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Political science

9 reviews

Books

Bowling Alone

Robert D. Putnam

Convinced my inner introvert to socialize more
The Swamp

Michael Grunwald

A detailed history of the settlement and development of south Florida, focusing on the environment impact on the Everglades. Before this book, I didn’t have a great notion of just how young most of Florida is, it was a sparsely populated backwater up until recently (now it’s a highly-populous backwater).
Another Day of Life

Ryszard Kapuscinski

A history of Angola’s civil war as seen through the eyes of a Polish journalist.
The End of Poverty

Jeffrey D. Sachs
Upheaval

Jared Diamond
The Origins of Political Order

Francis Fukuyama
Seeing Like a State

James C. Scott

Highly influential, great thesis (centrally-managed state plans fail due to attempting to over-simplify complex systems), but goes a bit too deep into certain examples and ends up a bit repetitive.
Winners Take All

Anand Giridharadas

Makes an important and thought-provoking point, but with about twice as many pages as necessary which dilutes the message
Red Notice

Bill Browder