Political Science
TEN LESSONS FOR A POST-PANDEMIC WORLD
Written by Zakaria, Fareed
Lenin once said, "There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen." This is one of those times when history has sped up. CNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria helps readers to understand the nature of a post-pandemic world: the political, social, technological, and economic consequences that may take years to unfold.
TYRANNY OF MERIT: WHAT'S BECOME OF THE COMMON GOOD?
Written by Sandel, Michael J
The world-renowned philosopher and author of the bestselling Justice explores the central question of our time: What has become of the common good?
DONALD TRUMP V. THE UNITED STATES: INSIDE THE STRUGGLE TO STOP A PRESIDENT
Written by Schmidt, Michael S
With unparalleled reporting, a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter continues to break news about the most important political story of our lives as he chronicles the clash between a president and the officials of his own government who tried to stop him. In the early days of the Trump presidency, the people who work in the institutions that make America America saw Tru
HOW TO DO NOTHING: RESISTING THE ATTENTION ECONOMY
Written by Odell, Jenny
** A New York Times Bestseller ** A complex, smart and ambitious book that at first reads like a self-help manual, then blossoms into a wide-ranging political manifesto.--Jonah Engel Bromwich, The New York Times Book Review
IN THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE: THOMAS JEFFERSON ON EQUALITY, FAITH, FREEDOM, COMPROMISE, AND THE ART OF CITIZENSHIP
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham offers a collection of inspiring words about how to be a good citizen, from Thomas Jefferson and others, and reminds us why our country's founding principles are still so important today. Thomas Jefferson believed in the covenant between a government and its citizens, in both the government's responsibilities to its people and also the people
AMERICAN CRISIS: LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Written by Cuomo, Andrew
Governor Andrew Cuomo tells the riveting story of how he took charge in the fight against COVID-19 as New York became the epicenter of the pandemic, offering hard-won lessons in leadership and his vision for the path forward. When COVID-19 besieged the United States, New York State emerged as the global "ground zero" for a deadly contagion that threatened the lives and livelihoods of mi
MEDIOCRE: THE DANGEROUS LEGACY OF WHITE MALE AMERICA
Written by Oluo, Ijeoma
From the author of the New York Times bestseller So You Want to Talk About Race, a subversive history of white male American identity. What happens to a country that tells generation after generation of white men that they deserve power? What happens when success is defined by status over women and people of color, instead of by actual accomplishments?
ECONOMISTS' HOUR: FALSE PROPHETS, FREE MARKETS, AND THE FRACTURE OF SOCIETY
Written by Appelbaum, Binyamin
In this "lively and entertaining" history of ideas (Liaquat Ahamed, The New Yorker), New York Times editorial writer Binyamin Appelbaum tells the story of the people who sparked four decades of economic revolution. Before the 1960s, American politicians paid little attention to economists.
NIGHT THOUGHTS
Written by Shawn, Wallace
In a gloomy hotel room, after reading compulsively about murders, Shawn tries to sleep but is troubled by meandering thoughts and memories that follow one another in an apparently random chain. Ultimately a point of view begins to emerge. In a world dominated by privileged killers, how should we live? What world do we want?
CONSEQUENCES OF CAPITALISM: MANUFACTURING DISCONTENT AND RESISTANCE
Written by Waterstone, Marv
Covid-19 has revealed glaring failures and monstrous brutalities in the current capitalist system. It represents both a crisis and an opportunity. Everything depends on the actions that people take into their own hands.'
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