In this section you can read recent reviews of books by LSE authors.
GalleryBook Review: Uncertain Futures: Imaginaries, Narratives, and Calculation in the Economy edited by Jens Beckert and Richard Bronk
In Uncertain Futures: Imaginaries, Narratives, and Calculation in the Economy, editors Jens Beckert and Richard Bronk bring together contributors to explore […]
GalleryBook Review: Seduction: Men, Masculinity and Mediated Intimacy by Rachel O’Neill
In Seduction: Men, Masculinity and Mediated Intimacy, Rachel O’Neill examines the construction of intimacy under neoliberalism through an ethnographic exploration of […]
GalleryBook Review: The Class Ceiling: Why It Pays to be Privileged by Sam Friedman and Daniel Laurison
In The Class Ceiling: Why it Pays to be Privileged, Sam Friedman and Daniel Laurison offer a unique and […]
GalleryAuthor 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 […]
GalleryBook Review: Everyday Economics: A User’s Guide to the Modern Economy by Steve Coulter
For many of us, economics appears too abstract and rooted in assumptions that make individuals seem unfamiliar as human subjects. In Everyday […]
GalleryBook Review: Nationalism, Development and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka by Rajesh Venugopal
In Nationalism, Development and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka, Rajesh Venugopal offers a fresh look at how colonial legacies, nationalist ideology and […]
GalleryBook Review: The Sage Handbook of the 21st Century City edited by Suzanne Hall and Ricky Burdett
In The SAGE Handbook of the 21st Century City, Suzanne Hall and Ricky Burdett bring together contributors to explore […]
GalleryBook Review: Making a 21st Century Constitution: Playing Fair in Modern Democracies by Frank Vibert
In Making a 21st Century Constitution: Playing Fair in Modern Democracies, Frank Vibert explores the current state of constitutions, outlining why they have […]
GalleryBook Review: The Blue Frontier: Maritime Vision and Power in the Qing Empire by Ronald Po
In The Blue Frontier: Maritime Vision and Power in the Qing Empire, Ronald C. Po challenges the notion that the Qing […]
GalleryBook Review: The Quito Papers and The New Urban Agenda by UN-Habitat, Richard Sennett with Ricky Burdett and Saskia Sassen, in dialogue with Joan Clos
Emerging out of UN Habitat III, The Quito Papers and the New Urban Agenda, authored by Richard Sennett, Ricky […]
GalleryLSE 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. […]
GalleryBook Review: Rentier Islamism: The Influence of the Muslim Brotherhood in Gulf Monarchies by Courtney Freer
In Rentier Islamism: The Influence of the Muslim Brotherhood in Gulf Monarchies, Courtney Freer explores the complex history of the Muslim […]
GalleryBook Review: Race Women Internationalists: Activist-Intellectuals and Global Freedom Struggles by Imaobong D. Umoren
In Race Women Internationalists: Activist-Intellectuals and Global Freedom Struggles, Imaobong D. Umoren traces the lives of three black women activist-intellectuals—Una […]
GalleryBook Review: Heat, Greed and Human Need. Climate Change, Capitalism and Sustainable Wellbeing by Ian Gough
In Heat, Greed and Human Need: Climate Change, Capitalism and Sustainable Wellbeing, Ian Gough places climate change at the centre of […]
GalleryLong Read Review: Think Like an Anthropologist by Matthew Engelke
In Think Like an Anthropologist, Matthew Engelke offers a concise history of anthropology, drawing on a variety of ethnographic […]
