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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A Short History of Progress: Fifteenth Anniversary EditionNow more relevant than ever, Ronald Wright's #1 national bestseller, A Short History of Progress. The fifteenth anniversary edition includes a new introduction warning of the accelerating patterns of progress and disaster.Each time history repeats itself, so it's said, the price goes up. The...
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Post Growth: Life After CapitalismWinner of the 2022 Eric Zencey Prize in Ecological Economics Capitalism is broken. The relentless pursuit of more has delivered climate catastrophe, social inequality and financial instability - and left us ill-prepared for life in a global pandemic. Tim Jackson's passionate and provocative book...
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American Immigration: A Very Short IntroductionAn updated, penetrating, and balanced analysis of one of the most contentious issues in America today, offering a historically informed portrait of immigration. Americans have come from every corner of the globe, and they have been brought together by a variety of historical processes--conquest,...
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Weak Strongman: The Limits of Power in Putin's RussiaLooking beyond Putin to understand how today's Russia actually works Media and public discussion tends to understand Russian politics as a direct reflection of Vladimir Putin's seeming omnipotence or Russia's unique history and culture. Yet Russia is remarkably similar to other autocracies--and recognizing this...
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The Nra: The Unauthorized HistoryFor the first time, the definitive account of America's most powerful, most secretive, and most controversial nonprofit, and how far it has strayed from its origins. The National Rifle Association is unique in American life. Few other civic organizations are as old or as...
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Priced Out: The Economic and Ethical Costs of American Health CareFrom a giant of health care policy, an engaging and enlightening account of why American health care is so expensive--and why it doesn't have to be Uwe Reinhardt was a towering figure and moral conscience of health care policy in the United States and...
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Three Days at the Brink: Fdr's Daring Gamble to Win World War IIThe Instant New York Times Bestseller"I could not put this extraordinary book down. Three Days at the Brink is a masterpiece: elegantly written, brilliantly conceived, and impeccably researched. This book not only sparkles but is destined to be a classic!" --Jay Winik, bestselling authorFrom...
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She Votes: How U.S. Women Won Suffrage, and What Happened NextShe Votes is an intersectional story of the women who won suffrage, and those who have continued to raise their voices for equality ever since. From the first female Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation to the first woman to wear pants on the...
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Our Time Is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair AmericaFrom New York Times bestselling author of Lead From The Outside and political leader Stacey Abrams, a blueprint to end voter suppression, empower our citizens, and take back our country. "With each page, she inspires and empowers us to create systems that reflect a...
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Climate Crisis and the Global Green New Deal: The Political Economy of Saving the PlanetAn engaging conversation with Noam Chomsky--revered public intellectual and Manufacturing Consent author--about climate change, capitalism, and how a global Green New Deal can save the planet. Climate change: watershed or endgame? An engaging conversation public intellectual and Manufacturing Consent author Noam Chomsky about the...
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Reset: Reclaiming the Internet for Civil SocietyIn the 2020 CBC Massey Lectures, bestselling author and renowned technology and security expert Ronald J. Deibert exposes the disturbing influence and impact of the internet on politics, the economy, the environment, and humanity. Digital technologies have given rise to a new machine-based civilization...
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Oil, Power, and War: A Dark HistoryCatholic Herald Book Awards 2019 Finalist, Current Affairs "Auzanneau has created a towering telling of a dark and dangerous addiction."--Nature The story of oil is one of hubris, fortune, betrayal, and destruction. It is the story of a resource that has been undeniably central...
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The Militant Vegan: The Book - Complete Collection, 1993-1995: (Animal Liberation Zine Collection)Together in one professionally-bound book, for the first time.The Militant Vegan was a low-production-value, limited-circulation, photocopied publication that ran from 1993 to 1995, and never enjoyed a wide audience. This is the complete collection of the animal liberation zine covering direct action, animal rights...
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The Common Wind: Afro-American Currents in the Age of the Haitian RevolutionWinner of the 2019 Stone Book Award, Museum of African American History A remarkable intellectual history of the slave revolts that made the modern revolutionary eraThe Common Wind is a gripping and colorful account of the intercontinental networks that tied together the free and...
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Coup in Dallas: The Decisive Investigation Into Who Killed JFKThe CIA, Dallas, and the Hard Details of the JFK Assassination Coup in Dallas leaves speculation and theory aside to give the hard details of who killed President John F. Kennedy and how the assassination plot was carried out. Through exhaustive research and newly...
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Telling Our Story: Recent Essays on Zionism, the Middle East, and the Path to PeaceThe story of Israel and Zionism has been hijacked, disfigured, and trampled upon. It has been deliberately replaced by a story about sinister ideologies and evil motivations. When this tale of evil becomes the reigning story, peace becomes ever less possible, since evil is...
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The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind ControlOne of America's leading experts in cults and mind-control provides an eye-opening analysis of Trump and the indoctrination tactics he uses to build a fanatical devotion in his supporters. Over the past two years, Trump's behavior has become both more disturbing and yet increasingly...
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The Mythology of Global Warming: Climate Change Fiction VS. Scientific FactsWANT ACCESS TO SOLID SCIENTIFIC FACTS REFUTING THE INCESSANT MEDIA HYPE SURROUNDING CLIMATE CHANGE? THEN THE MYTHOLOGY OF GLOBAL WARMING IS FOR YOU The Mythology of Global Warming is intended to provide the general public with a broad spectrum of scientific and factual information...
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Anything But Mexican: Chicanos in Contemporary Los AngelesMexicans and other Latinos comprise fifty percent of the population of Los Angeles and are the largest ethnic group in California. In this completely revised and updated edition of a classic political and social history, one of the foremost scholars of the Latino experience...
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The Big Book of Restorative Justice: Four Classic Justice & Peacebuilding Books in One VolumeFor the first time, the four most popular restorative justice books in the Justice & Peacebuilding series--The Little Book of Restorative Justice: Revised and Updated, The Little Book of Victim Offender Conferencing, The Little Book of Family Group Conferences, and The Little Book of...
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