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🏛️ Politics & Society · Germany

Best Politics & Society Books from Germany

Political and social non-fiction maps the world as it is — its power structures, its inequalities, its contradictions — and sometimes imagines what it could be. Germany has produced some of the most internationally recognised works in politics & society, with titles that have appeared on major prize lists and critical surveys worldwide. This page ranks the best politics & society from Germany by editorial consensus.

#1
Cover of The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
politics-society

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

Heinrich Böll· 1974
★Nobel Prize in Literature
Editorial Score60/100
#2
Cover of Man and society in an age of reconstruction
politics-society

Man and society in an age of reconstruction

Karl Mannheim· 1940
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score40/100
#3
Cover of Rewriting the American Soul
literary-fiction

Rewriting the American Soul

Anna Thiemann· 2017
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score35/100
#4
Cover of Health care politics and policy in America
politics-society

Health care politics and policy in America

Kant Patel· 2006
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#5
Cover of Cowboy Capitalism
politics-society

Cowboy Capitalism

Olaf Gersemann· 1878
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#6
Cover of Recent theories of citizenship in its relation to government
politics-society

Recent theories of citizenship in its relation to government

Carl Brinkmann· 1927
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score35/100
#7
Cover of Ideologie und Utopie
politics-society

Ideologie und Utopie

Karl Mannheim· 1929
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#8
Cover of Geschichte der Pädagogik
politics-society

Geschichte der Pädagogik

Hermann Weimer· 1902
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score35/100
#9
Cover of Ideology and utopia
politics-society

Ideology and utopia

Karl Mannheim· 1936
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score35/100
#10
Cover of Same-Sex Marriage and the Constitution
politics-society

Same-Sex Marriage and the Constitution

Evan Gerstmann· 2003
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#11
Cover of Power, Profit and Protest
politics-society

Power, Profit and Protest

Verity Burgmann· 2003
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#12
Cover of Game Change
politics-society

Game Change

John Heilemann· 2009
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#13
Cover of Being Heumann
politics-society

Being Heumann

Judith E. Heumann· 2020
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#14
Cover of Truth and Consequences
politics-society

Truth and Consequences

Keith Olbermann· 2007
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#15
Cover of The organizational state
politics-society

The organizational state

Edward O. Laumann· 1987
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#16
Cover of Threshold
politics-society

Threshold

Thom Hartmann· 2009
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#17
Cover of Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability Vol. 3
politics-society

Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability Vol. 3

Klaus Bosselmann· 2009
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#18
Cover of Guantanamo
politics-society

Guantanamo

David Deutschmann· 2007
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#19
Cover of Ideengeschichte der sozialen Bewegung des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts
politics-society

Ideengeschichte der sozialen Bewegung des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts

Werner Hofmann· 1962
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#20
Cover of Marriages and families
politics-society

Marriages and families

Mary Ann Lamanna· 1981
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#21
Diagnosis of our time
politics-society

Diagnosis of our time

Karl Mannheim· 1943
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#22
Cover of Human geography
politics-society

Human geography

Jerome Donald Fellmann· 1990
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#23
Cover of Essays on the sociology of knowledge
politics-society

Essays on the sociology of knowledge

Karl Mannheim· 1952
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#24
Cover of Essays on the sociology of culture
politics-society

Essays on the sociology of culture

Karl Mannheim· 1956
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#25
Cover of Freedom, power & democratic planning
politics-society

Freedom, power & democratic planning

Karl Mannheim· 1950
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#26
Cover of Work and welfare in the new Russia
politics-society

Work and welfare in the new Russia

Nick P. Manning· 2000
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#27
Cover of Structuralist analysis in contemporary social thought
politics-society

Structuralist analysis in contemporary social thought

Miriam Glucksmann· 1974
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#28
Globalization and Labour in the Twenty-First Century
politics-society

Globalization and Labour in the Twenty-First Century

Verity Burgmann· 2016
Library Journal
Editorial Score25/100
#29
Systematic sociology
politics-society

Systematic sociology

Karl Mannheim· 1957
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score25/100
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