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The latest social science books reviewed by academics and experts at the London School of Economics and wider #politics #economics #philosophy #media #gender
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Geopolitics and Democracy Oxford Academic by Peter Trubowitz and Brian Burgoon explores the declining support for liberal #internationalism in Western #democracies since the end of the #ColdWar. #Review by Mohammad Imtiyaz 👉 wp.me/p2MwSQ-hzc
Revolution and Democracy in Tunisia by Larbi Sadiki and Layla Saleh is an interdisciplinary analysis of the country's rich history of #protest ✊🏾🇹🇳 arguing that popular resistance has long shaped Tunisia's political identity. Review by Elena Korosteleva ➡ wp.me/p2MwSQ-hzm
"The book’s approach is to explain over-time variation in the fortunes of the Liberal Democrats with which we might predict the party’s future outcomes." David Cutts @PrfAndrwRsslland Joshua Townsley, PhD Manchester University Press #Review by James Dennison 👉 wp.me/p2MwSQ-hyf
NEW✨ Roe v. Dobbs: The Past, Present, and Future of a Constitutional Right to Abortion edited by Lee C. Bollinger (Columbia Law School) and Geoffrey Stone (UChicago Law School) Oxford University Press Oxford Academic. #Review by Kanav (He/Him) 👇 #abortion #roevwade #SCOTUS wp.me/p2MwSQ-hAc
"The book re-ontologises for us the sites of resistance not just from Tunisia, but across the world, to reaffirm a democratic future-making." Revolution and Democracy in Tunisia by Larbi Sadiki and Layla Saleh Oxford Academic reviewed by Elena Korosteleva. wp.me/p2MwSQ-hzm
This groundbreaking work exposes the strategies by which #sugary drink and #fastfood companies boost profits & sidestep accountability, leaving individuals & health systems to suffer the consequences – Aida Hassan reviews Junk Food Politics Hopkins Press. 👉 wp.me/p2MwSQ-hyb
"Based on their collection of real-life data and exposure to both Western and Arab scholarship, the authors develop their own apparatus of concepts with which to grasp Tunisia’s unique situation." Revolution & Democracy in Tunisia Oxford Academic reviewed 👉 wp.me/p2MwSQ-hzm
In Roe v. Dobbs Oxford Academic Lee C. Bollinger and Geoffrey Stone assemble leading scholars to examine the #SupremeCourt’s decision to overturn #RoevWade with the ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in 2022. #Review by Kanav (He/Him). wp.me/p2MwSQ-hAc
"Lack of both public and private investment partly explains why it takes German, French and American workers four days to produce the same output as a British worker in five." Torsten Bell's Great Britain? The Bodley Head reviewed 👉 wp.me/p2MwSQ-hAo
Great Britain? by Torsten Bell critiques the #UK's 🇬🇧 short-term political thinking under 14 of years Conservative leadership, linking it to low #investment and stagnating #productivity, and puts forwards solutions to remake Britain. #Review Philip Bell wp.me/p2MwSQ-hAo
"Jack M. Balkan describes the steady rise of the conservative legal movement and the political strategies employed by Republican party leaders to appoint conservative judges to SCOTUS [under Trump]". Roe v. Dobbs Oxford Academic reviewed by Kanav (He/Him) 👉 wp.me/p2MwSQ-hAc
According to James Dennison's #review, The Liberal Democrats Manchester University Press offers readers a thorough history and informed practicality that make for a nuanced understanding of the party's identity crisis and potential future trajectory. wp.me/p2MwSQ-hyf