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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

10 Judgements That Changed India Summary
10 Judgements That Changed India
by Zia Mody 2013 249 pages
4.07
1k+ ratings
India
Law
History
Free Speech Summary
Free Speech
A Very Short Introduction
by Nigel Warburton 2009 128 pages
3.63
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
Nothing to Hide Summary
Nothing to Hide
The False Tradeoff between Privacy and Security
by Daniel J. Solove 2011 256 pages
3.86
100+ ratings
Law
Politics
Technology
Political Philosophy Summary
Political Philosophy
A Beginners' Guide for Students and Politicians
by Adam Swift 2001 208 pages
3.92
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Academic
Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone Summary
Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone
by Astra Taylor 2019 368 pages
4.21
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Campaign Manager Summary
The Campaign Manager
Running and Winning Local Elections
by Catherine M. Shaw 1996 416 pages
3.95
100+ ratings
Politics
Political Science
Reference
The Constitution of Liberty Summary
The Constitution of Liberty
by Friedrich A. Hayek 1960 580 pages
4.16
2k+ ratings
Economics
Philosophy
Politics
The Revenge Of Geography Summary
The Revenge Of Geography
What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate
by Robert D. Kaplan 2012 432 pages
3.78
5k+ ratings
History
Politics
Geography
Why Americans Hate Politics Summary
Why Americans Hate Politics
by E.J. Dionne Jr. 1991 432 pages
3.88
100+ ratings
Politics
Political Science
American
The Rage of a Privileged Class Summary
The Rage of a Privileged Class
by Ellis Cose 1993 192 pages
3.98
100+ ratings
Race
Sociology
Politics
The Right to Privacy Summary
The Right to Privacy
by Caroline Kennedy 1995 432 pages
3.95
100+ ratings
Law
Politics
History
The Road to Unfreedom Summary
The Road to Unfreedom
Russia, Europe, America
by Timothy Snyder 2018 359 pages
4.36
9k+ ratings
History
Politics
Russia
Broken Government Summary
Broken Government
How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches
by John W. Dean 2007 352 pages
4.06
100+ ratings
Politics
History
American
Notes on Resistance Summary
Notes on Resistance
by Noam Chomsky 2022 200 pages
4.35
100+ ratings
Politics
History
Social Justice
Tyranny of the Minority Summary
Tyranny of the Minority
Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
by Steven Levitsky 2023 368 pages
4.41
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Tyranny of the Minority Summary
Tyranny of the Minority
Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
by Steven Levitsky 2023 368 pages
4.41
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Liberalism and Its Discontents Summary
Liberalism and Its Discontents
by Francis Fukuyama 2022 178 pages
3.93
2k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Bill of Obligations Summary
The Bill of Obligations
The Ten Habits of Good Citizens
by Richard N. Haass 2023 240 pages
4.14
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
American History
How to Stop Fascism Summary
How to Stop Fascism
History, Ideology, Resistance
by Paul Mason 2021 320 pages
4.02
100+ ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Why Nations Fail Summary
Why Nations Fail
The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
by Daron Acemoğlu 2012 529 pages
4.08
55k+ ratings
Politics
History
Business
How Civil Wars Start Summary
How Civil Wars Start
And How to Stop Them
by Barbara F. Walter 2022 320 pages
4.24
5k+ ratings
Politics
History
War
Autocracy, Inc. Summary
Autocracy, Inc.
by Anne Applebaum 2024 224 pages
4.24
6k+ ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Politics Summary
Politics
by Aristotle 368 pages
3.98
40k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy Summary
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
by John J. Mearsheimer 2006 484 pages
4.09
3k+ ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
Political Ideologies Summary
Political Ideologies
An Introduction
by Andrew Heywood 1992 382 pages
4.11
1k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Political Science
International Relations Summary
International Relations
A Very Short Introduction
by Paul Wilkinson 2007 160 pages
3.33
500+ ratings
Politics
International Relations
Political Science
The Machiavellians Summary
The Machiavellians
Defenders of Freedom
by James Burnham 1943 305 pages
4.29
1k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Road to Serfdom Summary
The Road to Serfdom
by Friedrich A. Hayek 1944 274 pages
4.16
24k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
The Tragedy of Great Power Politics Summary
The Tragedy of Great Power Politics
by John J. Mearsheimer 2001 592 pages
4.05
3k+ ratings
Politics
International Relations
History
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order Summary
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
by Samuel P. Huntington 1996 368 pages
3.78
13k+ ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
The End of History and the Last Man Summary
The End of History and the Last Man
by Francis Fukuyama 1992 464 pages
3.61
7k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Leviathan Summary
Leviathan
by Thomas Hobbes 1651 736 pages
3.71
50k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Democracy in America Summary
Democracy in America
by Alexis de Tocqueville 1835 983 pages
4.05
26k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
The Origins of Totalitarianism Summary
The Origins of Totalitarianism
by Hannah Arendt 1951 527 pages
4.30
13k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
The Global Minotaur Summary
The Global Minotaur
America, the True Origins of the Financial Crisis and the Future of the World Economy
by Yanis Varoufakis 2011 252 pages
4.17
2k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Conscience of a Liberal Summary
The Conscience of a Liberal
by Paul Krugman 2007 296 pages
3.97
6k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
The Origins of Political Order Summary
The Origins of Political Order
From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
by Francis Fukuyama 2011 585 pages
4.18
10k+ ratings
History
Politics
Political Science
The People vs. Democracy Summary
The People vs. Democracy
Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It
by Yascha Mounk 2018 400 pages
4.06
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution Summary
Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution
by Bernie Sanders 2017 226 pages
3.97
2k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Political Science
Theories of International Relations Summary
Theories of International Relations
by Andrew Linklater 1996 310 pages
3.90
100+ ratings
International Relations
Politics
Political Science
Soft Power Summary
Soft Power
The Means to Success in World Politics
by Joseph S. Nye Jr. 2004 191 pages
3.82
2k+ ratings
Politics
International Relations
Political Science
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy Summary
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
by Joseph A. Schumpeter 1942 460 pages
4.00
2k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
توتالیتاریسم Summary
توتالیتاریسم
by Hannah Arendt 1968 365 pages
4.17
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Oil Kings Summary
The Oil Kings
How the U.S., Iran, and Saudi Arabia Changed the Balance of Power in the Middle East
by Andrew Scott Cooper 2011 546 pages
4.10
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Iran
Diplomacy Summary
Diplomacy
by Henry Kissinger 1994 912 pages
4.25
8k+ ratings
History
Politics
International Relations
The Next 100 Years Summary
The Next 100 Years
A Forecast for the 21st Century
by George Friedman 2008 272 pages
3.67
10k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The Lost History of Liberalism Summary
The Lost History of Liberalism
From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century
by Helena Rosenblatt 2018 368 pages
4.03
100+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
In Trump Time Summary
In Trump Time
A Journal of America's Plague Year
by Peter Navarro 2021 344 pages
4.55
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Geopolitics Summary
Geopolitics
A Very Short Introduction
by Klaus Dodds 2007 184 pages
3.36
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Geography
National Identity Summary
National Identity
by Anthony D. Smith 1991 240 pages
3.70
100+ ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
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