- Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community by Robert D. Putnam
- The Clash Of Civilizations: And The Remaking Of World Order by Samuel P. Huntington
- Pillars of Prosperity: The Political Economics of Development Clusters by Tim Besley and Torsten Persson
- Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy by Francis Fukuyama
- Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson
- World Order: Reflections on the Character of Nations and the Course of History by Henry Kissinger