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GalleryBook Review: Higher Education and Social Inequalities: University Admissions, Experiences and Outcomes edited by Richard Waller, Nicola Ingram and Michael R.M. Ward
In Higher Education and Social Inequalities, Richard Waller, Nicola Ingram and Michael R.M. Ward bring together contributors to explore and […]
GalleryBook Review: Social Mobility and its Enemies by Lee Elliot Major and Stephen Machin
In Social Mobility and its Enemies, Lee Elliot Major and Stephen Machin offer a thought-provoking assessment of the state of social […]
GalleryBook Review: Janesville: An American Story by Amy Goldstein
In Janesville: An American Story, Amy Goldstein uses ethnographic interviews to provide first-hand accounts of the impact of the closure of […]
GalleryBook Review: The Politics of Land edited by Tim Bartley
In The Politics of Land, editor Tim Bartley brings together contributors to highlight the significance of the neglected issue of land […]
GalleryLong Read Review: Beyond Debt: Islamic Experiments in Global Finance by Daromir Rudnyckyj
In Beyond Debt: Islamic Experiments in Global Finance, Daromir Rudnyckyj takes the reader into the world of Malaysian financial, religious and state […]
GalleryBook Review: Theory for the World to Come: Speculative Fiction and Apocalyptic Anthropology by Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer
In Theory for the World to Come: Speculative Fiction and Apocalyptic Anthropology, Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer argues that speculative fiction offers a rich […]
GalleryBook Review: There Is No More Haiti: Between Life and Death in Port-au-Prince by Greg Beckett
In There Is No More Haiti: Between Life and Death in Port-au-Prince, Greg Beckett offers a richly detailed, decade-long ethnography of […]
GalleryBook Review: Precarious Labour and Informal Economy: Work, Anarchy and Society in an Indian Village by Smita Yadav
In Precarious Labour and Informal Economy: Work, Anarchy and Society in an Indian Village, Smita Yadav explores the life, labour and […]
GalleryBook Review: Refugees in Higher Education: Debate, Discourse and Practice by Jacqueline Stevenson and Sally Baker
20 June is World Refugee Day. In their new book Refugees in Higher Education: Debate, Discourse and Practice, Jacqueline […]
GalleryBook Review: Young Working-Class Men in Transition by Steven Roberts
In Young Working-Class Men in Transition, Steven Roberts draws on a seven-year longitudinal study of young working-class men in the […]
GalleryBook Review: Posh Boys: How the English Public Schools Ruin Britain by Robert Verkaik
In Posh Boys: How the English Public Schools Ruin Britain, Robert Verkaik explores the role that public schooling plays in reproducing […]
GalleryBook Review: The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students by Anthony Abraham Jack
In The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students, Anthony Abraham Jack seeks to better comprehend the […]
GalleryBook Review: Nightmarch: Among India’s Revolutionary Guerillas by Alpa Shah
The Naxalite movement in India is one of the longest-running guerilla insurgencies in the world. Shortlisted for the Orwell […]
GalleryBook Review: The Lost Ethnographies: Methodological Insights from Projects that Never Were edited by Robin James Smith and Sara Delamont
In The Lost Ethnographies: Methodological Insights from Projects that Never Were, Robin James Smith and Sara Delamont bring together a range […]
GalleryBook Review: Heading Home: Motherhood, Work and the Failed Promise of Equality by Shani Orgad
In Heading Home: Motherhood, Work and the Failed Promise of Equality, Shani Orgad draws on interviews with educated, London-based women to […]
