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Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our TimeIra Katznelson201314 pts2 wins2 listsLiverightHistoryBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
A Great Wall: Six Presidents and China: An Investigative HistoryPatrick Tyler199914 pts2 wins2 listsPublicAffairsPolitics & GovernmentDemocracy & Elections+3
The Crisis of the Old OrderArthur M. Schlesinger Jr.195814 pts2 wins2 listsHoughton Mifflin HarcourtHistoryDemocracy & Elections+2
Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for AmericaNancy MacLean201714 pts1 wins2 listsVikingPolitics & GovernmentAmerican Politics+2
Why Americans Hate Politics: The Death of the Democratic ProcessE. J. Dionne, Jr.199214 pts1 wins2 listsSimon & SchusterPolitics & GovernmentDemocracy & Elections+2
The Age of the Democratic Revolution: Political History of Europe and America, 1760-1800R. R. Palmer195914 pts1 wins2 listsPrinceton University PressHistoryLabor, Work & Organizing+3
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New YorkRobert A. Caro197412 pts1 wins3 listsRandom House CanadaMemoir & AutobiographyHousing, Cities & Urban Life+3
Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still CouldAdam Schiff202110 pts1 wins1 listsRandom House Trade PaperbacksPolitics & GovernmentAmerican Politics+2
The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar DetroitThomas J. Sugrue199610 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressRace & EthnicityDemocracy & Elections+3
Democratic Government in CanadaR. MacGregor Dawson194910 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintPolitics & GovernmentEssays & Cultural Criticism+1
Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of EqualityDanielle Allen201410 pts2 wins3 listsLiverightHistoryDemocracy & Elections+3
No Turning Back: Life, Loss and Hope in Wartime SyriaRania Abouzeid201810 pts1 wins3 listsOneworldWar & MilitaryCrime, Policing & Violence+3
The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United StatesAlexander Keyssar200010 pts1 wins3 listsBasic BooksHistoryAmerican Politics+2
American Dream: Three Women, Ten Kids, and a Nation's Drive to End WelfareJason DeParle20048 pts2 wins2 listsVikingPolitics & GovernmentClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
The Other America: Poverty in the United StatesMichael Harrington19628 pts2 wins2 listsMacmillanPolitics & GovernmentDemocracy & Elections+3
Civic Ideals: Conflicting Visions of Citizenship in U.S. HistoryRogers M. Smith19978 pts1 wins2 listsYale University PressRace & EthnicityDemocracy & Elections+3
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of PowerShoshana Zuboff20186 pts0 wins2 listsPublicAffairsBusiness & EconomicsBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
Roy Jenkins: a Well-Rounded LifeJohn Campbell20146 pts0 wins2 listsJonathan CapeBiographyMedia, Journalism & Public Opinion+3
Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in AmericaAri Berman20156 pts0 wins2 listsMacmillanHistoryAmerican Politics+2
Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New RightLaura K. Field20254 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressPolitics & GovernmentInfrastructure, Engineering & Built Environment+3
The Science of Reading: Information, Media, and Mind in Modern AmericaAdrian Johns20234 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Chicago PressScienceDemocracy & Elections+3
The Year of Peril: America in 1942Tracy Campbell20204 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressHistoryWorld War Ii+3
Whitelash: Unmasking White Grievance at the Ballot BoxTerry Smith20204 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressPolitics & GovernmentHousing, Cities & Urban Life+3
Whistleblowers: Honesty in America from Washington to TrumpAllison Stanger20194 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressPolitics & GovernmentDemocracy & Elections+3
Cyberwar: How Russian Hackers and Trolls Helped Elect a PresidentKathleen Hall Jamieson20184 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressPolitics & GovernmentLabor, Work & Organizing+3
EuroTragedyAshoka Mody20184 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressBusiness & EconomicsDemocracy & Elections+3
Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive GovernmentChristopher H. Achen, Larry M. Bartels20164 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressPolitics & GovernmentAmerican Politics+1
Democracy: A LifePaul Cartledge20164 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressHistoryAmerican Politics+1
The Rise of a Prairie Statesman: The Life and Times of George McGovernThomas J. Knock20164 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressBiographyCrime, Policing & Violence+3
Toward Democracy: The Struggle for Self-Rule in European and American ThoughtJames Kloppenberg20164 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressHistoryTravel, Exploration & Place+3
Nations Under God: How Churches Use Moral Authority to Influence PolicyAnna Grzymała-Busse20154 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressReligionReproductive Rights & Family Policy+3
Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of DemocracyFrancis Fukuyama20144 pts1 wins1 listsMacmillanPolitics & GovernmentClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
Subversives: The FBI's War on Student Radicals, and Reagan's Rise to PowerSeth Rosenfeld20124 pts1 wins1 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxPolitics & GovernmentMedia, Journalism & Public Opinion+3
The Unheavenly Chorus: Unequal Political Voice and the Broken Promise of American DemocracyKay Lehman Schlozman, Sidney Verba,, Henry E. Brady20124 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressPolitics & GovernmentDemocracy & Elections+2
Common Sense: A Political HistorySophia Rosenfeld20114 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressPolitics & GovernmentPresidency & Executive Power+3
Constitutional Democracy: Creating and Maintaining a Just Political OrderWalter F. Murphy20084 pts1 wins1 listsJohns Hopkins University PressPolitics & GovernmentDemocracy & Elections+3
Democracy and Knowledge: Innovation and Learning in ClassicalJosiah Ober20084 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressPolitics & GovernmentEnergy, Extraction & Resources+3
The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme CourtJeffrey Toobin20074 pts1 wins1 listsDoubledayPolitics & GovernmentReproductive Rights & Family Policy+3
The Squandering of America: How the Failure of Our Politics Undermines Our ProsperityRobert Kuttner20074 pts1 wins1 listsKnopfPolitics & GovernmentDemocracy & Elections+3
Buffalo Bill’s America: William Cody and the Wild West ShowLouis Warren20064 pts1 wins1 listsKnopfBiographyRegional & Local History+1
Economic Origins of Dictatorship and DemocracyDaron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson20054 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressPolitics & GovernmentClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
Identity in DemocracyAmy Gutmann20034 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressPolitics & GovernmentHuman Rights & International Law+2
Everything for SaleRobert Kuttner19994 pts1 wins1 listsKnopfPolitics & GovernmentLabor, Work & Organizing+3
Spinoza, Liberalism, and the Question of Jewish IdentitySteven B. Smith19974 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressPolitics & GovernmentDemocracy & Elections+3
The Anatomy of DisgustWilliam Ian Miller19974 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressSociety & CultureTravel, Exploration & Place+2
Sowing the Seeds of Democracy in China: Political Reform in the Deng Xiaoping EraMerle Goldman19944 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressPolitics & GovernmentAsia & the Pacific+2
Protecting Soldiers and Mothers: The Political Origins of Social Policy in the United StatesTheda Skocpol19924 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressPolitics & GovernmentDemocracy & Elections+3
The Vital South: How Presidents Are ElectedEarl Black, Merle Black19924 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressPolitics & GovernmentRegional & Local History+1
The Enlightenment in AmericaHenry May19784 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressHistoryReligion & Religious Movements+3
America Inc.Morton Mintz, Jerry S. Cohen19714 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintPolitics & GovernmentDemocracy & Elections+3
Chants Democratic: New York City and the Rise of the American Working Class, 1788-1850Sean Wilentz19844 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressHistoryDemocracy & Elections+3
Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of NeoliberalismQuinn E. Slobodian20194 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+3
The Last Campaign: How Harry Truman Won the 1948 ElectionZachary Karabell20004 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintPolitics & GovernmentAmerican Politics+1
Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st CenturyHelen Thompson20224 pts0 wins1 listsOxford University PressPolitics & GovernmentDemocracy & Elections+2
The Third Pillar: The Revival of Community in a Polarised WorldRaghuram Rajan20194 pts0 wins1 listsHarperCollinsSociety & CultureDemocracy & Elections+2
How Democracies DieSteven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt20184 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintPolitics & GovernmentDemocracy & Elections+3
The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in AmericaMichael Eric Dyson20164 pts0 wins1 listsMariner BooksRace & EthnicityAmerican Politics+2
The Promise: President Obama, Year OneJonathan Alter20104 pts0 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterPolitics & GovernmentAmerican Politics+2
Wealth and Democracy: A Political History of the American RichKevin Phillips20024 pts0 wins1 listsBroadway BooksPolitics & GovernmentPresidency & Executive Power+2
We, the Jury: The Jury System and the Ideal of DemocracyJeffrey Abramson19954 pts0 wins1 listsBasic BooksPolitics & GovernmentMedia, Journalism & Public Opinion+2
Preparing for the Twenty-First CenturyPaul Kennedy19944 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintPolitics & GovernmentDemocracy & Elections+2
Democratic Promise: The Populist Moment in AmericaLawrence Goodwyn19764 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistoryAmerican Politics+2
The Disruption of American DemocracyRoy Franklin Nichols19484 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistoryDemocracy & Elections+2
Democracy Is in the StreetsJames Miller19874 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintPolitics & GovernmentAmerican Politics+2
Democracy's Prisoner: Eugene V. Debs, the Great War, and the Right to DissentErnest Freeberg20084 pts0 wins1 listsHarvard University PressPolitics & GovernmentDemocracy & Elections+2
Margaret Thatcher: Volume Two: The Iron LadyJohn Campbell20034 pts0 wins2 listsRandom HouseBiographyArchives, Museums & Historical Method+3
American Dark Age: Racial Feudalism and the Rise of Black LiberalismKeidrick Roy20242 pts0 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressScienceDemocracy & Elections+3
Outrage Machine: How Tech Amplifies Discontent, Disrupts Democracy—And What We Can Do About ItTobias Rose-Stockwell20242 pts0 wins1 listsLegacy LitPolitics & GovernmentMedia, Journalism & Public Opinion+2
The Coming Storm: A Journey into the Heart of the Conspiracy MachineGabriel Gatehouse20242 pts0 wins1 listsRandom HousePolitics & GovernmentIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+3
The IncarcerationsAlpa Shah20242 pts0 wins1 listsHarperCollinsPolitics & GovernmentDemocracy & Elections+3
Sisters in Hate: American Women on the Front Lines of White NationalismSeyward Darby20202 pts0 wins1 listsLittle, BrownRace & EthnicityGender & Feminism+3
I Like To Watch: Arguing My Way Through the TV RevolutionEmily Nussbaum20192 pts0 wins1 listsRandom HouseArts & CriticismDemocracy & Elections+3
One Person, No VoteCarol Anderson20192 pts0 wins1 listsBloomsburyRace & EthnicityAmerican Politics+2
Leftism Reinvented: Western Parties from Socialism to NeoliberalismStephanie L. Mudge20182 pts0 wins1 listsHarvard University PressScienceClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
Conservative Parties and the Birth of DemocracyDaniel Ziblatt20172 pts0 wins1 listsCambridge University PressPolitics & GovernmentScience & Discovery+3
The Great Suppression: Voting Rights, Corporate Cash, and the Conservative Assault on DemocracyZachary Roth20162 pts0 wins1 listsCrownPolitics & GovernmentDemocracy & Elections+3
The Story of AmericaJill Lepore20122 pts0 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressHistoryDemocracy & Elections+3
The Anatomy of a Moment: Thirty-Five Minutes in History and ImaginationJavier Cercas20112 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistoryDemocracy & Elections+3
Alexis de Tocqueville: Prophet of Democracy in the Age of RevolutionHugh Brogan20072 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintPolitics & GovernmentAmerican Politics+1
Death to the Dictator!: Witnessing Iran's election and the Crippling of the Islamic RepublicAfsaneh Moqadam20112 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintPolitics & GovernmentDemocracy & Elections+3
Spell Freedom: The Underground Schools That Built the Civil Rights MovementElaine Weiss20252 pts0 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterRace & EthnicityBlack History & Culture+3
American Whitelash: A Changing Nation and the Cost of ProgressWesley Lowery20242 pts0 wins1 listsHarperCollinsRace & EthnicityBlack History & Culture+3
True Believer: Hubert Humphrey’s Quest for a More Just AmericaJames Traub20242 pts0 wins1 listsBasic BooksMemoir & AutobiographyCivil Rights & Racial Justice+3
Poverty, By AmericaMatthew Desmond20232 pts0 wins1 listsCrownSociety & CultureClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
Vortex: A True Story of History's Deadliest Storm, an Unspeakable War, and LiberationScott Carney, Jason Miklian20222 pts0 wins1 listsEccoHistoryCold War & Nuclear Politics+3
Humankind: A Hopeful HistoryRutger Bregman20202 pts0 wins1 listsLittle, BrownSociety & CultureDemocracy & Elections+3
Fascism: A WarningMadeleine Albright20182 pts0 wins1 listsHarperPolitics & GovernmentDemocracy & Elections+3
Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic LifeEric Klinenberg20182 pts0 wins1 listsCrownSociety & CultureClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from SyriaWendy Pearlman20172 pts0 wins1 listsCustom HouseWar & MilitaryDemocracy & Elections+3
The Age of Acquiescence: The Life and Death of American Resistance to Organized Wealth and PowerSteve Fraser20152 pts0 wins1 listsLittle, BrownHistoryBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
The Expanding Blaze: How the American Revolution Ignited the World, 1775-1848Jonathan Israel20170 pts0 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressHistoryDemocracy & Elections+3
Deeply Divided: Racial Politics and Social Movements in Postwar AmericaDoug McAdam, Karina Kloos20140 pts0 wins1 listsOxford University PressRace & EthnicityPresidency & Executive Power+3
Liberalism: The Life of an IdeaEdmund Fawcett20140 pts0 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressPolitics & GovernmentPresidency & Executive Power+3
The Gamble: Choice and Chance in the 2012 Presidential ElectionJohn Sides, Lynn Vavreck20130 pts0 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressPolitics & GovernmentIntellectual History & Ideas+2
The African American Electorate: A Statistical HistoryHanes Walton, Jr., Sherman C. Puckett,, Donald R. Deskins, Jr.20120 pts0 wins1 listsCQ PressRace & EthnicityDemocracy & Elections+3
Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics: Entrepreneurship & the StateYasheng Huang20080 pts0 wins1 listsCambridge University PressBusiness & EconomicsDemocracy & Elections+3
Social & Economic NetworksMatthew O. Jackson20080 pts0 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressBusiness & EconomicsBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
Unconventional WisdomKaren M. Kaufmann, John R. Petrocik, Daron R. Shaw20080 pts0 wins1 listsOxford University PressPolitics & GovernmentGender & Feminism+2
The Russians in Germany: A History of the Soviet Zone of Occupations, 1945-19Norman M. Naimark19950 pts0 wins1 listsHarvard University PressHistoryCold War & Nuclear Politics+3
Remaking the American Mainstream: Assimilation and Contemporary ImmigrationRichard Alba, Victor Nee20030 pts0 wins1 listsHarvard University PressRace & EthnicityDrugs, Addiction & Treatment+3
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All awards · Topic: Democracy & Elections · Sorted by score · 102 books · filtered