Political Science - Public Policy - Social Policy

In this Tenth Anniversary Edition of The Life You Can Save, Peter Singer brings his landmark book up to date. In addition to restating his compelling arguments about how we should respond to extreme poverty, he examines the progress we are making and recounts...

On March 11, 2020, the WHO declared a global pandemic and our world changed forever.In 3/11 Viral Takeover, investigative journalist Sonia Elijah delivers a forensic, evidence-based examination of the COVID-19 response that reshaped society. Drawing on thousands of pages of FOIA documents, leaked emails,...

From longtime labor organizer Jane McAlevey, a vital call-to-arms in favor of unions, a key force capable of defending our democracyFor decades, racism, corporate greed, and a skewed political system have been eating away at the social and political fabric of the United States....

In American Fix, Ryan Hampton describes his personal struggle with addiction, outlines the challenges that the recovery movement currently faces, and offers a concrete, comprehensive plan of action towards making America's addiction crisis a thing of the past. Nearly every American knows someone who...

A New York Times bestseller - A Washington Post Notable Book - Named a Best Book of the Year by The Wall Street Journal and NPR "This book will serve as the definitive guide to the past and future of health care in America."--Siddhartha...

A groundbreaking legal advocate argues that only by recognizing housing as a fundamental human right can we hope to solve America's homelessness crisis. In And Housing for All, founder of the National Homelessness Law Center Maria Foscarinis reveals the human impact of the housing...

A Literary Hub Most Anticipated BookReal-world solutions to America's thorniest social problems-from housing to retirement to drug addiction--based on original reporting from around the worldA new generation of Americans has declared that another world is possible. And yet, the stubborn problems of inequality, climate...

More than one hundred million people are displaced worldwide today, and political backlash against refugees has slashed vital humanitarian aid. When given the chance, however, many displaced people have proved themselves to be resourceful entrepreneurs who can drive growth. Investing in refugee-led enterprises, companies...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!President Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has written a revolutionary road map to saving our children from leftist indoctrination. Behind a smokescreen of "preparing students for the new industrial economy," early progressives had political control in mind....

In Beyond the Mic Drop, Melissa Jun Rowley takes readers on a riveting journey to overlooked corners of the world, showing how stories are vital to survival, justice, and hope. From red carpets to refugee camps, she reveals how narratives can be used to...

The Bitter Reality. The Sweet Solutions. The Lane Forward. Housing dominates headlines, yet few truly understand how affordable housing works--or why it's failing. Bittersweet Lane is the first book to demystify America's housing crisis from both a professional and deeply personal perspective. Spanning from...

Revised and Updated The New York Times Bestseller What if everything you think you know about addiction is wrong? Johann Hari's journey into the heart of the war on drugs led him to ask this question--and to write the book that gave rise to...

Postwar New York City famously expired in a 1970s tableau of burning Bronx tenements, subway graffiti, crushing debt, and the tabloid headline "Ford to City: Drop Dead." From its ashes the city reemerged to reach new heights, whether in stock averages or the gleaming...

A powerful argument for a class-based approach to college admissions that "shows where we have gone wrong so far, and how we will get to justice, equality, and even diversity for real" (John McWhorter) For decades America's colleges and universities have been working to...

From a prizewinning civil rights lawyer comes a powerful warning about how the media manipulates public perception, fueling fear and inequality, while distracting us from what truly matters "Alec Karakatsanis exposes our criminal injustice system for what it is: a bureaucracy of punishment, propped...

Featured In the Wall Street Journal As Seen on Jesse Watters As Heard on the Patrick Bet-David Podcast Crooked Smile details one man's journey that left him homeless on Skid Row, and what it took to escape a decade of addiction. "Darkly humorous" is...

A fiercely-argued, deeply-informed examination of why defunding the police is the only way to support a model of security and protection that increases public safety overall "Hudson moves us past the failed rhetoric of police reform and provides a powerful analysis that reveals the...

Billions of people around the world lack internet access. No one cared until the whole world had to go online.President Joe Biden has repeatedly said that the United States would close the digital divide under his leadership. However, the divide still affects people and...

In this "barn burner of a book" (The New York Times Book Review) New York magazine senior writer Sarah Jones blends personal stories and in-depth reporting to expose the harsh reality of America's culture of inequality and the devastating impact of the pandemic on...

Social policies reflect important ideas about the relationship between the state and the individual. This book examines this relationship in a number of unexplored areas in Japanese society, including policies relating to fertility, perinatal care, child care, sexuality and elder care. It concludes that...