Book Review: Children’s Socio-Economic Rights, Democracy and the Courts
Despite increased academic interest in both children’s rights and socio-economic rights over the last two decades, children’s social and economic rights remain a comparatively neglected area. This is...
View ArticleBook Review: Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea
We are told that we need to live in an age of austerity since we have all lived beyond our means and now need to tighten our belts. This view conveniently forgets where all that debt came from: not...
View ArticleBook Review: Local Democracy, Civic Engagement and Community: From New Labour...
This accessible book includes an analysis of local democracy, civic engagement and participation across a range of policy areas and in the context of debates around accountability, legitimacy,...
View ArticleBook Review: Philosophy and Resistance in the Crisis: Greece and the Future...
This book is about the global crisis and the right to resistance, about neoliberal biopolitics and direct democracy, about the responsibility of intellectuals and the poetry of the multitude. Using...
View ArticleBook Review: Public Services: A New Reform Agenda
Public Services: A New Reform Agenda, a collection edited by Henry Kippin, Simon Griffiths and Gerry Stoker, brings together some of the UK’s leading public policy experts to explore the long-term...
View ArticleLong Read Review: The New Poverty by Stephen Armstrong
Coinciding with the 75th anniversary of the Beveridge Report and written in the spirit of George Orwell’s The Road to Wigan Pier, The New Poverty takes a tour of contemporary Britain to show how the...
View ArticleBook Review: Poor News: Media Discourses of Poverty in Times of Austerity by...
In Poor News: Media Discourses of Poverty in Times of Austerity, Steven Harkins and Jairo Lugo-Ocando explore how debates and discourses surrounding poverty and welfare have been shaped by the...
View ArticleBook Review: Public Sector Reform in Ireland: Countering Crisis by Muiris...
In Public Sector Reform in Ireland: Countering Crisis, Muiris MacCarthaigh focuses on the unprecedented public sector reform agenda of the Irish government introduced to counter the impact of the...
View ArticleBook Review: The Circulation of Anti-Austerity Protest by Bart Cammaerts
In The Circulation of Anti-Austerity Protest, Bart Cammaerts examines how protest circulates in society, drawing on an investigation into the UK anti-austerity movement following the 2008 financial...
View ArticleBook Review: Welfare, Inequality and Social Citizenship: Deprivation and...
In Welfare, Inequality and Social Citizenship: Deprivation and Affluence in Austerity Britain, Daniel Edmiston offers insight into how austerity and inequality impact upon citizen identities, showing...
View ArticleBook Review: Student Lives in Crisis: Deepening Inequality in Times of...
In Student Lives in Crisis: Deepening Inequality in Times of Austerity, Lorenza Antonucci examines the material inequalities that shape young people’s experiences of Higher Education by examining...
View ArticleBook Review: The Violence of Austerity edited by Vickie Cooper and David Whyte
In The Violence of Austerity, editors Vickie Cooper and David Whyte bring together contributors to explore the negative impact of austerity upon citizens in the UK, covering such topics as health,...
View ArticleBook Review: Building Better Societies: Promoting Social Justice in a World...
In Building Better Societies: Promoting Social Justice in a World Falling Apart, editors Rowland Atkinson, Lisa Mckenzie and Simon Winlow make a compelling moral case for the social sciences to...
View ArticleBook Review: Kids – Child Protection in Britain: The Truth by Camila...
In Kids – Child Protection in Britain: The Truth, Camila Batmanghelidjh with Tim Rayment sets out a defence of Kids Company, the charity that she ran from 1996 until its dramatic and controversial...
View ArticleLong Read Review: Minority Women and Austerity: Survival and Resistance in...
In Minority Women and Austerity: Survival and Resistance in France and Britain, Leah Bassel and Akwugo Emejulu contribute to analyses of the political effects of austerity by looking at how minority...
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