Ten years after the Brexit vote, Britain is still divided
Ten years after the Brexit Referendum, Tribal Politics by Sara Hobolt and James Tilley argues that the vote forged two issue-based identities that continue to shape UK politics. This extract from the...
View ArticleThe challenge of immigration policymaking
Alan Manning’s Why Immigration Policy is Hard dissects how misleading statistics, policy failure and public perception fuel polarised immigration debates. Focusing on the economics of immigration in...
View ArticleDrugs, race and empire – Britain’s modern slavery law
Drugs, Race, and the Politics of Modern Slavery Law examines how Britain reclassified racialised young drug runners as victims of “modern slavery”. Introducing the book, its author Insa Lee Koch argues...
View ArticleTribal politics in Britain – how Brexit divided a nation
Tribal Politics by Sara Hobolt and James Tilley argues that the 2016 Brexit Referendum created (rather than revealed) two opposing political identities in the UK: Leavers and Remainers. Sharing...
View ArticleWhy good housing policy is key to strong communities
According to Anne Power‘s Beyond Bricks and Mortar, housing means far more than physical shelter. It shapes and is shaped by the social conditions of its inhabitants, and housing policy should reflect...
View ArticleCombining efforts – 200 years of trade unions in the UK
This year marks 200 years since the formation of trade unions in the UK was legalised. A new exhibition at LSE Library, Combining Efforts: 200 Years of Trade Union History illuminates the history of...
View ArticleUntold stories of Britain’s queer South Asians
Desi Queers: LGBTQ+ South Asians and Cultural Belonging in Britain by Churnjeet Mahn, Rohit K. Dasgupta and DJ Ritu documents the experiences and activism of South Asian queer communities in Britain....
View ArticleA new history of Britain and the Caribbean – Interview with Imaobong Umoren
In this interview with LSE Review of Books Managing Editor Anna D’Alton, Imaobong Umoren discusses her new book, Empire Without End: A New History of Britain and the Caribbean. From the first arrival...
View ArticleHow the super-rich shape economies and societies
Are governments doing enough to address today’s widening inequalities, or are they pandering to the wealth elite? Max Steuer‘s Dangerous Guesswork in Economic Policy and Sarah Kerr‘s Wealth, Poverty...
View ArticleExposure and Contrast: The Exit Photography Group at LSE Library
Exposure and Contrast: The Exit Photography Group is an exhibition at LSE Library derived from a collection of photographs and interviews held in the archives. The Exit group formed in the 1970s to...
View ArticleThe Liberal Democrats: From hope to despair to where? – review
In The Liberal Democrats, David Cutts, Andrew Russell, and Joshua Townsley surveys the party’s fluctuating fortunes and identity struggles within Britain’s turbulent political landscape. According to...
View ArticleHow Did Britain Come to This? – review
In How Did Britain Come to This?, Gwyn Bevan critiques a century of systemic governance failures in Britain in areas from healthcare and housing to privatisation and outsourcing. Bevan’s sharp and...
View ArticleUnchecked Power? – review
In Unchecked Power?, Alison L. Young scrutinises the impact of Boris Johnson’s government on British democracy, specifically its strained relationship with the courts and constitutional reforms....
View ArticleSignificant Emotions: Rhetoric and Social Problems in a Vulnerable Age – review
In Significant Emotions, Ashley Frawley critiques the trend of pathologising distress caused by socio-economic problems (like cost-of-living pressures and insecure, low-paid employment) as “mental...
View ArticleSpeak Out!: The Brixton Black Women’s Group – review
In Speak Out!, Milo Miller curates a selection of writings by one of the first and most important Black radical organisations of the 1970s, the Brixton Black Women’s Group. This vital anthology...
View ArticleUncomfortably Off – review
In Uncomfortably Off, Marcos González Hernando and Gerry Mitchell examine Britain’s top 10 per cent of earners, arguing that growing inequalities negatively affect them in terms of anxiety about jobs,...
View ArticleIn Visible Archives: Queer and Feminist Visual Culture in the 1980s – review
Margaret Galvan‘s In Visible Archives explores the political power of archival material in shaping feminist and queer futures. Applying archival studies and comics scholarship to work from the 1980s by...
View ArticleThe Inequality of Wealth: Why it Matters and How to Fix it – review
In The Inequality of Wealth: Why it Matters and How to Fix it, Liam Byrne examines the UK’s deep-seated inequality which has channelled wealth away from ordinary people (disproportionately youth and...
View ArticleThe Wealth of a Nation: Institutional Foundations of English Capitalism – review
In The Wealth of a Nation: Institutional Foundations of English Capitalism, Geoffrey Hodgson traces the roots of modern capitalism to financial and legal institutions established in England in the 17th...
View ArticleMilo Miller introduces Speak Out!: The Brixton Black Women’s Group
In an excerpt from the preface to Speak Out!: The Brixton Black Women’s Group, editor Milo Miller shares context about the group and the impetus for the book which brings together, for the first time,...
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