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The Tech Coup The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley Marietje Schaake

An insider offers a “forceful critique...of Big Tech's steady erosion of democracy” (The New Yorker) and describes what must be done to stop it

We Have Never Been Woke We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite Musa al-Gharbi

How a new “woke” elite uses the language of social justice to gain more power and status—without helping the marginalized and disadvantaged

Capital Capital: Critique of Political Economy, Volume 1 Karl Marx

Marx for the twenty-first century
The first new English translation in fifty years—and the only one based on the last German edition revised by Marx himself
Featuring extensive original commentary, including a foreword by acclaimed political theorist Wendy Brown
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Ungoverning Ungoverning: The Attack on the Administrative State and the Politics of Chaos Nancy L. Rosenblum and Russell Muirhead

How a concentrated attack on political institutions threatens to disable the essential workings of government

The Age of Choice The Age of Choice: A History of Freedom in Modern Life Sophia Rosenfeld

A sweeping history of the rise of personal choice in the modern world and how it became equated with freedom

The Hollow Parties The Hollow Parties: The Many Pasts and Disordered Present of American Party Politics Daniel Schlozman and Sam Rosenfeld

A major history from the Founding to our embittered present that “explains the void” (Politico) at the center of America’s political parties
Featured on The Ezra Klein Show and The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

Liberalism as a Way of Life Liberalism as a Way of Life Alexandre Lefebvre

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

The Great Betrayal The Great Betrayal: The Struggle for Freedom and Democracy in the Middle East Fawaz A. Gerges

How the Middle East can achieve political change and social progress

Iran's Grand Strategy Iran's Grand Strategy: A Political History Vali Nasr

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Shia Revival
A gripping account that overturns simplistic portrayals of Iran as a theocratic pariah state, revealing how its strategic moves on the world stage are driven by two pervasive threats—external aggression and...

Erased Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men Patricia Owens

How a field built on the intellectual labor and expertise of women erased them

Charm Charm: How Magnetic Personalities Shape Global Politics Julia Sonnevend

The utilization—and weaponization—of charm in contemporary global politics

Nationalism Nationalism: A World History Eric Storm

A global perspective on the nature and evolution of nationalism, from the early modern era to the present

American Dark Age American Dark Age: Racial Feudalism and the Rise of Black Liberalism Keidrick Roy

How medieval-inspired racial feudalism reigned in early America and was challenged by Black liberal thinkers

My Tax Dollars My Tax Dollars: The Morality of Taxpaying in America Ruth Braunstein

When the mundane reality of paying taxes takes on moral significance

Deadly Force Deadly Force: Police Shootings in Urban America Tom S. Clark, Adam Glynn, and Michael Leo Owens

A groundbreaking study of when, where, and whom police shoot in America’s largest cities

The American Mirage The American Mirage: How Reality TV Upholds the Myth of Meritocracy Eunji Kim

How the entertainment narrative of upward mobility distorts the harsh economic realities in America

Safe Havens for Hate Safe Havens for Hate: The Challenge of Moderating Online Extremism Tamar Mitts

Why efforts to moderate harmful content on social media fail to stop extremists

The Revolution to Come The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to Lenin Dan Edelstein

How an event once considered the greatest of all political dangers came to be seen as a solution to all social problems

Raised to Obey Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education Agustina Paglayan

How the expansion of primary education in the West emerged not from democratic ideals but from the state’s desire to control its citizens

From Click to Boom From Click to Boom: The Political Economy of E-Commerce in China Lizhi Liu

How the world’s largest e-commerce market highlights a digital path to development

The Laissez-Faire Experiment The Laissez-Faire Experiment: Why Britain Embraced and Then Abandoned Small Government, 1800–1914 W. Walker Hanlon

Why Britain’s attempt at small government proved unable to cope with the challenges of the modern world

The Hidden Victims The Hidden Victims: Civilian Casualties of the Two World Wars Cormac Ó Gráda

A staggering new account of the civilian death toll of the world wars—and what it reveals about the true nature and cost of modern war

Supply Chain Justice Supply Chain Justice: The Logistics of British Border Control Mary Bosworth

How the UK’s immigration detention and deportation system turns people into monetized, measurable units on a supply chain

Under the Nuclear Shadow Under the Nuclear Shadow: China’s Information-Age Weapons in International Security Fiona S. Cunningham

How and why China has pursued information-age weapons to gain leverage against its adversaries

Technology and the Rise of Great Powers Technology and the Rise of Great Powers: How Diffusion Shapes Economic Competition Jeffrey Ding

A novel theory of how technological revolutions affect the rise and fall of great powers

Urban Power Urban Power: Democracy and Inequality in São Paulo and Johannesburg Benjamin H. Bradlow

Why some cities are more effective than others at reducing inequalities in the built environment

Visions of Financial Order Visions of Financial Order: National Institutions and the Development of Banking Regulation Kim Pernell

How differences in national financial regulatory systems emerged from divergent beliefs about economic order and prosperity

Citizen Marx Citizen Marx: Republicanism and the Formation of Karl Marx’s Social and Political Thought Bruno Leipold

The first book to offer a comprehensive exploration of Marx’s relationship to republicanism, arguing that it is essential to understanding his thought

Our Money Our Money: Monetary Policy as if Democracy Matters Leah Downey

How the creation of money and monetary policy can be more democratic

Attention, Shoppers! Attention, Shoppers!: American Retail Capitalism and the Origins of the Amazon Economy Kathleen Thelen

How large American retailers outgrew the capacity of government to regulate them

To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement Benjamin Nathans

A gripping history of the Soviet dissident movement, which hastened the end of the USSR—and still provides a model of opposition in Putin’s Russia

Empire of Purity Empire of Purity: The History of Americans' Global War on Prostitution Eva Payne

How the US crusade against prostitution became a tool of empire

Policing Patients Policing Patients: Treatment and Surveillance on the Frontlines of the Opioid Crisis Elizabeth Chiarello

A book that takes you inside the culture of surveillance that pits healthcare providers against their patients

Living Right Living Right: Far-Right Youth Activists in Contemporary Europe Agnieszka Pasieka

A sobering look at the seductive power of fascist ideas for the young

Economics in America Economics in America: An Immigrant Economist Explores the Land of Inequality Angus Deaton

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 Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism Lerone A. Martin

The shocking untold story of how the FBI partnered with white evangelicals to champion a vision of America as a white Christian nation