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Essential Reading for all those interested in international politics and international relations. (List under construction)
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Bullies: How the Left's Culture of Fear and Intimidation Silences Americans
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Continuity and Change in Contemporary Europe
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Future Arctic: Field Notes from a World on the Edge
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Pedagogy of the Oppressed
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Damming the Flood: Haiti, Aristide, and the Politics of Containment
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Der Arbeiter: Herrschaft und Gestalt
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Churchill's Secret War: The British Empire and the Ravaging of India During World War II
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Political Ideologies: An Introduction
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Brainwashed: How Universities Indoctrinate America's Youth
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Liberalism and the Limits of Justice
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Political Animals: How Our Stone-Age Brain Gets in the Way of Smart Politics
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Death by Government: Genocide and Mass Murder Since 1900
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Prelude to Leadership: The Post-War Diary, Summer 1945
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Government's End: Why Washington Stopped Working
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Jonathan Rauch (Goodreads Author)
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Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right
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13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi
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Mitchell Zuckoff (Goodreads Author)
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Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land
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Zapotec Struggles: Histories, Politics, and Representations from Juchitán, Oaxaca
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High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill Clinton
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Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky
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Left and Right: The Significance of a Political Distinction
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The Problem of the Media: U.S. Communication Politics in the Twenty-First Century
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
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Classes in Contemporary Capitalism
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Four Queens: The Provençal Sisters Who Ruled Europe
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History and Politics in French-Language Comics and Graphic Novels
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Human Robots and Holy Mechanics: Reclaiming Our Souls in a Machine World
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Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy
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Magna Carta: The Medieval Roots of Modern Politics
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Black Rednecks and White Liberals
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Understanding International Relations
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The Making of the English Working Class
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The Rich Nations and the Poor Nations
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Surviving Wounded Knee: The Lakotas and the Politics of Memory
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Economic Facts and Fallacies
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Putin: Russia's Choice
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Vodka Politics: Alcohol, Autocracy, and the Secret History of the Russian State
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Mark Lawrence Schrad (Goodreads Author)
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Intellectuals and Society
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The Dynamics of European Security Cooperation, 1945-91
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The Handbook of Political Sociology: States, Civil Societies, and Globalization
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Thomas Janoski (Editor)
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How Soccer Explains the World
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Politics Lost: How American Democracy Was Trivialized By People Who Think You're Stupid
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Discrimination and Disparities
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1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
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The South Africa Reader: History, Culture, Politics
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A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles
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The Lion's Grave: Dispatches from Afghanistan
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The Chile Reader: History, Culture, Politics
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Elizabeth Quay Hutchison (Editor)
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The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy
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Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict
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The Politics of Truth: Selected Writings of C. Wright Mills
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The Quest for Cosmic Justice
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Security Studies: An Introduction
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Paul D. Williams (Editor)
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Adam, Eve, and the Serpent: Sex and Politics in Early Christianity
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Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One
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Russian Politics and Society
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God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It
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Jim Wallis (Goodreads Author)
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Wealth, Poverty and Politics: An International Perspective
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The New Great Game : Blood and Oil in Central Asia
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Cleopatra and Antony: Power, Love, and Politics in the Ancient World
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Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation
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Intimate Ties, Bitter Struggles: The United States and Latin America Since 1945 (Issues in the History of American Foreign Relations
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American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century
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Hate Inc.: Why Today's Media Makes Us Despise One Another
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Civil Rights and Wrongs: A Memoir of Race and Politics, 1944-1996
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The Federalist Papers
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Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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Capitalism and Social Democracy
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Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health (Volume 3) (California Studies in Food and Culture)
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My Bondage and My Freedom
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The Transformation of European Social Democracy
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Long Walk to Freedom
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Governing the Economy: The Politics of State Intervention in Britain and France
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Good Morning, Mr. Mandela
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Doing Research in Political Science: An Introduction to Comparative Methods and Statistics
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Sozialer Katechismus - Aufriss einer katholischen Gesellschaftslehre
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Ragged Glory
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Culture Shift in Advanced Industrial Society
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Naturrecht und Menschenrecht
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Charakterwäsche: Die Re-education der Deutschen und ihre bleibenden Auswirkungen
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Konservative Publizistik
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We, the People of Europe?: Reflections on Transnational Citizenship
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Aktion - Praxis der christlichen Gesellschaftslehre
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American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony
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Gemeinwohl und Öffentlicher Feind
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Die Ganzen
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Political Man: The Social Bases of Politics, Expanded Edition
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Auslegung der Gemeinplätze
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Von der Souveränität: Ein Anti-Gesellschaftsvertrag
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Protecting Soldiers and Mothers: The Political Origins of Social Policy in the United States
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Die Abende von St. Petersburg: oder Gespräche über das zeitliche Walten der Vorsehung
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Power & Choice: An Introduction to Political Science
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Betrachtungen über Frankreich
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The Collected Speeches of Margaret Thatcher
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Über das Opfer
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I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
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Toward a Truly Free Market: A Distributist Perspective on the Role of Government, Taxes, Health Care, Deficits, and More
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Infidel
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The Vocation of Business: Social Justice in the Marketplace
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How to Vote
To vote on existing books from the list, beside each book there is a link vote for this book clicking it will add that book to your votes.
To vote on books not in the list or books you couldn't find in the list, you can click on the tab add books to this list and then choose from your books, or simply search.
