Comparative Politics
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The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty
$21.00 Add to cart“Why is it so difficult to develop and sustain liberal democracy? The best recent work on this subject comes from a remarkable pair of scholars, Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson. In their latest b
- Author: Acemoglu, Daron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: September 22, 2020
- ISBN10: 0735224404
- Language: English
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Sparta’s Sicilian Proxy War: The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta, 418-413 B.C.
$34.99 Add to cartThe great expedition to Sicily described in the sixth and seventh books of Thucydides’ history can be depicted in a variety of ways. By some, it has been thoughtfully treated as an example of overreac… [more below]
- Author: Rahe, Paul A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 26, 2023
- ISBN10: 1641773375
- Language: English
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The Accidental Superpower: Ten Years on
$21.99 Add to cartWith a new “10 years later” epilogue for every chapter, comes an eye-opening assessment of American power and deglobalization in the bestselling tradition of The World is Flat and The Next 100 Years. … [more below]
- Author: Zeihan, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: December 26 2023
- ISBN10: 1538767341
- Language: English
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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
$25.00 Add to cartBrilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries: Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and… [more below]
- Author: Acemoglu, Daron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: September 17 2013
- ISBN10: 0307719227
- Language: English
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Why Empires Fall: Rome, America, and the Future of the West
$27.00 Read moreA new perspective on parallels between ancient Rome and the modern world, and what comes next
“[A] provocative short book . . . with a novel twist.”–The Economist Over the last three centuries, the- Author: Heather, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 030027372X
- Language: English
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If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution
$30.00 Add to cartThe story of the recent uprisings that sought to change the world – and what comes next
From 2010 to 2020, more people participated in protests than at any other point in human history. Yet we are n- Author: Bevins, Vincent
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 03, 2023
- ISBN10: 1541788974
- Language: English
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The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy
$25.99 Add to cartA bracing examination of a force that imperils American democracy
Most Americans were shocked by the violence they witnessed at the nation’s Capital on January 6th, 2021. And many were bewildered by t- Author: Gorski, Philip S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0197618685
- Language: English
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The Rise and Fall of the East: How Exams, Autocracy, Stability, and Technology Brought China Success, and Why They Might Lead to Its Decline
$35.00 Read moreThe long history of China’s relationship between stability, diversity, and prosperity, and how its current leadership threatens this delicate balance
A Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2023 Chinese soci- Author: Huang, Yasheng
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: August 29 2023
- ISBN10: 0300266367
- Language: English
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Korea: A New History of South and North
$30.00 Read moreA major new history of North and South Korea, from the late nineteenth century to the present day
“Cha and Pacheco Pardo have years of expertise in Korean international relations. . . . A crisp and ba- Author: Cha, Victor
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 27 2023
- ISBN10: 0300259816
- Language: English
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There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century
$21.99 Add to cart“This book has a miraculous quality…. As a memoir this is hard to put down; if you are seeking a better American future you should pick it up.”–Timothy Snyder, New York Times best-selling author of
- Author: Hill, Fiona
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 0063269082
- Language: English
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The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America
$20.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – From the author of On Tyranny comes a stunning new chronicle of the rise of authoritarianism from Russia to Europe and America.
“A brilliant analysis of our time.”–Karl Ov- Author: Snyder, Timothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 09, 2019
- ISBN10: 0525574476
- Language: English
