In this section you can read book reviews written by LSE staff and students.
Author Interview: Mary Evans, Sarah Moore and Hazel Johnstone on Detecting the Social: Order and Disorder in Post-1970s Detective Fiction
In their new book, Detecting the Social: Order and Disorder in Post-1970s Detective Fiction, Mary Evans, Sarah Moore and […]
Book Review: Mapping Society: The Spatial Dimensions of Social Cartography by Laura Vaughan
In Mapping Society: The Spatial Dimensions of Social Cartography – available to download here for free – Laura Vaughan offers an analysis […]
Book Review: Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World by Anand Giridharadas
In Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World, Anand Giridharadas explores and unpacks various myths regarding the role […]
Editor’s Column: Introducing the LSE Review of Books Translation and Multilingualism Week
Between 10 and 14 December 2018, the LSE Review of Books blog is running a Translation and Multilingualism Week. In […]
Book Review: Global Health Governance in International Society by Jeremy Youde
In Global Health Governance in International Society, Jeremy Youde reflects on the challenges facing global health governance and the […]
Book Review: Council Democracy: Towards a Democratic Socialist Politics edited by James Muldoon
In Council Democracy: Towards a Democratic Socialist Politics, editor James Muldoon brings together contributors to reopen discussion of councilist […]
Book Review: Stepping into the Elite: Trajectories of Social Achievement in India, France and the United States by Jules Naudet
In Stepping into the Elite: Trajectories of Social Achievement in India, France and the United States, Jules Naudet draws […]
LSE RB Feature: ‘What does Brexit mean to you?’ Introducing 5 key items from LSE Library’s current exhibition (open 17 September – 14 December 2018)
The history of the UK in and out of the European Union has been a long and complex one. […]
Book Review: Dreamers: How Young Indians are Changing the World by Snigdha Poonam
Shortlisted for the New India Foundation Book Prize 2019, in Dreamers: How Young Indians are Changing the World, Snigdha Poonam seeks […]
Book Review: Fighting for Peace in Somalia: A History and Analysis of the African Union Mission (AMISOM), 2007-2017 by Paul D. Williams
In Fighting for Peace in Somalia: A History and Analysis of the African Union Mission (AMISOM), 2007-2017, Paul D. […]
Book Review: Handbook of Gentrification Studies edited by Loretta Lees with Martin Phillips
In the Handbook of Gentrification Studies, Loretta Lees with Martin Phillips bring together contributors to explore different types of gentrification […]
Book Review: Revolting New York: How 400 Years of Riot, Rebellion, Uprising and Revolution Shaped a City edited by Neil Smith and Don Mitchell et al
First conceived by Neil Smith and posthumously completed by colleagues, Revolting New York: How 400 Years of Riot, Rebellion, Uprising […]
Long Read Review: ‘From the Anthropocene to the Anthropo-scene’ by Leslie Sklair
In recent years, the term ‘Anthropocene’ has travelled from its birthplace in the Earth sciences into the social sciences, […]