政治学

Is nationalism more alive than ever? Eric Storm, author of “Nationalism,” discusses the nature and evolution of nationalism, from the early modern era to the present.

Over the past decades, under the cover of “innovation,” technology companies have successfully resisted regulation and have even begun to seize power from governments themselves. Facial recognition firms track citizens for police surveillance.

What did it mean to be an enlightened “liberal” in the United States before the twentieth century? What’s race got to do with it?

The idea that those entrusted with responsibility for governing a democracy would intentionally make the state less capable—degrading its ability to collect taxes, to deliver mail, to conduct diplomacy, to prosecute violations of civil rights—is almost unthinkable. We call this “ungoverning.”

Voting, both a fundamental civic duty and a hard-won right, is at the core of our democratic process. With election season upon us, delve into this list of books for understanding today’s increasingly complex election politics.