Political & Social Science

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At age 23, Drew Philp, a rural, white kid from Michigan moved to bankrupt Detroit, a place filled with blighted abandoned houses and crime.

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Almost 20 years ago, David Brooks laid out the one reason journalists should pay attention to Princeton students. The kids at Princeton today are the leaders of most places tomorrow.

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In his 1964 classic, Suicide of the West, James Burnham expressed the global geopolitical contraction of the West by showing the unmistakable trend of the Western powers’ loss of control o

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offers real solutions to the problems immigration poses and gives us facts to combat false narratives and hateful political discourse.”

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“a wake up call about the dangers of entrenching divisions around national identity—a summons to action.”

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“provides a broad and comprehensive framework from which anyone can gain an understanding of the powerful forces that drive the criminal justice system.”

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"This is a book for everyone who has ever questioned the validity of the “war on drugs,” the “war on poverty,” or any other governmental attempt to solve social ills . . ."

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There have always been fierce rivalries between countries to protect their people and their goods. Enmity has often engendered conflict.

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Brian Donovan’s newest study, Respectability on Trial: Sex Crimes in New York City, 1900–1918, is an invaluable addition to the ever-growing library of scholarly works on the history of Go

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“A must-read for any educator or anyone interested in better understanding the transcendental power of higher education.”

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“this book is an excellent introduction to the complex issues of East Asia and the potential for conflict in this critical region of the world . . .”

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The body of scholarship dedicated to analyzing, understanding, and changing America's enormous carceral complex is growing fast.

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“a refreshing look at the causes of mass incarceration . . . a must-read for anyone involved in the criminal justice reform movement.”

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“College for prisoners saves money and provides great net benefits to the prisoner and the community.”

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Graeme Wood traces the origins of this work and his pursuit of greater understanding of the Islamic State to having almost been killed by a suicide bomber in Mosul in 2004.

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Residents in the newly formed United States of America may have witnessed its first national public relations campaign when Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay argued for a national con

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Brad Snyder’s new book The House of Truth is part intellectual history and part biography.

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Any intelligent person knows that most Muslims are peaceful people, and that they’d tell you Islam is a religion of peace.

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provides essential inspiration, information, resources, and insights.”

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Human civilization is constantly changing, argues David Smick in The Great Equalizer: How Main Street Capitalism Can Create an Economy for Everyone, a manifesto for a new set of policies d

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If every journalist wrote like Patrick Kingsley, more people would likely be reading the critical nonfiction books of our time.

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As a somewhat jaded and world-weary incarcerated writer, rarely do I read something that makes me really mad.

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Theodore Roosevelt richly deserves his reputation as a one of the nation’s greatest presidents.

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