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Books like The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It
The best books like The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It are Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, and Guns, Germs, and Steel. The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It by Yascha Mounk is about democracy, populism, liberalism. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari · History
Sapiens traces the full arc of human history from the emergence of Homo sapiens in Africa roughly 70,000 years ago to the present.
A kindred politics read.
Read the summary → - 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari · Philosophy
Where Sapiens traced humanity's past and Homo Deus speculated about its future, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century plants itself in the present.
A kindred politics read.
Read the summary → - Guns, Germs, and Steel
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Jared Diamond · Science
Guns, Germs, and Steel is Jared Diamond's attempt to answer a question posed to him by a Papua New Guinean politician named Yali: why did Europeans end up with so much cargo — wealth, technology, power — while other peoples had comparatively little?
A kindred politics read.
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- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Michelle Alexander · Politics
Michelle Alexander's central argument is stark: the United States has not ended racial caste, it has merely redesigned it.
A kindred politics read.
Read the summary → - The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty
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The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty
Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson · Politics
Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson's follow-up to Why Nations Fail shifts focus from prosperity to liberty.
Shares democracy and political institutions with The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It.
Read the summary → - Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
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Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt · Politics
Tyranny of the Minority is the sequel to How Democracies Die, but it shifts the analytical ground.
Shares democracy and political institutions with The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It.
Read the summary → - On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
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On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder · History
On Tyranny is Timothy Snyder's brief handbook drawn from the history of twentieth-century authoritarianism.
Shares democracy and political institutions with The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It.
Read the summary → - Political Order and Political Decay
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Political Order and Political Decay
Francis Fukuyama · History
Political Order and Political Decay is the second volume of Francis Fukuyama's ambitious two-volume study of political development.
Shares democracy and political institutions with The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It.
Read the summary → - How Democracies Die
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Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt · Politics
Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt are Harvard comparative politics scholars who have spent their careers studying how democracies break down in Latin America and Europe.
Both dig into democracy.
Read the summary → - The End of Power
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Moisés Naím · Politics
The End of Power is Moisés Naím's argument that power — the ability to make others do what you want — is becoming easier to acquire, harder to consolidate, and faster to lose.
Both dig into democracy.
Read the summary → - The Road to Serfdom
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F. A. Hayek · Politics
The Road to Serfdom, published in 1944, is Friedrich Hayek's argument that central economic planning is incompatible with political freedom and will, regardless of intent, produce a form of totalitarianism.
Both dig into liberalism.
Read the summary → - Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning
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Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning
Timothy Snyder · History
Black Earth is Timothy Snyder's reinterpretation of the Holocaust that places it in an ecological and political framework rather than a strictly ideological one.
Both dig into political institutions.
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Books like The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It: quick answers
What are the best books like The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It?
The best books like The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It by Yascha Mounk are Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari, Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander, The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It, such as democracy, populism, liberalism.
What should I read after The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It?
A natural next read after The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It is Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari. A kindred politics read. Other strong choices are 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari, Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander.
What books are similar to The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It by Yascha Mounk?
The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It centers on democracy, populism, liberalism. Books with a similar feel include Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari, Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander, The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson, Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
