Genocidal Conscription: Drafting Victims and Perpetrators Under the Guise of War by Christopher Harrison, Lexington Books. #Review by Eric Loefflad👇
In Genocidal Conscription, Christopher Harrison probes the complex relationship between war and genocide through the lens of military conscription. Drawing on case studies from the first and second…
"The most informative, most lucid book on money since the credit crisis." A Political Theory of Money by Anush Kapadia reviewed by David Hollanders 👇
In A Political Theory of Money, Anush Kapadia examines money’s political, social, and economic dimensions, from its hierarchical nature to its interconnection with state politics and global p…
"At the heart of this book is what I believe to be the main driving force behind the changes we associate with the paradox: the ideas, values and motivations of ordinary people." Renegotiating Patriarchy author Naila Kabeer for @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.socialblogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...
In this interview with Anna D’Alton (LSE Review of Books), Naila Kabeer discusses her new book, Renegotiating Patriarchy: Gender, Agency and the Bangladesh Paradox, forthcoming from LSE Press in Se…
NEXT THURSDAY: please join us as we launch our book Born to Rule at LSE with help from an all-star cast of speakers Lauren Rivera, Faiza Shaheen, Hashi Mohamed and Suzi Hall. We would love to see you there! www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2024/....
6.30pm Thurs 3 Oct | Sam Friedman, Hashi Mohamed, Aaron Reeves, Lauren Rivera, Faiza Shaheen | Free public event at LSE
"In What Really Went Wrong @yalepress.bsky.social Fawaz Gerges argues that Western interventions – primarily by the US, UK and France – have systematically hindered democratic movements, instead establishing authoritarian regimes that serve strategic interests." Read Mazlum Ozkan's review 👇
In What Really Went Wrong, Fawaz Gerges analyses the Middle East’s politics from the Cold War to the present and argues that Western interventionist policy (with particular flashpoints in Ira…
#GMOs#foodsecurity#biotechnology? Giulia Claudia Leonelli's book on regulating GMOs in food production reviewed 👇
In Transnational Narratives and Regulation of GMO Risks, Giulia Claudia Leonelli explores the regulatory debates surrounding genetically modified organisms (GMOs) used in food production. Through r…
What can be gained from analysing #Russia's#Ukraine@columbiaup.bsky.social reviewed by Chris Featherstone 👇
Alex J. Bellamy’s Warmonger considers the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine in the context of other conflicts Putin has orchestrated or supported, from Chechnya and Crimea to Georgia and Syria…
In (Not) Kidding, Chmielewska-Szlajfer contends that online #tabloids#political#bookeview by Janica Ezzeldien 👇
In (Not) Kidding: Politics in Online Tabloids, Helena Chmielewska-Szlajfer examines the role of online tabloids in shaping political discourse.This book challenges dominant perceptions of tabloid j…
"Muehlebach reminds us that while remunicipalisation doesn’t necessarily suggest a perfectly just or democratic means of resource management, efforts towards it can unlock the generative & radical potential of reversing privatisation." A Vital Frontier by Andrea Muehlebach @dukepress.bsky.social
In A Vital Frontier, Andrea Muehlebach considers how the neoliberal financialisation of water as a public utility has sparked citizen-led resistance across Europe. Sharing ethnographic insights int…
"We [have] a shared interest in how patterns of class inequality are shaped by the decisions, ideologies and behaviours of those in positions of power. This project is an attempt to understand who those people are." Read a Q&A with Born to Rule authors Sam Friedman and Aaron Reeves 👇
In this interview with Anna D’Alton, Sam Friedman and Aaron Reeves discuss their new book, Born to Rule: The Making and Remaking of the British Elite. Drawing on years of extensive research into th…