Mettler • 2020

The four forces that repeatedly broke American democracy are peaking together for the first time.

4.03

221

⚡ Political Polarization 🏢 Executive Power 💰 Economic Inequality 🗳️ Voting Rights ✊ Racial Justice

Four Threats

The four forces that repeatedly broke American democracy are peaking together for the first time.

by Suzanne Mettler 2020

4.03

221 ratings

⚡ Political Polarization 🏢 Executive Power 💰 Economic Inequality 🗳️ Voting Rights ✊ Racial Justice

The Undertow

by Jeff Sharlet • 2023

The preachers, militiamen, and internet prophets fighting for America's soul amid its unraveling.

4.01

3k+

⚡ Political Polarization ✝️ American Christianity 💰 Prosperity Gospel 🛐 Political Religion 🕵️ Conspiracy Culture

The Undertow

The preachers, militiamen, and internet prophets fighting for America's soul amid its unraveling.

by Jeff Sharlet 2023

4.01

3k+ ratings

⚡ Political Polarization ✝️ American Christianity 💰 Prosperity Gospel 🛐 Political Religion 🕵️ Conspiracy Culture

Neither Liberal nor Conservative

by Donald R. Kinder • 2017

Decades of surveys reveal what cable news won't: most Americans have no ideology at all.

3.90

📊 Public Opinion 🗳️ Political Behavior 🧠 Political Psychology 📖 Political Knowledge 🧲 Political Polarization

Neither Liberal nor Conservative

Decades of surveys reveal what cable news won't: most Americans have no ideology at all.

by Donald R. Kinder 2017

3.90

61 ratings

📊 Public Opinion 🗳️ Political Behavior 🧠 Political Psychology 📖 Political Knowledge 🧲 Political Polarization

Unequal Democracy

by Larry M. Bartels • 2008

Three voter biases and a system blind to the poor built America's income gap.

3.89

457

💰 Political Economy 📊 Income Inequality 🗳️ Voter Behavior 💵 Wealth And Politics 📉 Class Politics

Unequal Democracy

Three voter biases and a system blind to the poor built America's income gap.

by Larry M. Bartels 2008

3.89

457 ratings

💰 Political Economy 📊 Income Inequality 🗳️ Voter Behavior 💵 Wealth And Politics 📉 Class Politics

The Reactionary Spirit

by Zack Beauchamp • 2024

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

4.01

166

🗳️ 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.

by Zack Beauchamp 2024

4.01

166 ratings

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

Beyond Outrage

by Robert B. Reich • 2012

The top 1% doubled their share of national income, and then they bought the government.

4.06

2k+

🏚️ Economic Inequality 💰 Money In Politics 🏢 Corporate Power 📈 Progressive Economics 🏛️ Political Economy

Beyond Outrage

The top 1% doubled their share of national income, and then they bought the government.

by Robert B. Reich 2012

4.06

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Economic Inequality 💰 Money In Politics 🏢 Corporate Power 📈 Progressive Economics 🏛️ Political Economy

Republican Gomorrah

by Max Blumenthal • 2007

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

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1k+

✝️ Christian Right 👑 Authoritarianism ⚔️ Culture Wars 📜 Theocratic Politics 🧠 Frommian Psychology

Republican Gomorrah

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

by Max Blumenthal 2007

3.88

1k+ ratings

✝️ Christian Right 👑 Authoritarianism ⚔️ Culture Wars 📜 Theocratic Politics 🧠 Frommian Psychology

Radical American Partisanship

by Nathan P. Kalmoe • 2022

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

3.70

💥 Political Violence 🧩 Partisan Polarization 🧠 Political Psychology 🔓 Moral Disengagement 🔥 Racial Resentment

Radical American Partisanship

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

by Nathan P. Kalmoe 2022

3.70

44 ratings

💥 Political Violence 🧩 Partisan Polarization 🧠 Political Psychology 🔓 Moral Disengagement 🔥 Racial Resentment

Uneasy Alliances

by Paul Frymer • 1999

The two-party system sidelines race by design, taking its most loyal voters for granted.

3.85

🏛️ Two-Party System 🖤 Racial Politics 🗣️ Political Representation 🔗 Institutional Racism ✊ Civil Rights History

Uneasy Alliances

The two-party system sidelines race by design, taking its most loyal voters for granted.

by Paul Frymer 1999

3.85

33 ratings

🏛️ Two-Party System 🖤 Racial Politics 🗣️ Political Representation 🔗 Institutional Racism ✊ Civil Rights History

Asymmetric Politics

by Matt Grossmann • 2016

Republicans push ideology. Democrats serve groups. The mismatch broke American politics.

4.13

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🗳️ Party Politics ⚖️ Political Polarization 🐘 Conservative Movement 📡 Media Ecosystems 🏛️ Interest Groups

Asymmetric Politics

Republicans push ideology. Democrats serve groups. The mismatch broke American politics.

by Matt Grossmann 2016

4.13

114 ratings

🗳️ Party Politics ⚖️ Political Polarization 🐘 Conservative Movement 📡 Media Ecosystems 🏛️ Interest Groups

American Amnesia

by Jacob S. Hacker • 2016

America's wealth was built by government, not just markets. Forgetting that is undoing us.

4.14

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🏛️ Political Economy 📉 Market Failures 🏢 Corporate Power ⚡ Political Polarization 💰 Rent-Seeking

American Amnesia

America's wealth was built by government, not just markets. Forgetting that is undoing us.

by Jacob S. Hacker 2016

4.14

674 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 📉 Market Failures 🏢 Corporate Power ⚡ Political Polarization 💰 Rent-Seeking

Presidents, Populism, and the Crisis of Democracy

by William G. Howell • 2020

The Constitution was designed for inaction; that structural flaw now fuels populist demagogues.

3.87

📢 Populism 📜 Constitutional Reform 🏛️ Presidential Power 🏢 Congressional Dysfunction ⚠️ Democratic Backsliding

Presidents, Populism, and the Crisis of Democracy

The Constitution was designed for inaction; that structural flaw now fuels populist demagogues.

by William G. Howell 2020

3.87

82 ratings

📢 Populism 📜 Constitutional Reform 🏛️ Presidential Power 🏢 Congressional Dysfunction ⚠️ Democratic Backsliding

The Thinkers

by E.J. Fagan • 2024

American polarization has a hidden engine: think tanks that supply each party with its own facts.

3.80

🧠 Think Tanks ↔️ Political Polarization 📋 Public Policy 🔬 Policy Expertise 🐘 Conservative Movement

The Thinkers

American polarization has a hidden engine: think tanks that supply each party with its own facts.

by E.J. Fagan 2024

3.80

15 ratings

🧠 Think Tanks ↔️ Political Polarization 📋 Public Policy 🔬 Policy Expertise 🐘 Conservative Movement

If We Can Keep It

by Michael Tomasky • 2019

Polarization is older than the republic; what broke is the GOP's turn into a movement.

3.96

181

📜 American History ↔️ Political Polarization 💸 Economic Inequality 📻 Media Echo Chambers 🗳️ Gerrymandering

If We Can Keep It

Polarization is older than the republic; what broke is the GOP's turn into a movement.

by Michael Tomasky 2019

3.96

181 ratings

📜 American History ↔️ Political Polarization 💸 Economic Inequality 📻 Media Echo Chambers 🗳️ Gerrymandering

Post-Racial or Most-Racial?

by Michael Tesler • 2016

How electing a Black president made racial attitudes more powerful in American politics, not less.

4.06

⚖️ Racial Politics ⚡ Political Polarization 📊 Public Opinion 🧠 Racial Attitudes 🗳️ Voting Behavior

Post-Racial or Most-Racial?

How electing a Black president made racial attitudes more powerful in American politics, not less.

by Michael Tesler 2016

4.06

47 ratings

⚖️ Racial Politics ⚡ Political Polarization 📊 Public Opinion 🧠 Racial Attitudes 🗳️ Voting Behavior

The United States Constitution in Film

by Eric Kasper • 2018

How Hollywood has tracked and shaped America's constitutional debates, from presidents to privacy.

⚖️ Constitutional Law 🎬 Film And Law 🏛️ Popular Constitutionalism 🔍 Cultural Analysis 📜 Constitutional History

The United States Constitution in Film

How Hollywood has tracked and shaped America's constitutional debates, from presidents to privacy.

by Eric Kasper 2018

⚖️ Constitutional Law 🎬 Film And Law 🏛️ Popular Constitutionalism 🔍 Cultural Analysis 📜 Constitutional History

Building a New American State

by Stephen Skowronek • 1982

Before the New Deal, there was the Progressive Era: how America built its administrative state.

3.75

🏗️ State Building ⏳ Progressive Era 🔧 Institutional Reform 🌿 Political Development 📋 Administrative State

Building a New American State

Before the New Deal, there was the Progressive Era: how America built its administrative state.

by Stephen Skowronek 1982

3.75

57 ratings

🏗️ State Building ⏳ Progressive Era 🔧 Institutional Reform 🌿 Political Development 📋 Administrative State

Does American Democracy Still Work?

by Alan Wolfe • 2006

American democracy has morphed into a form that is democratic on paper but illiberal in practice.

3.57

🏛️ Democratic Theory ⚡ Political Polarization 🗳️ Voter Ignorance 💰 Money In Politics ⚔️ Culture Wars

Does American Democracy Still Work?

American democracy has morphed into a form that is democratic on paper but illiberal in practice.

by Alan Wolfe 2006

3.57

21 ratings

🏛️ Democratic Theory ⚡ Political Polarization 🗳️ Voter Ignorance 💰 Money In Politics ⚔️ Culture Wars

Class War?

by Benjamin I. Page • 2009

Americans aren't fighting a class war. They agree on taxing the rich and expanding the safety net.

3.53

💸 Economic Inequality 📊 Public Opinion ⚖️ Political Inequality 💵 Money In Politics 🛡️ Social Safety Net

Class War?

Americans aren't fighting a class war. They agree on taxing the rich and expanding the safety net.

by Benjamin I. Page 2009

3.53

45 ratings

💸 Economic Inequality 📊 Public Opinion ⚖️ Political Inequality 💵 Money In Politics 🛡️ Social Safety Net

Democracy and Solidarity

by James Davison Hunter • 2024

The American experiment was built on a fragile fusion of reason and faith. That fusion has run out.

4.32

122

📜 Political Theory ⚔️ Culture Wars ⛪ Secularization 😤 Grievance Politics 📉 Democratic Decay

Democracy and Solidarity

The American experiment was built on a fragile fusion of reason and faith. That fusion has run out.

by James Davison Hunter 2024

4.32

122 ratings

📜 Political Theory ⚔️ Culture Wars ⛪ Secularization 😤 Grievance Politics 📉 Democratic Decay

Partisan Nation

by Paul Pierson • 2024

American politics is one national feud: the institutions that once cooled conflict now feed it.

3.77

⚡ Political Polarization 🧩 Party Systems 🏛️ Constitutional Design 📰 Media Ecosystems 🤝 Interest Groups

Partisan Nation

American politics is one national feud: the institutions that once cooled conflict now feed it.

by Paul Pierson 2024

3.77

22 ratings

⚡ Political Polarization 🧩 Party Systems 🏛️ Constitutional Design 📰 Media Ecosystems 🤝 Interest Groups

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