These books explain how politics works at the philosophical level<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udcd8 The Prince \u2014 by Niccol\u00f2 Machiavelli<\/p>\n Famous book on power, leadership and political strategy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n \ud83d\udcd8 Leviathan \u2014 by Thomas Hobbes<\/p>\n Explains why states and governments are necessary<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n \ud83d\udcd8 The Republic \u2014 by Plato<\/p>\n One of the oldest books about ideal state and governance<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n \ud83d\udcd8 The Social Contract \u2014 by Jean\u2011Jacques Rousseau<\/p>\n Famous idea: \u201cPower comes from the people.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n These books explain modern political systems and international relations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udcd8 Politics Among Nations<\/p>\n Explains power politics between countries<\/strong> and realism theory.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n \ud83d\udcd8 Man, the State, and War<\/p>\n Explains causes of war through individual, state, and system levels<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n \ud83d\udcd8 The Logic of Political Survival<\/p>\n Shows how leaders stay in power<\/strong> using coalition politics.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n \ud83d\udcd8 The Politics of Nonviolent Action<\/p>\n Theory of non-violent political movements and revolutions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n These books help understand how political change happens<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udcd8 The Anatomy of Revolution<\/p>\n Studies revolutions like American, French and Russian<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n \ud83d\udcd8 The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order<\/p>\n<\/li>\n \ud83d\udcd8 The Revenge of Geography<\/p>\n<\/li>\n \ud83d\udcd8 World Order<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n \u2705 If you want to understand political strategy (like election politics):<\/strong><\/p>\n Best 3 books to start:<\/p>\n 1\ufe0f\u20e3 The Prince 1\ufe0f\u20e3 Foundations of Political Thought (Must Read Classics) These books explain how politics works at the philosophical level. \ud83d\udcd8 The Prince \u2014 by Niccol\u00f2 Machiavelli Famous book on power, leadership…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-political-mundan-books-global"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manishpanchhal.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manishpanchhal.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manishpanchhal.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manishpanchhal.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manishpanchhal.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/manishpanchhal.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":363,"href":"https:\/\/manishpanchhal.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362\/revisions\/363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manishpanchhal.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manishpanchhal.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manishpanchhal.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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