Rage. After they overthrow their farmer ruler, however, a dictator pig fills the power vacuum and takes control of the farm. By Liz Cantrell In it, Havel writes that totalitarian regimes, like the one he was living in, force ordinary citizens to become dissidents. Best Political Science Books for Beginners. Here they share a hundred profiles of the women who have inspired them through tough moments: resilient figures from the past -- Harriet Tubman, “the Moses of her people,” and  Rachel Carson, the environmental Cassandra -- and the present, such as charismatic activist Malala Yousafzai and the virtuoso novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Aidichie. Despite the challenge of authoritarian populism and a new divisiveness in political debate in many countries around the world there are reasons for optimism, argues political scientist Yascha Mounk, author of The People vs. Democracy.He talks us through his selection of the best politics books of 2020. In Rosseau’s time, the French monarch was thought to be divinely bestowed, and, of course, they could hand down laws without regard for the will of the people. Again, Orwell based his fictional authoritarian government off of the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union, and he was writing in response to politics of the time. George Orwell, a British writer and democratic socialist, wrote this book as a thinly veiled allegorical response to the 1917 Russian Revolution, and the authoritarian “reign of terror” that followed during Stalinism. Under this pig, the animals’ lives are worse off than they were before. She’s been called the “long-distance runner” of the 2020 election. 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The author of the bestselling All the Single Ladies focuses on women's rage and whether sisterhood can bridge deep divides over race, class, and gender identity. Its impulses were his impulses; its appetites were his appetites; its mentality was his mentality. Because of the sentiment of “liberté, égalité, fraternité” that was in the air during the time of the revolution, this message of women’s equality was actually generally well-received in its time. Klein poses that the 2016 election was not as much a fissure from “politics as normal” (like the title of Hilary Clinton’s post–2016 election book What Happened implies), rather the 2016 election was shocking because politics actually played out along party lines much as they have before, even when the Republican party’s candidate was far from normal. Best books of 2020: Food and drink. Most recently, though, 1984 reached the number one spot on the Amazon best-seller list again in January 2017, after Kellyanne Conway—then Presidential advisor—referred to blatant lies told by then White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer as “alternative facts,” a phrase that feels all too Orwellian. #2. A seasoned activist shares her wisdom on the struggle for social change, using political movements such as Black Lives Matter, the Women's March, and the Bonus Army as examples. His prescription for our ailing nation is sharp and rich, a blueprint for coming together from a politician destined to play an indelible role on the American stage. Steve Kornacki, the national political correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC, delivers the captivating, complicated relationship between Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich, two men who dominated American politics in the '90s. This book was published in 1993 following the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. The following books are largely nonpartisan and discuss diverse eras, figures, and topics in American politics. To get deeply acquainted with Indian politics, pick up any or all of the books on this list. He was known for his antislavery speeches and writing, and was well-known in his time. In her second book, California Senator Kamala Harris incorporates tales from her upbringing and how her mother motivated her to explain why she feels responsible for serving Americans in office. Du Bois is a sociological work concentrating on the experiences of African-Americans in American society. Chomsky criticizes the imperialistic behavior of the United States in the country’s quest to remain a dominant economic and militaristic world superpower. This collection contains essays from activists, journalists, environmentalists, and policymakers about why we need the political agenda the Green New Deal proposes, and how the proposals the Green New Deal encompasses could be turned into laws. Abrams, a rising leader in the Democratic party, offers an overview of how political institutions have been eroded, and what can be done to fix them. His is the most thrilling kind of memoir, one that's out, loud, and proud, but also reflective and gorgeously written. This is an essay collection of works by writer and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates, published in 2017. From candidate memoirs to journalistic deep dives. This book came out at the start of 2020, and it is Ezra Klein’s exploration of political polarization in the modern United States. Rather they are activists, fighting against society’s prejudice to demand the rights they are entitled to, just like any other citizen, and winning. As electorate demographics rapidly change, and the American left undergoes a political realignment, this movement will play a crucial role in the future of politics. Unfortunately, it wasn’t acted on politically, but the text became a foundational work for later suffragette and feminist movements to come. 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Though this is an autobiography, rather than a political essay, it is crucial text about racial oppression by governments, and how South Africa moved to a majority-rule governance system under Mandela’s leadership. Best books of 2019: Classical music. Former gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams was pivotal in turning out the vote in Georgia during the 2020 presidential election.