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• Commended for 2017 War on the Rocks Holiday Reading List 2017
• Winner of 2017 War on the Rocks Holiday Reading List 2017

Overview

From the New York Times bestselling author of Nudge and The World According to Star Wars, a revealing account of how today's Internet threatens democracy-and what can be done about it As the Internet grows more sophisticated, it is creating new threats to democracy. Social media companies such as Facebook can sort us ever more efficiently into g

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#Republic is a timely reminder that unfettered control over the news we choose to consume is appealing, but when it results in partisan silos and rampant fake news, it can also make a deliberative democracy difficult to achieve. --Chayenne Polimedio, Washington Monthly Recent events such as the unexpected rise of Donald Trump and the growth of partisan hatred have led many people to start taking the problem of political ignorance and bias more seriously than before. [This] important new book offer[s] insightful diagnoses and potential solutions for these dangers. . . . [It makes] important points and offer[s] valuable insights, particularly when it comes to the role of the internet and social media in our political environment. . . . [It is] essential reading for anyone interested in this pressing subject. --Ilya Somin, Washington Post's Volokh Conspiracy #Republic . . . describes how social media shapes politics and journalism. So far, it has not received as much attention as Nudge. This is a pity: the ideas in #Republic are arguably more important--and more pressing. --Gilliant Tett, Financial Times Magazine An excellent assessment of how social psychology, technology, and politics are colliding to produce the extreme and polarized discourse that has come to dominate our contemporary political environment. Its accessible prose and clear organization make it a solid pick for political science courses as well as citizens who want to better understand how technology is changing the way we think and talk about politics in today's world. --Benjamin Knoll, New York Journal of Books With political polarisation on the rise, particular in the United States, [this book] couldn't come at a more important time. --Alex Dean, Prospect Ripped straight from the headlines, but informed by hard data, #Republic should command the attention of American citizens across the political spectrum. --Glenn C. Altschuler, Philadelphia Inquirer -Ripped straight from the headlines, but informed by hard data, #Republic should command the attention of American citizens across the political spectrum.---Glenn C. Altschuler, Philadelphia Inquirer -America's leading legal academic gives us a way to address democracy's leading challenge--preserving a public informed enough to govern itself. Drawing on an incredible range of scholarship and experience, this book could not be more timely. Or urgently needed.---Lawrence Lessig, Harvard Law School -Required reading for anyone who is concerned with the future of democracy.---Economist -Sunstein argues convincingly that for deliberative democracy to work, citizens must be in a position to consider a range of options.---Angelia R Wilson, Times Higher Education -I . . . found myself shocked at how relevant Sunstein's account was to my own life and the ways I seek out and encounter information, which is in a way the value of the book--it gets you to reflect on the role of your information habits on your view of the world around you. And if you want to know how important that is, well, you should read Sunstein's book.---Annie Coreno, Publishers Weekly (staff pick) Required reading for anyone who is concerned with the future of democracy. --Economist Sunstein argues convincingly that for deliberative democracy to work, citizens must be in a position to consider a range of options. --Angelia R Wilson, Times Higher Education I . . . found myself shocked at how relevant Sunstein's account was to my own life and the ways I seek out and encounter information, which is in a way the value of the book--it gets you to reflect on the role of your information habits on your view of the world around you. And if you want to know how important that is, well, you should read Sunstein's book. --Annie Coreno, Publishers Weekly (staff pick) America's leading legal academic gives us a way to address democracy's leading challenge--preserving a public informed enough to govern itself. Drawing on an incredible range of scholarship and experience, this book could not be more timely. Or urgently needed. --Lawrence Lessig, Harvard Law School Praise for Republic.com and Republic.com 2.0 Republic.com enraged many because it asked a set of uncomfortable questions that few had a way of answering. . . . Sunstein continues to press these difficult questions, not as an attack on new technologies but as a challenge to make them make democracy work. This is a compelling if sober set of questions from America's foremost legal scholar. --Lawrence Lessig, Stanford University

America's leading legal academic gives us a way to address democracy's leading challenge--preserving a public informed enough to govern itself. Drawing on an incredible range of scholarship and experience, this book could not be more timely. Or urgently needed. --Lawrence Lessig, Harvard Law School Recent events such as the unexpected rise of Donald Trump and the growth of partisan hatred have led many people to start taking the problem of political ignorance and bias more seriously than before. [This] important new book offer[s] insightful diagnoses and potential solutions for these dangers. . . . [It makes] important points and offer[s] valuable insights, particularly when it comes to the role of the internet and social media in our political environment. . . . [It is] essential reading for anyone interested in this pressing subject. --Ilya Somin, Washington Post's Volokh Conspiracy #Republic . . . describes how social media shapes politics and journalism. So far, it has not received as much attention as Nudge. This is a pity: the ideas in #Republic are arguably more important--and more pressing. --Gilliant Tett, Financial Times Magazine An excellent assessment of how social psychology, technology, and politics are colliding to produce the extreme and polarized discourse that has come to dominate our contemporary political environment. Its accessible prose and clear organization make it a solid pick for political science courses as well as citizens who want to better understand how technology is changing the way we think and talk about politics in today's world. --Benjamin Knoll, New York Journal of Books With political polarisation on the rise, particular in the United States, [this book] couldn't come at a more important time. --Alex Dean, Prospect Ripped straight from the headlines, but informed by hard data, #Republic should command the attention of American citizens across the political spectrum. --Glenn C. Altschuler, Philadelphia Inquirer Required reading for anyone who is concerned with the future of democracy. --Economist Sunstein argues convincingly that for deliberative democracy to work, citizens must be in a position to consider a range of options. --Angelia R Wilson, Times Higher Education I . . . found myself shocked at how relevant Sunstein's account was to my own life and the ways I seek out and encounter information, which is in a way the value of the book--it gets you to reflect on the role of your information habits on your view of the world around you. And if you want to know how important that is, well, you should read Sunstein's book. --Annie Coreno, Publishers Weekly (staff pick)

Recent events such as the unexpected rise of Donald Trump and the growth of partisan hatred have led many people to start taking the problem of political ignorance and bias more seriously than before. [This] important new book offer[s] insightful diagnoses and potential solutions for these dangers. . . . [It makes] important points and offer[s] valuable insights, particularly when it comes to the role of the internet and social media in our political environment. . . . [It is] essential reading for anyone interested in this pressing subject. --Ilya Somin, Washington Post's Volokh Conspiracy #Republic . . . describes how social media shapes politics and journalism. So far, it has not received as much attention as Nudge. This is a pity: the ideas in #Republic are arguably more important--and more pressing. --Gilliant Tett, Financial Times Magazine An excellent assessment of how social psychology, technology, and politics are colliding to produce the extreme and polarized discourse that has come to dominate our contemporary political environment. Its accessible prose and clear organization make it a solid pick for political science courses as well as citizens who want to better understand how technology is changing the way we think and talk about politics in today's world. --Benjamin Knoll, New York Journal of Books With political polarisation on the rise, particular in the United States, [this book] couldn't come at a more important time. --Alex Dean, Prospect Ripped straight from the headlines, but informed by hard data, #Republic should command the attention of American citizens across the political spectrum. --Glenn C. Altschuler, Philadelphia Inquirer -Ripped straight from the headlines, but informed by hard data, #Republic should command the attention of American citizens across the political spectrum.---Glenn C. Altschuler, Philadelphia Inquirer -America's leading legal academic gives us a way to address democracy's leading challenge--preserving a public informed enough to govern itself. Drawing on an incredible range of scholarship and experience, this book could not be more timely. Or urgently needed.---Lawrence Lessig, Harvard Law School -Required reading for anyone who is concerned with the future of democracy.---Economist -Sunstein argues convincingly that for deliberative democracy to work, citizens must be in a position to consider a range of options.---Angelia R Wilson, Times Higher Education -I . . . found myself shocked at how relevant Sunstein's account was to my own life and the ways I seek out and encounter information, which is in a way the value of the book--it gets you to reflect on the role of your information habits on your view of the world around you. And if you want to know how important that is, well, you should read Sunstein's book.---Annie Coreno, Publishers Weekly (staff pick) Required reading for anyone who is concerned with the future of democracy. --Economist Sunstein argues convincingly that for deliberative democracy to work, citizens must be in a position to consider a range of options. --Angelia R Wilson, Times Higher Education I . . . found myself shocked at how relevant Sunstein's account was to my own life and the ways I seek out and encounter information, which is in a way the value of the book--it gets you to reflect on the role of your information habits on your view of the world around you. And if you want to know how important that is, well, you should read Sunstein's book. --Annie Coreno, Publishers Weekly (staff pick) America's leading legal academic gives us a way to address democracy's leading challenge--preserving a public informed enough to govern itself. Drawing on an incredible range of scholarship and experience, this book could not be more timely. Or urgently needed. --Lawrence Lessig, Harvard Law School Praise for Republic.com and Republic.com 2.0 Republic.com enraged many because it asked a set of uncomfortable questions that few had a way of answering. . . . Sunstein continues to press these difficult questions, not as an attack on new technologies but as a challenge to make them make democracy work. This is a compelling if sober set of questions from America's foremost legal scholar. --Lawrence Lessig, Stanford University

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Cass R. Sunstein is the Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard Law School. His many books include the New York Times bestsellers Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness (with Richard H. Thaler) and The World According to Star Wars. He lives in Concord, Massachusetts.

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