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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

9 Book

The Digital Republic

On Freedom and Democracy in the 21st Century
Jamie Susskind
Pegasus Books, 2022
9 Book

From Dictatorship to Democracy

A Conceptual Framework for Liberation
Gene Sharp
Albert Einstein Institution, 2010
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
8 Book

The United States of Europe

The New Superpower and the End of American Supremacy
T.R. Reid
Penguin, 2004