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- The history of migration is deeply entangled with colonialism. Yet migration studies has been slow to engage with colonial histories. @Lucymayblin & Joe Turner explore the histories & continuities of colonialism to understand the present *Migration Studies & Colonialism* OUT NOW!
- In re-focusing the discussion on violence against women and girls, @K_IngalaSmith’s new book disrupts current orthodoxies in feminism and explains why biological sex is still relevant to us all. Out today in the UK ↓
00:00"Defending Women's Spaces" by Karen Ingala SmithFrom politybooks.com - In her debut non-fiction book, award-winning poet and essayist @msjlindsay charts the psychological, social, economic and democratic harms of the ‘gender wars’. 𝐻𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 is OUT NOW.
00:00Hounded: Women, Harms and the Gender Wars by Jenny LindsayFrom politybooks.com - Gurminder K. Bhambra @GKBhambra & John Holmwood’s special issue of The Journal of Classical Sociology – a symposium on their recent book Colonialism and Modern Social Theory – is out now LINK ↓ journals.sagepub.com/toc/jcsa/22/4
- Michel Foucault is widely regarded as one of the most influential French thinkers. If you want to learn more about him and his work, @StuartElden 's ground-breaking four-part intellectual history of Foucault’s career is all you need. All four books are out now.
- Political science has been framed by colonial legacies that influence its study to this day. It is time to decolonize politics. Robbie Shilliam has done it in this crisp and refreshing text. READ @robbieshilliam’s guide to theory and practice in *Decolonizing Politics* OUT NOW!
- In this new book, Wacquant presents Bourdieu as an urban theorist and demonstrates the value of Bourdieu’s theoretical approach for understanding the social life of the city. Out now.
00:00Bourdieu in the City: Challenging Urban Theory by Loïc WacquantFrom politybooks.com - "Most books on inequality are about what other people ought to do about it – How to Fight Inequality is about what you can do about it, and is written to help you do it as effectively as possible." - Ben Phillips on why he wrote his latest book politybooks.com/the-evidence-b…
- "a well-reasoned roar of rage at the failure of many western governments to follow the emerging scientific evidence about the pandemic potential of the novel coronavirus." —@FinancialTimes on the 1st edition of @richardhorton1's 'COVID-19 Catastrophe' The new edition is out now!
- One of the most enduring ideas in economics is that unemployment is unavoidable and necessary for the smooth functioning of the economy. This assumption has provided cover for the devastating costs of job insecurity. It is also false. "The Case for a Job Guarantee" by @ptcherneva
- You’ve been reading Hegel wrong, say Slavoj Zizek, Agon Hamza and Frank Ruda in their new book.
- Is money precious and scarce, necessitating iron fiscal discipline? Must the government always balance the books or risk ruin? Or is money a flexible tool that can be used to mobilize our collective resources to serve those who need them? L. Randall Wray's book is out now ↓
- The Labour Party used to be an alliance between Hartlepool and Hampstead – between the working-class heartlands and the ‘progressive’ middle classes. In his coruscating new book, out today, @PaulEmbery shows how Hartlepool got elbowed out and Hampstead came to rule supreme.
