Political Science
Explore a comprehensive selection of political science books, including essential titles on the fundamentals and principles of the field. Discover the best political science booklist and best-selling books at our online bookstore.
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Why Ancient Chinese Political Thought Matters: Four Dialogues on China's Past, Present, and FutureAn entertaining introduction to ancient Chinese thinkers--and what they can teach us about today's most pressing political questions in China and beyond China's most original, diverse, and fascinating political debates took place more than two millennia ago, but they have profoundly shaped Chinese political...
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When Companies Run the Courts: How Forced Arbitration Became America's Secret Justice SystemThe definitive exposé of forced arbitration, the secret justice system that protects abusers, employers, and powerful corporations "Ballou is one of our most insightful analysts of the modern American legal system. This careful study should be required reading." --Simon Johnson, Nobel laureate and coauthor...
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What is Marxism?"Socialism, since it has become a science, demands that it be pursued as a science, that is, that it be studied" - Friedrich EngelsIn this epoch of instability, crisis, war and ever-growing inequality, Marxism is becoming an increasingly attractive proposition to millions of workers...
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U.S. History at the 250th: From the Revolution to the History WarsThe year 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. But does the nation begin in 1776, or do we trace its origins to some point earlier--for example, the arrival of the first enslaved people in 1619 or the initial settlement of...
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Us Grand Strategy and the Madman Theory: From Nixon to TrumpWhat happens when a president convinces the world he might just do the unthinkable? In US grand strategy and the Madman Theory, James D. Boys argues that projecting calculated irrationality can terrify adversaries into submission, but at enormous risk. From Nixon's secret Cold War...
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U.S. Constitution for Dummies, All New EditionAn up-to-date and easy-to-read walk through of how America's Constitution actually works under the hood Looking for an easy-to-read and crystal-clear guide to the document that shapes nearly everything about your relationship with the United States and its government? This brand-new, completely reimagined edition...
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Unspun: Finding Facts in a World of DisinformationThe founders of FactCheck.org teach you how to identify and debunk spin, hype, and fake news in this essential guide to informed citizenship in an age of misinformation.Americans are bombarded daily with mixed messages, half-truths, misleading statements, and out-and-out fabrications masquerading as facts. The...
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To Obama: With Love, Joy, Anger, and Hope"An insightful study of a president who listened to even his harshest critics with grace and humility."--The Washington Post NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY GLAMOUR Every evening for eight years, at his request, President Obama was given ten handpicked...
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The Promise of America: Reflections on Our Enduring IdealsPresented by the National Constitution Center, an inspirational collection of essays exploring the founding principles that continue to shape American democracy from the nation's leading constitutional scholars across the political spectrum. The Declaration was just the beginning. The revolutionary ideas of 1776 set forth...
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The Firearm Revolution: From Renaissance Italy to the European EmpiresA groundbreaking account of how firearms changed Europe and the world In Renaissance Italy, the gun was not only a tool of war but also a desirable object, a luxury item carried at court. Guns were in use on the battlefield by 1440; later...
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The Conquest of BreadIn The Conquest of Bread, Peter Kropotkin describes how the revolution can achieve a free, egalitarian, and self-sufficient anarcho-communist society. In issuing his argument for this society, Kropotkin critiques the various economic systems, from pure capitalism to state-run socialism to collectivism. Additionally, he provides...
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The Coming CaesarsFew Americans see the US presidents and the presidency outside of a sentimental idealism. Amaury de Riencourt, an author of more than eight books who lectured extensively in the US in the 1950s, pulls out all the stops to reveal the essence of the...
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The Battle for Paradise: Puerto Rico Takes on the Disaster Capitalists"We are in a fight for our lives. Hurricanes Irma and María unmasked the colonialism we face in Puerto Rico, and the inequality it fosters, creating a fierce humanitarian crisis. Now we must find a path forward to equality and sustainability, a path driven...
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The Arab Case for Israel: And Other Essays from a Distant Conflict"Attorney Alan Dershowitz's bestselling 2003 book The Case for Israel was flawed from the get-go by the fact that its author is Jewish and American. This is a topic best handled by an insider-and not a Jew, but an Arab. An Arab with intellectual...
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Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be KindThe bestselling author of The Parasitic Mind shows why empathy in politics leads to civilizational collapse.What happens when a society elevates victimhood to a virtue and decides that punishment is cruel? You get the disease Dr. Gad Saad calls suicidal empathy. And the West...
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Social Security Handbook 2026: Overview of Social Security ProgramsThis publication is not approved, endorsed, or authorized by the Social Security Administration. The information contained in this publication can be found free of charge at www.ssa.gov The Social Security Handbook: Overview of Social Security Programs provides information about Social Security programs and services,...
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Social Security Handbook 2026: Overview of Social Security ProgramsThis publication is not approved, endorsed, or authorized by the Social Security Administration. The information contained in this publication can be found free of charge at www.ssa.gov The Social Security Handbook: Overview of Social Security Programs provides information about Social Security programs and services,...
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North Korea, Nuclear Brinkmanship, and the Oval OfficeOnly nine countries have possessed nuclear weapons in the roughly eighty years since the US first introduced the atomic bomb to the world. Since then, a dangerous game of "will they, won't they?" has been played between these nations. The most infamous standoff is...
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Moral Economics: From Prostitution to Organ Sales, What Controversial Transactions Reveal about How Markets WorkA Nobel Prize-winning economist shows us why we have to deal in trade-offs when we can't agree on what's right and what's wrong. Some of the most intractable controversies in our divided society are, at bottom, about what actions and transactions should be banned....
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Machiavelli 4 Everybody: Outrageous, Irreverent, and Very Practical Advice on Life, Leadership & Your Precious CareerNiccolò Machiavelli here. You might know me from my famous quote, "the end justifies the means" (spoiler alert: I never actually said that). But you've been missing out on some good stuff because no one offers better career, leadership, and life advice than me...
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