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Political Theory

This channel is dedicated to summaries that will provide you with the foundational knowlegde you need to make sense of today's political events and developments.

Summaries

Book

Free and Equal
What Would a Fair Society Look Like?
Daniel Chandler
Allen Lane, 2023
9 Book

From Dictatorship to Democracy
A Conceptual Framework for Liberation
Gene Sharp
Albert Einstein Institution, 2010
9 Book

The Digital Republic
On Freedom and Democracy in the 21st Century
Jamie Susskind
Pegasus Books, 2022
8 Book

#Republic
Divided Democracy in the Age of Social Media
Cass R. Sunstein
Princeton UP, 2017
9 Book

The Myth of the Rational Voter
Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies
Bryan Caplan
Princeton UP, 2007
9 Book

The Future of Freedom
Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad
Fareed Zakaria
W.W. Norton, 2003
8 Book

Fundamentalism
A Very Short Introduction
Malise Ruthven
Oxford UP, 2007
7 Book

America at the Crossroads
Democracy, Power, and the Neoconservative Legacy
Francis Fukuyama
Yale UP, 2006
7 Book

Whose Freedom?
The Battle Over America's Most Important Idea
George Lakoff
FSG, 2006
7 Book

The Bubble of American Supremacy
Correcting the Misuse of American Power
George Soros
Public Affairs, 2004
8 Book

The Power of Citizenship
Why John F. Kennedy Matters to a New Generation
Scott D. Reich
BenBella, 2013
9 Book

The J Curve
A New Way to Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall
Ian Bremmer
Simon & Schuster, 2006