Anne-Marie Slaughter and Alison L. LaCroix for PS Book Recommendations

Your weekly reading inspiration, provided by PS contributors. The PS Book Recommendations newsletter. [View this message in a web browser.]( [PS Book Recommendations]( Welcome to PS Book Recommendations, your weekly source of reading inspiration, provided by PS contributors. This week’s edition features Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO of the think tank New America and Professor Emerita of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University, and Alison L. LaCroix, Professor of Law and an associate member of the History Department at the University of Chicago. [Red Book Cover The Tech Coup]( [The Tech Coup]( By Marietje Schaake The Tech Coup by Marietje Schaake offers a “forceful critique...of Big Tech's steady erosion of democracy” (The New Yorker). Drawing on her experiences in the halls of the European Parliament and among Silicon Valley insiders, Schaake offers a frightening look at our modern tech-obsessed world – and a clear-eyed view of how democracies can build a better future before it is too late. Sponsored by Princeton University Press Anne-Marie Slaughter Recommends... [The Last Human Job:]( [The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World]( By Allison J. Pugh Slaughter says: "So much of my writing about care attempts to explore and capture the indispensable role that human connections play in enabling individuals and societies to thrive. Pugh, a sociologist, makes a huge contribution to our understanding of human nature, social relationships, and the future of work by examining the concept of 'connective labor' (a term she coined). Such work is essential, yet almost entirely overlooked." "The EU should begin preparations for a prolonged, but not permanent, division of Ukraine, akin to the long division of Germany during the Cold War." Don’t miss our new PS Say More interview with Slaughter on the Ukraine war, the US presidential election, artificial intelligence, and more. [Read now](. Mayors of New York]( By S.J. Rozan Slaughter says: "I read constantly, especially fiction, which serves as both an escape from everyday life and a portal to worlds that I would otherwise have no way to explore. I could recommend a dozen novels that I have read over the past couple of months – [Night Watch]( by Jayne Anne Phillips, [The House of Doors]( by Tan Twan Eng, and [The Postcard]( by Anne Berest, to name just three. But, since the pandemic, I have been reading more mysteries, and one that stands out is The Mayors of New York, written by my friend S.J. Rozan. It is one of a long series featuring two very different but complementary detectives, Bill and Lydia, who take turns narrating the story. Like all Rozan’s books, it is a nicely plotted and lively mystery; but it stands out for how it captures the diversity of New York and how leaders emerge in different communities in any city." Alison L. LaCroix Recommends... Field of Blood:]( [Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War]( By Joanne B. Freeman LaCroix says: "I read Field of Blood – and began assigning it to my students – when it was published in 2018. Since then, the book – which chronicles the prevalence of violence in politics, especially on the floor of the US Congress, in the decades leading up to the Civil War – has become even more relevant. Freeman brilliantly depicts both the sense of perpetual crisis that consumed Americans in the 1840s and 1850s, and the seemingly incongruous belief that the system would somehow keep working, despite increasing chaos and bloodshed." "Will the 2024 election be analogous to that of 1800, when Thomas Jefferson’s self-described 'revolution' triggered a battle between the president and the courts? Or will it look more like the election of 1832, when Andrew Jackson received a mandate for violent expropriation of Native nations’ lands in the name of white men’s 'democracy'? What about the election of 1860, when Abraham Lincoln’s victory ended northern appeasement of southern slaveholders, spurring South Carolina to secede from the Union?" In April, PS interviewed LaCroix about the US Supreme Court, federalism, immigration policy, and more. [Read now](. [PS. Subscribe to PS Premium to secure a copy of the latest issue of our magazine, PS Quarterly: The Climate Crucible.]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [LinkedIn]( Project Syndicate publishes and provides, on a not-for-profit basis, original commentary by the world's leading thinkers to more than 500 media outlets in over 150 countries. This newsletter does not entitle the recipient to re-publish any of the content it contains. Secure exclusive rights to PS content [here](. Interested in advertising opportunities? Email sponsorship@project-syndicate.org. This newsletter is a service of [Project Syndicate](. [Change your newsletter preferences](. Follow us on [Facebook]( [Twitter]( and [YouTube](. © Project Syndicate, all rights reserved. [Unsubscribe from all newsletters](.