New Political Science Titles from Penguin Random House

By Spenser Stevens | February 13 2024 | Political Science

Browse these new and notable titles for use in your Political Science courses. To request complimentary exam copies for course-use consideration, click here. 

How Gun Culture Distorts Our History and Threatens Our Democracy
9780593594315
This takedown of American gun culture argues that the nation’s fathers did not intend the Second Amendment to guarantee an individual right to bear arms—and that this intentional distortion of the record is an urgent threat to democracy.
$28.00 US
Jan 30, 2024
Hardcover
288 Pages
Crown

One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed
9780593319482
A renowned sociologist and bestselling author examines a year of upheaval and conflict, showing how the pandemic and the crises it spawned reveal the true character of our societies: Who we are. What we value. Whose lives matter. A deeply reported, character-driven, unforgettable investigation of a time when nothing was certain and everything was at stake.
$32.00 US
Feb 13, 2024
Hardcover
464 Pages
Knopf


How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America
9781644213636

An urgent, comprehensive explanation of the ways disinformation is impacting democracy, and practical solutions that can be pursued to strengthen the public, media, and truth-based politics.

$35.00 US
Feb 27, 2024
Hardcover
384 Pages
Seven Stories Press

Prelude to a Declaration of Obligations Towards the Human Being
9780241467978

French philosopher Simone Weil’s best known work that promotes mindful living and instructs readers how they can once again feel rooted, in a cultural and spiritual sense, to their environment.

$18.00 US
Feb 13, 2024
Paperback
288 Pages
Penguin Classics

Debunking Public vs Private Sector Myths
9780593656938
Award-winning economist Mariana Mazzucato’s famously incisive international bestseller debunking the pervasive myth of the inept state versus an innovative private sector—with a new preface by the author.
$18.00 US
Feb 06, 2024
Paperback
288 Pages
Penguin Books

An Intimate History of Black Feminism
9780593243336
A reclamation of essential history and a hopeful gesture toward a better political future, this is what listening to Black women looks like—from a professor of political science and columnist for Teen Vogue.
$30.00 US
Jan 23, 2024
Hardcover
368 Pages
Random House

Lincoln, Democracy, and the American Experiment
9780593534441
An intimate study of Abraham Lincoln’s powerful vision of democracy, which guided him through the Civil War and is still relevant today—by best-selling historian and three-time winner of the Lincoln Prize.
$30.00 US
Feb 06, 2024
Hardcover
272 Pages
Knopf