{"id":5916,"count":66,"description":"We have a very wide range of interviews covering American politics, with books recommended on every conceivable angle by an array of experts, including George W Bush\u2019s advisor, Karl Rove,<\/a>\u00a0former secretary of state under Barack Obama<\/a>, John Kerry,<\/a> and Joe Biden's chief of staff, Ronald Klain<\/a>.\r\n\r\nOn the US constitution<\/a>, we have book recommendations from Jack Rakove of Stanford University. Princeton Professor and popular CNN analyst Julian E Zelizer chooses his best books on Congress<\/a>, unfurling how it has evolved and how it works as an institution. And legal correspondent Dahlia Lithwick chooses her best books on the US Supreme Court Justices<\/a>. (And for an inside view, we also have an interview with a Supreme Court Justice, Stephen Breyer<\/a>)\r\n\r\nWe have a lot of interviews about books that look at the political divide in US.\u00a0 On the left\/progressive\/Democrat side, John Kerry chooses his best books on Progressivism<\/a>. We also have interviews on how progressives can make a difference<\/a>, bringing change to America<\/a>, the roots of liberalism<\/a> and the evolution of liberalism<\/a>.\r\n\r\nOn the conservative side, among others, E J Dionne, a fellow at the Brookings Institution, discusses the appeal of conservatism<\/a>; David Frum, former speech writer for George W Bush, chooses his best books on pioneering conservatism<\/a>; and Yuval Levin, founder of the journal National Affairs<\/em>, talks about why freedom is not enough<\/a>. We also have interviews on libertarianism<\/a>, conservatism and culture<\/a>, and how libertarians can govern<\/a>.","link":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/category\/politics-and-society\/american-politics\/","name":"American Politics","slug":"american-politics","taxonomy":"category","parent":6245,"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/5916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/6245"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=5916"},{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book?categories=5916"},{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/books_like_this?categories=5916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}