Political Science
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Private Virtues, Public Vices: Philanthropy and Democratic EqualityA thought-provoking challenge to our ideas about philanthropy, marking it as a deeply political activity that allows the wealthy to dictate more than we think. Philanthropy plays a huge role in supporting the provision of many public goods in contemporary societies. As a result,...
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The Best of Times, the Worst of Times: Futures from the Frontiers of Climate ScienceA unique, highly readable approach to the environmental crisis, with alternating chapters outlining the effects on society if left unchecked, and the radical actions we can take to prevent it Now includes updated sections on COVID-19 and COP26 The environmental emergency is the greatest...
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The Durian ChroniclesThe curious durian fruit, both delicious and stinky, is the embodiment of dissonance. Author Sally Tyler uses the fruit's dual nature as a metaphor for exploring the dissonance inherent in recent policy and political trends in the U.S. and Southeast Asia. Such dissonance is...
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Baptized in Tear Gas: From White Moderate to AbolitionistFor years Elle Dowd considered herself an advocate for justice, but her well-meaning support always took a back burner to what Martin Luther King Jr. called the tension-free, ordered ""negative peace"" of white moderates. Then Michael Brown, a Black man, was murdered by a...
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Gasoline Dreams: Waking Up from PetrocultureA graphic novel that confronts our habits, narratives, and fantasies head-on to helpbreak our petroleum dependency What if the biggest barriers to responding to climate change are not technological or governmental but, rather, cultural? In other words, what if we ourselves could help to...
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The Last Imperialist: Sir Alan Burns's Epic Defense of the British EmpireThe British Empire, one of the most powerful forces in history, was also one of the most humane. Yet at its twilight, few were willing to defy the anti-colonial reaction that condemned millions to despotism under the regimes that replaced it. Sir Alan Burns...
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After the End of History: Conversations with Francis FukuyamaA series of in-depth interviews between Francis Fukuyama and editor Mathilde Fasting, After the End of History grants unprecedented access to one of the greatest political minds of our time. Drawing on his work on identity, biotechnology, and political order, Fukuyama provides essential insight...
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Walden or Life in the Woods: a book by transcendentalist Henry David ThoreauWalden or Life in the Woods By Henry David ThoreauWalden is a book by transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau. The text is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire,...
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Canceling Comedians While the World Burns: A Critique of the Contemporary Left'Ben Burgis has written a clarifying, humorous and sharp as hell wake up call for the left, and political culture at large. Read this book...'Michael Brooks, host of The Michael Brooks ShowBetween the decline of the labor movement, the aftershocks of the falls of...
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The Failed Promise: Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the Impeachment of Andrew JohnsonWhen Andrew Johnson assumed the presidency after Abraham Lincoln's assassination, the country was on the precipice of radical change. Johnson, seemingly more progressive than Lincoln, looked like the ideal person to lead the country. He had already cast himself as a "Moses" for the...
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A Quick History of Politics: From Pharaohs to Fair VotesHow did ancient people make decisions? How do the people in power stay in power? Why did Karl Marx have to go without trousers? A Quick History of Politics answers these questions and more, taking a ride through time from plutocrats to people power....
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Canadian Agriculture in the 21st Century: Change and ChallengeThe Canadian Farming Community is facing numerous ongoing challenges, including rapidly changing technologies, the gradual erosion of the rural lifestyle, growing consumer concerns about the healthiness of food, and growing environmental concerns (including climate change).This book begins with an historic overview of agriculture in...
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Do Not Disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone BadA powerful investigation into a grisly political murder and the authoritarian regime behind it: Do Not Disturb upends the narrative that Rwanda sold the world after one of the deadliest genocides of the twentieth century. We think we know the story of Africa's Great...
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The Tyranny of Virtue: Identity, the Academy, and the Hunt for Political HeresiesFrom public intellectual and professor Robert Boyers, "a powerfully persuasive, insightful, and provocative prose that mixes erudition and first-hand reportage" (Joyce Carol Oates) addressing recent developments in American culture and arguing for the tolerance of difference that is at the heart of the liberal...
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Understanding SocialismA blend of history, analysis, and theory, "Understanding Socialism" is an honest and approachable text that knocks down false narratives, confronts failures and challenges of various socialist experiments throughout history, and offers a path to a new socialism based on workplace democracy. "Richard Wolff's...
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American Zealots: Inside Right-Wing Domestic TerrorismIn an unsettling time in American history, the outbreak of right-wing violence is among the most disturbing developments. In recent years, attacks originating from the far right of American politics have targeted religious and ethnic minorities, with a series of antigovernment militants, religious extremists,...
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Sex and Lies: True Stories of Women's Intimate Lives in the Arab WorldJaw-dropping . . . Inspiring . . . A haunting and beautifully composed book . . . It blew my mind. --Lisa Taddeo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Three Women A fearless exposé of the secrets and lies of women's intimate lives,...
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Inside the Five-Sided Box: Lessons from a Lifetime of Leadership in the PentagonFormer Secretary of Defense Ash Carter takes readers behind the scenes to reveal the inner workings of the Pentagon, its vital mission, and what it takes to lead it. The Pentagon is the headquarters of the single largest institution in America: the Department of...
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Making Motherhood Work: How Women Manage Careers and CaregivingA moving account of working mothers' daily lives--and the revolution in public policy and culture needed to improve them The work-family conflict that mothers experience today is a national crisis. Women struggle to balance breadwinning with the bulk of parenting, and social policies aren't...
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What You Need to Know about Voting--And Why"Now, more than ever, Americans are realizing that their votes count. Kim Wehle's excellent guide tells you everything you need to know about the laws governing our greatest right and privilege. A must-read, especially in an election year." --Norah O'Donnell, Anchor and Managing Editor,...
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