What are some must read Political Science/International Relations/Economics books that were recently released and where can I keep up with new releases?
For example
>Flash Boys
>Guns, Germs, and Steel
>Better Angels of Our Nature
For international relations,
The End of History by Fukuyama
The Clash of Civilizations by Huntington
The Tragedy of Great Power Politics by Mearsheimer
Theory of International Relations by Waltz
>>7374481
>reading pop-sci bullshit
Just start with Clash of Civilization and End of History.
Read The End of History by Fukuyama, The Clash of Civilizations by Huntington, and Theory of International Relations by Waltz in first year of Uni, and Mearsheimer's work gets cited so often I feel like I've read everything he's written twice over.
I'm looking more for recent publications that people are just now talking about but not really sure where too look and too autistic to ask any professor for suggestions.
The top 10 billboard charts of polisci/ir/economics texts that 'plebs' are flocking to.
>>7374481
The Endtimes of Human Rights by Stephen Hopgood is new and very exciting if you are interested in International Humanitarian Law and the things that are part of that.
>>7374514
All of those are god awful.
Kill yourself.
I enjoyed Henry Kissinger's "Diplomacy." Really intriguing arguments for realist, as opposed to ideological, foreign policy.
I'm not trying to be a dick but I'm looking for recent publications that are being talked about and so far every single suggestion but one has been 20+ years old.
I'm not looking for good texts that I should read, I'm literally asking about books that fall within the popular discourse in those fields; the billboard top-10 music but for books; popularity over substance.
Full disclosure: I study polisci and history so I'm pretty biased here but I can direct you away from "pop" polisci and toward academic shit
>>7374481
I don't know about the other two but GG&S is garbage
>>7374514
Fukuyama and Huntington are good reads in that they were influential to the discipline for a good while but the theories set forth in those books are no longer accepted as fact
>>7374601
Kissinger's Diplomacy is truly a "timeless classic." American idealism is nice but doesn't work unless every other country in the world subscribes to it. Kissinger understood that, and that's why he was the greatest statesman of the 20th century and one of the greatest of all time. If you like Diplomacy check out on China. If you're only gonna read one book, read Diplomacy.
>>7374629
Why the fuck would you want popularity over substance? You mentioned that you go to Uni, use your library access to look up what books scholars are talking about, read some academic reviews, and go check out a fucking book.
>>7374635
>Fukuyama and Huntington are good reads in that they were influential to the discipline for a good while but the theories set forth in those books are no longer accepted as fact
They were never influential beyond Ivory Tower safe spaces
You guys suck, I asked for newly released popular literature and you've literally suggest 30 year old books and argued about each others suggestions.
>>7374644
This idiot is claiming a book read by every political science student in north america isn't influential
Don't know why I bothered with this board
>>7374534
Thanks for making the only remotely relevant suggestion
>>7374691
>Book on reading list
>For Neoliberal educational programs
Don't browse this board then?
>>7374481
"The Globalization of Poverty and the New World Order" by Chossudovsky is excellent, regardless of the spuriousness of some of the articles other people post on the news site he runs.
Understanding the why and how of IMF/WTO/World Bank policy towards various countries from the 70's through the 90's is essential to understanding everything else in those realms you mention. It sounds a little boring but its actually really interesting and well-written.
Coll's Ghost Wars is a good summary of the CIA and its involvement in Afghanistan, ultimately leading up to 9/11
Be prepared for a million Arab names
>>7374635
What is it you don't like about GG&S?
Breh
Although if you want chart-toppers Piketty's Capital is the obvious serving
>>7374789
Diamond tries to bring a huge variety of wildly different disciplines together into a single book in order to explain the Great Why of human history - which is extraordinarily hubristic and nearly impossible in and of itself. GG&S also relies heavily on "environmental determinism" which is considered absolute bunk by any contemporary academic worth his salt. It's pop history, and if you can enjoy it as such that's fine. But it should definitely be understood as entertainment and not a serious analysis of history.
>>7374481
are you trying to keep up with the field or do you just want to read books?
if the former, http://www.theory-talks.org/, then look for the top cited journal articles for the theorists you like, follow the thread from there
>>7374644
Please an hero
Poor Economics, by Banerjee and Duflo. Fantastic stuff.
4th Political Theory by Dugin and Empire by Negri and another marxist are a good bet if you want the Other point of view. Anybody know any china ones? As in written by china academics and mainly for china state-officials?
>>7374847
I see, thank you for clearing that up. I haven't read the book, but environmental determinism is something that I've not only been sceptical of but also something I find immensely cynical.
>>7375021
Anon, the oxfordbibliographies.com + bookzz combo will make you happy.
http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199743292/obo-9780199743292-0067.xml?rskey=txpOhk&result=2&q=%22end+of+history%22#firstMatch
for instance if you were going to use fukuyama as an example
If you want to keep up with new releases, try the Book Reviews section of Foreign Affairs and the New York Review of Books. They usually have something interesting, even if they are from the center or center-left perspective, respectively.
>>7375868
or the Economist.
>>7375869
The economist can be good for learning about things you would never otherwise learn like the political situation of Sri Lanka et al but its coverage is framing of the issues is so biased its obscene. They try really hard to make sure readers think privatization, free trade and regime change will solve all of the worlds problems.
>>7375919
You cant escape bias man, even if you stick to the AP and make your own analysis
OP don't read Clash of Civs or End of History, they are both out of date and all the ideas in them have already seeped into the common assumptions of how the world works. Summaries will serve you fine. Far more relevant (and better written) is Fukuyama's 2-volume Political Order.
Dugin's 4th Political Theory and his theory on a Multi-polar world is an influence on Russian policy at the moment
>>7375837
More of this pls. I had the name of a Chinese writer who was rather hawkish mentioned in a past thread but I forgot to write it down.
Theory Talks seems left-wing as fuck family.
>>7376126
Other than Mearshimer, Waltz, Papa Dugin, and a few Chinese authors that definitely seems to be the general consensus around the various scholars they chose to bring in.
>>7376120
Xi Jinping's book is being fellated by Zuckerberg et al as an understanding of the Chinese Ruling mindset, but ive also heard it is a master-course in Chinese communist doublespeak, and is an impressive doorstop
>>7375982
Is the political order a good book for audiobook listening, i need a new workout track
>>7375844
I'd advice Violence and Social Order if you're interested for a different viewpoint that GGS. Personally, I like it a lot but it is based entirely on the point that 'institutions are key'.
pic related
>>7376145
>Xi Jinping
Probably going to go ahead and say that those who think it's just CCP drivel are more spot on that c u c k erberg who thinks he can wax poetic on anything and everything just because he has new tech money.
I'm talking about academics and military officials who will still likely be in place long after Xi gives way to the next generation of Chinese political leadership.
>>7375869
the Economist is absolutely dreadful. It has become the Buzzfeed of magazines. Pitiful race-baiting articles for example.
>>7376150
Or Why Nations Fail
>>7376188
Why Nations Fail is technically for the lay. I found Violence and Social Order to be far better academically crafted and interesting in general. Why Nations Fail isn't bad, but if you have any academic background whatsoever I'd suggest Violence and Social Order.
Hive Mind by Garett Jones
>>7376223
Would you happen to have the epub. Usual sources arent helpful
>>7376275
I had to actually buy it for a course at uni but I'll take a look for you.
>>7376275
Have the PDF. Not sure if that'll suffice?
>>7376300
Naw I found that easy enough
Start with the greeks to be honest family.
>>7376598
lol
>>7374481
A lot of realist stuff here, not that I disagree with it particularly.
Michael Cox writes a lot of good stuff from a Neo-Marxian perspective.
The only non realists I find compelling in the slightest are the constructivists and even then I take everything with a grain of salt.
>>7376268
This!
>>7374481
You realize Guns, Germs, and Steel is a bunch of debunked pop-history, right?
Niall is pretty good though, although people often get pissed off at his pro-British standpoints
>>7379726
>b-but it has won a Pulitzer price!
>>7379726
Ferguson is a freaking savage. Of course everyone anymore finds a reason to berate anyone who is even remotely vocal with their pro-Western standpoints.
>>7379726
>Guns, Germs, and Steel
Yes, it was much too Eurocentric of a work and too focused on environmental determinism, making more general claims because of the work's scope.
>>7379726
>Niall Ferguson
>>7379878
What anon, you want me to dump my rare fergusons?
>>7379895
You lambaste pop-history and yet you seem to be fond of it.
>>7379903
>Niall Ferguson is a pop historian
Third worlder and/or buttmad continental detected
>>7379913
Ferguson family goes hard and I really appreciate that in this day and age.
>>7379932
>His daughter is the biggest ket fiend
>>7379913
>Niall Ferguson is a pop historian
He totally is, though. He had a specialism, wrote within that, and then expanded beyond that to bestsellers and TV programmes on massively broad subjects he couldn't have researched in any meaningful way. He went down the well-worn path to popdom.
In fact, last thing I saw from him was an alarmingly dumb article about how the attack on Paris was like the fall of Rome. Which would suggest he's now progressed from 'pop historian' to 'rent-a-gob'.
>>7379913
The only good academic text he's written was the one on the Rothschild because he actually did research for it and it's not filled with extrapolation, logical fallacies, and non sequitur like his other work.
>>7374481
>>7380078
What's a ket fiend family?
>>7376017
stop saying this
Ilyin is much more influential
>>7380924
ketamine
>>7382472
I figured that out later that evening.
How old are Ferguson's daughters even?
>>7374481
Moral Tribes by Joshua Greene
The Bible.
It all flows from there.
