Against the Beautiful Moment
/You can set up a flash mob with Twitter, but you can't run a government with it; Jodi Dean's Crowds and Party looks at protests in the age of social media.
Read MoreA Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy
/Jane Mayer's new book uncovers the overpowering fire-hose of private money now being blasted into the American political system by the robber barons of the new Gilded Age.
Read MoreQuick, Off the Mark
/Campaign books have short shelf-lives - and they deserve them, since most of them have about as much introspection as yesterday's racing form. Greg Waldmann reads a recent book on the pivotal 2012 U.S. presidential election.
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