Recommended Books
This list of books are highly recommended by Democracy Matters staff & students. They range in topics specific to money in politics and voting rights to grassroots organizing, citizenship and democracy.
- Democracy Vouchers: How Bringing Money into Politics Can Drive The Money Out (by Tom Latkowski)
- The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It (by Robert Reich)
- Break ‘Em Up: Recovering out Freedom from Big Ag, Big Tech, and Big Money (by Zephyr Teachout)
- They Don’t Represent Us: Reclaiming Our Democracy (by Lawrence Lessig)
- America Compromised (by Lawrence Lessig)
- Change Elections to Change America: Student Organizers in Action ( by Jay R. Mandle and Joan D. Mandle
- The Great Suppression: Voting Rights, Corporate Cash and the Conservative Assault on Democracy (by Zachary Roth)
- Breaking Big Money’s Grip on America: Working Together to Revive our Democracy (by Bruce Berlin)
- DARING DEMOCRACY: Igniting Power, Meaning and Connection for the America We Want by Frances Moore Lappe and Adam Eichen
- Creating Political Equality: Elections As a Public Good by Jay R. Mandle
- Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right (by Jane Mayer)
- Democracy In America: What Has Gone Wrong and What We Can Do About It (by Benjamin Page & Martin Gilens)
- How Democracies Die (by Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt)
- The Plot Against America (by Philip Roth)
- Nation on the Take: How Big Money Corrupts Our Democracy and What We Can Do About It (by Wendell Potter and Nick Penniman)
- Organizing for Social Change: Midwest Academy Manual for Activists (by Kim Bobo, Jackie Kendall, and Steve Max)
- The Activist’s Handbook: A Primer (by Randy Shaw)
- Across That Bridge: Life Lessons and A Vision for Change (by John Lewis)
- Democracy, America, and the Age of Globalization by Jay R. Mandle
- The Soul of a Citizen:Living with Conviction in Challenging Times by Paul R Loeb
- Getting A Grip: Clarity, Creativity, and Courage in a World Gone Mad by Francis Moore Lappe
- The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen’s Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear by Paul Rogat Loeb
- You’re Never Too Old to Raise a Little Hell by Doris Haddock