Politics
How Donald Trump laid waste to American politics, culture, and social order
An eye-opening portrait of the gun sellers who navigated the social turmoil leading up to the January 6 Capitol attack
The essential resource on military and political strategy and the making of the modern world
How cable television upended American political life in the pursuit of profits and influence
From New York Times bestselling author Cass Sunstein, a timely and powerful argument for rethinking how the U.S. Constitution is interpreted
An incisive portrait of how the new Black politics can forge a future centered on collective action, community, and care
Why liberalism is all you need to lead a good, fun, worthy, and rewarding life—and how you can become a better and happier person by taking your liberal beliefs more seriously
How race shapes expectations about whose losses matter
A powerful new account of what a group of nineteenth- and twentieth-century African American activists, intellectuals, and artists can teach us about democracy
How the Clinton administration betrayed its progressive principles and capitulated to the right
A powerful case for democracy and how it can adapt and survive—if we want it to
How Chile became home to the world’s most radical free-market experiment—and what its downfall suggests about the fate of neoliberalism around the globe
The largely untold story of the great migration of white southerners to the industrial Midwest and its profound and enduring political and social consequences
Why most Americans’ finances improved during the worst economic contraction since the Great Depression—and the policy choices that made this possible
From the Nobel Prize–winning economist and New York Times bestselling coauthor of Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism, candid reflections on the economist’s craft
The shocking untold story of how the FBI partnered with white evangelicals to champion a vision of America as a white Christian nation
Why leaders, not citizens, are the driving force in Europe’s crisis of democracy
A sweeping history of libertarian thought, from radical anarchists to conservative defenders of the status quo
Why hope matters as a metric of economic and social well-being
An inside view of Chinese academia and what it reveals about China’s political system
How everyday forms of surveillance threaten undocumented immigrants—but also offer them hope for societal inclusion
Why debunked political rumors persist and how to combat them
The uses of shame (and shamelessness) in spheres that range from social media and consumerism to polarized politics and mass violence
An invaluable reflection on the essence of liberal democracy—and an ideal introduction to the work of political philosopher Raymond Aron
How the drug war transformed American political culture
From the author of Race After Technology, an inspiring vision of how we can build a more just world—one small change at a time
“A true gift to our movements for justice.”—Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow
The unlikely story of how Americans canonized Adam Smith as the patron saint of free markets
Why “aporophobia”—rejection of the poor—is one of the most serious problems facing the world today, and how we can fight it
An incisive and sympathetic examination of the case for ending the practice of imprisonment
How the politicization of the pandemic endangers our lives—and our democracy
A definitive biography of the U.S. diplomat and prize-winning historian George F. Kennan
What an intensely divisive election means for American politics
A feminist biography of the only woman to become prime minister of Israel
How to sustain an international system of cooperation in the midst of geopolitical struggle
A panoramic history of American individualism from its nineteenth-century origins to today’s bitterly divided politics
Tracing the rise of evangelicalism and the decline of mainline Protestantism in American religious and cultural life
An argument for the classical realist approach to world politics
How the history of a word sheds new light on capitalism and modern politics
Why some of Asia’s authoritarian regimes have democratized as they have grown richer—and why others haven’t
Why the world’s most resilient dictatorships are products of violent revolution
How Brazil’s long history of racism and authoritarian politics has led to the country’s present crises and epidemic of violence
An innovative framework for advancing human rights
Philosopher Myisha Cherry teaches us the right ways to deal with wrongdoing in our lives and the world
An invigorating exploration of the pleasures and social benefits of conversation
What all of us can do to fight the pervasive human tendency to enable wrongdoing in the workplace, politics, and beyond
A practical guide to effective grant writing for researchers at all stages of their academic careers
A major new account of the state and its importance by a leading political philosopher
A constitutionalist reading of Plato’s political thought
An illuminating look at the transformative role that rituals play in our political lives
The case for an eco-emancipatory politics to release the Earth from human domination and free us all from lives that are both exploitative and exploited
An intellectual history of sovereignty that reveals how the Habsburg Empire became a crucible for our contemporary world order
How the misuses of Martin Luther King’s legacy divide us and undermine democracy
Tracing the origins of modern political thought through three sets of arguments over history, morality, and freedom
How to put democracy at the heart of AI governance
An original account, drawing on both history and social science, of the causes and consequences of the American Revolution
How the medieval church drove state formation in Europe
Why we should take Bernard Mandeville seriously as a philosopher
How social scientists' disagreements about their key words and distinctions have been misconceived, and what to do about it
A new history of French social thought that connects postwar sociology to colonialism and empire
The surprising story of how Greek classics are being pressed into use in contemporary China to support the regime’s political agenda
A panoramic account of the urban politics and deep social divisions that gave rise to Uber
A masterful history of the LGBT workforce in America
A provocative case for the inherently political nature of language
The discriminatory logic at the heart of multilateralism
A provocative defense of a forgotten Chinese approach to identity and difference
The geopolitics of American law enforcement and how it changed corporate criminal accountability in other countries
How the “recycling” of the Ottoman Empire’s uses of genealogy and religion created new political orders in the Middle East
A groundbreaking history of the ethics of war in the ancient Near East
A provocative new history of liberalism that also provides a road map for today’s liberals
A new account of the relevance of Hegel’s ideas for today’s world, countering the postwar anti-Hegel "insurgency"
A history of three transnational political projects designed to overcome the inequities of imperialism
How China’s economic development combines a veneer of unprecedented progress with the increasingly despotic rule of surveillance over all aspects of life
Why your political beliefs are influenced by the language you speak
An original defense of the unique value of voting in a democracy
How poor migrants shape city politics during urbanization
What drives anti-immigrant bias—and how it can be mitigated
A comprehensive introduction to contemporary political ethics
How social networks shaped the imperial Chinese state
How foreign lending weakens emerging nations
How reforms limiting electoral misconduct completed the process of democratization
Why countries colonize the lands of indigenous people
A bold new perspective on the strategic logic of international human rights enforcement
A systemic account of how institutions shape economic development
How Tocqueville’s ideas can help us build resilient liberal democracies in a divided world
How the racist legacy of colonialism shapes global migration
Why populations brutalized in war elect their tormentors
How women preserved the power of the Catholic Church in Mexican political life
A groundbreaking account of how prolonged grassroots mobilization lays the foundations for durable democratization
How a nineteenth-century lawsuit over the estate of a wealthy Tunisian Jew shines new light on the history of belonging
Reimagining higher education around the world: lessons from the creation of eight new colleges and universities in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and North America
How the utopian tradition offers answers to today’s environmental crises
A bold new interpretation of Augustine’s virtue of hope and its place in political life
Why it's time to enshrine the right to vote in the Constitution
How society can shape individual actions in times of uncertainty
How the antitax fringe went mainstream—and now threatens America’s future
A humanist manifesto for the age of AI
An Economist Biggest Book of the Year
How commerce determines whether America preserves the peace or goes to war
Political strategies for tackling climate change and other “long problems” that span generations
The forgotten history of the liberal radicals, socialist internationalists, feminists, and Christians who envisioned free trade as the necessary prerequisite for anti-imperialism and peace
A thorough investigation of the current combination of austerity and extravagance that characterizes government spending and central bank monetary policy
A pioneering exploration of the defining traits and contradictions of our relationship to the future through the lens of discounting
A major new account of the post-Napoleonic Holy Alliance and the promise it held for liberals
How elites shape the use of force in American foreign policy
How local contexts help us understand why White voters in America’s heartland are shifting to the right
A powerful case for why majority rule—not representation—is the defining feature of democratic politics
An innovative analysis that traces the continuity of the state’s custodianship of Islam as the preferred religion in the Middle East and North Africa
Why the pursuit of state recognition by seemingly marginal religious groups in Egypt and elsewhere is a devotional practice
“Worth a read for anyone who cares about making change happen.”—Barack Obama
A powerful new blueprint for how governments and nonprofits can harness the power of digital technology to help solve the most serious problems of the twenty-first century
A riveting account of espionage for the digital age, from one of America’s leading intelligence experts
How policies forged after September 11 were weaponized under Trump and turned on American democracy itself
A New Yorker Best Book of the Year
A Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year
An Atlantic Best Book of the Year
How the Chinese Communist Party maintains its power by both repressing and responding to its people
From the acclaimed author of Unfinished Business, a story of crisis and change that can help us find renewed honesty and purpose in our personal and political lives
Prescient essays about the state of our politics from the philosopher who predicted that a populist demagogue would become president of the United States
What an intensely divisive election portends for American politics
A definitive biography of the French aristocrat who became one of democracy’s greatest champions
How the “First State” has enabled international crime, sheltered tax dodgers, and diverted hard-earned dollars from the rest of us
A bold new history showing that the fear of Communism was a major factor in the outbreak of World War II
The surprising story of how George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson came to despair for the future of the nation they had created
A compelling exploration of how our pursuit of happiness makes us unhappy
A riveting portrait of a rural Pennsylvania town at the center of the fracking controversy
Invaluable wisdom on living a good life from one of the Enlightenment's greatest philosophers
A history of the battles over US immigrants’ rights since 1965—and how these conflicts reshaped access to education, employment, civil liberties, and more
A timely defense of liberalism that draws vital lessons from its greatest midcentury proponents
How the NRA became a political juggernaut by influencing the behaviors and beliefs of everyday Americans
How populism is fueled by the demise of the industrial order and the emergence of a new digital society ruled by algorithms
As national political fights are waged at the state level, democracy itself pays the price
A wide-ranging anthology of primary texts in American foreign relations—now expanded to include documents from the Trump years to today
The story of how economic reasoning came to dominate Washington between the 1960s and 1980s—and why it continues to constrain progressive ambitions today
Money in the history of political thought, from ancient Greece to the Great Inflation of the 1970s
A riveting account of how a popularly elected leader has steered the world's largest democracy toward authoritarianism and intolerance
A history of US involvement in late twentieth-century campaigns against global poverty and how they came to focus on women
For the first time, the full story of the conflict between two of the twentieth century’s most important thinkers—and the lessons their disagreements continue to offer
Why violence in the Congo has continued despite decades of international intervention
The life and politics of an American Jewish activist who preached radical and violent means to Jewish survival
A compact, incisive history of a war that was an ominous prelude to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
A philosophical exploration of female submission, using insights from feminist thinkers—especially Simone de Beauvoir—to reveal the complexities of women’s reality and lived experience
Looking beyond Putin to understand how today's Russia actually works
A compelling portrait of Mary Wollstonecraft that shows the intimate connections between her life and work
How international relations theory can be applied to a zombie invasion
How nonstate military strategies overturn traditional perspectives on warfare
A conservative college professor's compelling defense of liberal education
How redesigning your syllabus can transform your teaching, your classroom, and the way your students learn
How challenger parties, acting as political entrepreneurs, are changing European democracies
A masterful new account of old regime France by one of the world's most prominent political philosophers
Philosophic Pride is the first full-scale look at the essential place of Stoicism in the foundations of modern political thought. Spanning the period from Justus Lipsius's Politics in 1589 to Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Emile in 1762, and...
"A very timely book."—Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO of New America
How cognitive biases can guide good decision making in politics and international relations
A history of how Norway and Sweden became the envy of the modern world
How the philosophers and polemicists of eighteenth-century Britain used ridicule in the service of religious toleration, abolition, and political justice
A new understanding of political philosophy from one of its leading thinkers
How institutions shape the American presidency
A state-of-the-art approach to evaluating research design for students and scholars across the social sciences
An ideal textbook for complete beginners—teaches from scratch R, statistics, and the fundamentals of quantitative social science
A tidyverse edition of the acclaimed textbook on data analysis and statistics for the social sciences and allied fields
An original, unified reconstruction of Mill’s moral and political philosophy—one that finally reveals its consistency and full power