Category: Politics & Society

31 January, 2012

Daryl Lim

There Is No Wealth But Life



30 January, 2012

Ursula Hackett

The Power of Invisibility

Suzanne Mettler's The Submerged State explores the hidden side of governmental intervention.


6 December, 2011

Tom Cutterham

How Ed Lost His Red



28 November, 2011

Stephen Hussey

The Divided Shelf

Christopher Hitchens' Arguably collects over 600 pages of comment and reportage from an unquiet contrarian.


29 October, 2011

Joel Krupa

The Power of Place



17 October, 2011

Nakul Krishna

The Basket Case

Anatol Lieven's Pakistan: A Hard Country casts a knowledgeable and sympathetic eye over a troubled state.


Alexander Barker

International Deceit

John Mearsheimer's Why Leaders Lie attempts to account for the habit among politicians to lie to their constituents.


Maria Pasholok

Under Eastern Eyes

Luke Harding's Mafia State takes on organized crime in Russia, finding a country still subject to its Cold War clichés.


25 July, 2011

Charne Lavery

The Monument and the Man

David James Smith's Young Mandela offers an intimate perspective on the formative years of the elder statesman.


Gabriel Roberts

Impact Assessment

A collection of academics seek in The Public Value of the Humanities to demonstrate the significance of their research.