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Every book Steven Teles recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Steven Teles has recommended or discussed 2 books on podcasts, as of November 22, 2024.
- Steven Teles has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of November 22, 2024.
- Those books came up in 1 episode, as of November 22, 2024.
- The 2 books Steven Teles has mentioned in the most episodes, as of November 22, 2024: Inequality and American Democracy and Voice and inequality.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Steven Teles aired on November 22, 2024.
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Steven M. Teles is an American political scientist, a professor at Johns Hopkins University, and a senior fellow at the Niskanen Center. He is known for coining the term kludgeocracy and for his extensive research on public policy, institutional design, and political polarization. Teles appeared on The Ezra Klein Show to discuss government functionality and policy failures. At the end of the episode, as part of his book recommendations, Teles recommended the classic political science text Voice and Inequality: The Transformation of American Civic Democracy by Theda Skocpol. In the same segment, he also pointed listeners toward the related volume Inequality and American Democracy, co-authored by Lawrence R. Jacobs and Theda Skocpol. By highlighting these influential works, Teles directed attention toward scholarship examining how civic participation, political representation, and socioeconomic inequality interact within the American democratic system, providing listeners with deeper analytical context on the structural challenges facing contemporary government institutions.
Books Steven Teles recommended or discussed
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Inequality and American Democracy
Recommended“the first is a classic by theeta Scotch called voice and inequality the transformation of American Civic democracy”
Where to get it
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Voice and inequality
Recommended“the first is a classic by theeta Scotch called voice and inequality the transformation of American Civic democracy”
Where to get it
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| In This House, We’re Angry When Government Fails | The Ezra Klein Show | 2024-11-22 | 2 |
Other mentions (4: passing, ad reads, own books)
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“the big thing that happens and i discussed this in uh my book the rise of the conservative legal movement available at all better books their stores um you know the big thing that happens is we one we get a growing um share of workers or professionals of various sorts right”
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