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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

8 Article

Revenge of the Patriarchs

Why Autocrats Fear Women
Erica Chenoweth and Zoe Marks
Foreign Affairs, 2022
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

Private Government

How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk about It) (The University Center for Human Values Series)
Elizabeth Anderson
Princeton UP, 2017
7 Book

Gadget Consciousness

Collective Thought, Will and Action in the Age of Social Media
Joss Hands
Pluto Press, 2019
9 Article
Jonathan Rauch
National Affairs, 2018
8 Article
James Miller
The Guardian, 2018
8 Book

Universal Human Rights

In Theory and Practice
Jack Donnelly
Cornell UP, 2013
9 Book
Isaiah Berlin
Oxford UP, 2002
9 Book

Democracy for Realists

Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government
Christopher H. Achen and Larry M. Bartels
Princeton UP, 2016
9 Book
Ronald Dworkin
Harvard UP, 1977
Book

The Once and Future Liberal

After Identity Politics
Mark Lilla
Harper, 2017