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14th September 2015

Energy Security, Equality, and Justice, by Benjamin K. Sovacool, Roman V. Sidortsov, and Benjamin R. Jones

Routledge, 2014, xix + 213 pp, hbk 0 415 81519 2, £85, pbk, 0 415 81520 8, £27.99 This book is a recent product of the Vermont Law School’s Institute Read More

14th September 2015

The Illusion of Well-being: Economic policymaking based on respect and responsiveness, by Mark White

Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, viii + 206 pp, pbk, 1 137 36466 1, £22 This short book, of an introduction and just four chapters has a clear agenda: that people’s interests Read More

14th September 2015

Breadline Britain: The rise of mass poverty, by Stewart Lansley and Joanna Mack

Oneworld Publications, 2015, 1 78074 554 2, pbk, xvii + 334 pp, £9.99 On my bookshelves there is a slim paperback written by Stewart Lansley and Joanna Mack called Breadline Read More

14th August 2015

Social Rights and Human Welfare, by Hartley Dean

Routledge, 2015, xiv + 194 pp, 1 138 01310 0, hbk, £95, 1 138 01312 4, pbk, £32.99 Hartley Dean will soon be starting the process of retiring as Professor Read More

14th August 2015

Analysing Social Policy Concepts and Language: Comparative and transnational perspectives, by Daniel Béland and Klaus Petersen (eds)

Policy Press, 2014, xiv + 327 pp, 1 4473 0644 3, hbk, £70 This book is a study of the language that OECD countries use to describe social policies: language Read More

14th August 2015

Disputing Citizenship, by John Clarke, Kathleen Coll, Evelina Dagnino and Catherine Neveu

Policy Press, 2014, viii + 214 pp, hbk, 1 4473 1252 9, £70, pbk, 1 4473 1253 6, £21.99 The authors of this book come from the UK, the USA, Read More

25th July 2015

Modernising Money: Why our monetary system is broken, and how it can be fixed, by Andrew Jackson and Ben Dyson

Positive Money, 2012, 0 9574448 0 5, pbk, 334 pp, £14.99 A bank loan is a change in the electronic digits attached to my bank account number. The bank has Read More

25th June 2015

With Liberty and Dividends for All: How to save our middle class when jobs don’t pay enough, by Peter Barnes

Berret-Koehler Publishers, 2014, 1 62656 214 1, pbk, xii + 174 pp, £13.99 There are not enough well-paid jobs to sustain a large middle class, and Peter Barnes offers as Read More

25th May 2015

Austerity Bites: A journey to the sharp end of cuts in the UK, by Mary O’Hara

Policy Press, 2014, xiv + 320 pp, 1 4473 1560 5, hbk, £19.99 During 2012 and 2013 Mary O’Hara travelled the UK to find out what effects the Coalition Government’s Read More

25th May 2015

Learning from Difference: 150 years of family endeavour. From Afghanistan and the Americas to the Meon Valley and loss of an airport, by Balfour

Tricorn Books, 2014, 1 1909660 27 4, hbk, 267 pp (along with some diversely numbered pages of photographs), £20. You need to be strong to read this book, because it Read More