Political Science
How do governments gain and keep power? Hear clear summaries on states, elections, democracy and its rivals, from The Prince to modern studies of why systems rise and fall.
Political Science Library

Age of Anger: A History of the Present

After the Fall: The Rise of Authoritarianism in the World We've Made

A Warning

A Theory of Justice

Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America

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Anarchy, State, and Utopia

Anarchism: A Very Short Introduction

An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford

Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House

American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump

All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler

Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?

Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy

Capitalism and Freedom

Blueprint for Revolution: How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Non-Violent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators or Simply Change the World

Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right

Common Sense

Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe

Edge of Chaos: Why Democracy is Failing to Deliver Economic Growth – and How to Fix It

Donald Trump v. The United States: Inside the Struggle to Stop a President

Democracy in America

Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America

Fascism: A Warning

Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy

Escape from Freedom

Engines of Liberty: How Citizen Movements Succeed

Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media

Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

For the Record: THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND ‘THE POLITICAL MEMOIR OF THE DECADE’

For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto

First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country

How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them

How Democracies Die

How to be a Conservative

How to Be an Anticapitalist in the 21st Century

How To Destroy America in Three Easy Steps

Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work

In Defense of Selfishness: Why the Code of Self-Sacrifice is Unjust and Destructive

Impeachment: An American History

Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism

Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment

Man, the State and War: A Theoretical Analysis

Leviathan: or the Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil

Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master's Insights on China, the United States, and the World

Myanmar’s Enemy Within: Buddhist Violence and the Making of a Muslim “Other”

Maoism: A Global History