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GalleryBook Review: Sharing This Walk: An Ethnography of Prison Life and the PCC in Brazil by Karina Biondi
In Sharing This Walk: An Ethnography of Prison Life and the PCC in Brazil, Karina Biondi offers an ethnographic […]
GalleryBook Review: A Persistent Revolution: History, Nationalism and Politics in Mexico since 1968 by Randal Sheppard
In A Persistent Revolution: History, Nationalism and Politics in Mexico since 1968, Randal Sheppard explores the major political transformations […]
GalleryBook Review: On the Move: Changing Mechanisms of Mexico-US Migration by Filiz Garip
Why do Mexicans migrate to the US? In On the Move: Changing Mechanisms of Mexico-US Migration, Filiz Garip seeks […]
GalleryBook Review: Global Poverty: Deprivation, Distribution and Development since the Cold War by Andy Sumner
In Global Poverty: Deprivation, Distribution and Development since the Cold War, Andy Sumner examines the persistence of poverty worldwide despite […]
GalleryBook Review: Theory of the Border by Thomas Nail
In Theory of the Border, Thomas Nail looks at the constitutive role played by different types of border regimes – […]
GalleryBook Review: Aspirational Power: Brazil on the Long Road to Global Influence by David R. Mares and Harold A. Trinkunas
In Aspirational Power: Brazil on the Long Road to Global Influence, David R. Mares and Harold A. Trinkunas examine […]
GalleryBook Review: Lovecidal: Walking with the Disappeared by Trinh T. Minh-ha
In Lovecidal: Walking with the Disappeared, the feminist filmmaker and postcolonial theorist Trinh T. Minh-ha offers a lyrical and […]
GalleryBook Review: New Order and Progress: Development and Democracy in Brazil edited by Ben Ross Schneider
In the new edited collection New Order and Progress: Development and Democracy in Brazil, Ben Ross Schneider brings together contributors […]
GalleryBook Review: Slums on Screen: World Cinema and the Planet of Slums by Igor Krstić
Nearly one billion people reside in slums around the globe, but how has this reality been depicted on the […]
GalleryReading List: Recommended Reads on Brazilian Politics, History and Culture for the 2016 Rio Olympics
Image Credit: Olympic City / Cidade Olímpica, Rio de Janeiro (Brian Godfrey CC2.0)
Tonight is the opening ceremony of the 2016 Rio […]
GalleryReading List: 8 Must-Read Books on Religion and the Public Sphere
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Last month, June 2016, the LSE Religion and the Public Sphere blog launched, exploring the […]
GalleryThe Best Bookshops in Mexico City, Mexico
Hung-Ya Lien takes us on a tour of the best bookshops in Mexico City, Mexico. If there’s a bookshop that you […]
GalleryBook Review: Poverty and the Millennium Development Goals: A Critical Look Forward edited by Alberto Cimadamore, Gabriele Koehler and Thomas Pogge
In 2015, The UN Millennium Development Goals reached their deadline – but what has been their legacy? Poverty and the […]
GalleryBook Review: Players and Arenas: The Interactive Dynamics of Protest edited by James M. Jasper and Jan Willem Duyvendak
Players and Arenas: The Interactive Dynamics of Protest, edited by James M. Jasper and Jan Willem Duyvendak, employs a […]
GalleryBook Review: Is Decentralization Good for Development? Perspectives from Academics and Policy Makers edited by Jean-Paul Faguet and Caroline Pöschl
In Decentralization Good for Development? Perspectives from Academics and Policy Makers, editors Jean-Paul Faguet and Caroline Pöschl offer an exhaustive account […]
