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Robert Atkinson and Michael Lind, “Big is Beautiful: Debunking the Myth of Small Business” (MIT Press, 2018)
Robert Atkinson and Michael Lind
Big is Beautiful
Debunking the Myth of Small Business
MIT Press, 2018

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Big IdeasNew Books in EconomicsNew Books in FinanceNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Public PolicyNew Books Network July 19, 2019 Daniel Peris

Small is beautiful, right? Isn’t that what we’ve all been taught? From Jeffersonian politics to the hallowed family farm, from craft breweries to tech start ups in the garage. Small business is the engine and the soul and the driver of the American system. That’s the dominant narrative. And according... Read More
Anthony Ryan Hatch, “Silent Cells: The Secret Drugging of Captive America” (U Minnesota Press, 2019)
Anthony Ryan Hatch
Silent Cells
The Secret Drugging of Captive America
University of Minnesota Press, 2019

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Drugs, Addiction and RecoveryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in PsychologyNew Books in Public PolicyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books Network July 12, 2019 Lucas Richert

Over the past forty years, U.S. prisons and jails have used various psychotropic drugs. In this interview, Anthony Ryan Hatch discusses the need to think deeply about mass incarceration, pharmaceuticals, and psychiatry. He talks about the role of pharmacies and drug experiments in prison settings, and he underlines the ways... Read More
Caitlyn Collins, “Making Motherhood Work: How Women Manage Careers and Caregiving” (Princeton UP, 2019)
Caitlyn Collins
Making Motherhood Work
How Women Manage Careers and Caregiving
Princeton University Press, 2019

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in European StudiesNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Public PolicyNew Books in SociologyNew Books Network June 28, 2019 Sarah E. Patterson

Where in the world do working moms have it best? In her new book, Making Motherhood Work: How Women Manage Careers and Caregiving (Princeton University Press, 2019), Caitlyn Collins explores how women balance motherhood and work across the globe. Using interviews with middle class working mothers in Sweden, East and... Read More
Hye-Kyung Lee, “Cultural Policy in South Korea: Making a New Patron State” (Routledge, 2018)
Hye-Kyung Lee
Cultural Policy in South Korea
Making a New Patron State
Routledge, 2018

New Books in Critical TheoryNew Books in East Asian StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Political ScienceNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Public Policy June 25, 2019 Dave O'Brien

Why does Korean cultural policy matter? In Cultural Policy in South Korea: Making a New Patron State (Routledge, 2018), Hye-Kyung Lee, a Senior Lecturer in Cultural and Creative Industries at Kings College, London, demonstrates the importance of South Korea is both an example in comparative cultural policy, and as a fascinating... Read More
David Karol, “Red, Green, and Blue: The Partisan Divide on Environmental Issues” (Cambridge UP, 2019)
David Karol
Red, Green, and Blue
The Partisan Divide on Environmental Issues
Cambridge University Press, 2019

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Environmental StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Political ScienceNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Public PolicyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books Network June 21, 2019 Lilly J. Goren

David Karol’s new book, Red, Green, and Blue: The Partisan Divide on Environmental Issues (Cambridge UP, 2019), examines the history of environmental policy as it has operated within or as it has been integrated into American political parties. He ably integrates the early conservation movement into the discussion, providing foundational understandings... Read More
Ben Merriman, “Conservative Innovators: How States Are Challenging Federal Power” (U Chicago Press, 2019)
Ben Merriman
Conservative Innovators
How States Are Challenging Federal Power
University of Chicago Press, 2019

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in LawNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Political ScienceNew Books in PoliticsNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Public PolicyNew Books Network June 14, 2019 Heath Brown

Expansion of federal power has typically come with the consent of states, often eager to receive the funding tied to new policy priorities. Not so any more, as some states have famously rejected funding for Medicaid expansion. Was the case of Medicaid and Obamacare an aberration or part of a... Read More
Clare Daniel, “Mediating Morality: The Politics of Teen Pregnancy in the Post-Welfare Era” (U Massachusetts Press, 2017)
Clare Daniel
Mediating Morality
The Politics of Teen Pregnancy in the Post-Welfare Era
University of Massachusetts Press, 2017

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Critical TheoryNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in PoliticsNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Public PolicyNew Books Network June 11, 2019 Lee Pierce

On this episode, Dr. Lee Pierce (she/they)–Asst. Prof. of Rhetoric and Communication at the State University of New York at Geneseo–interviews Dr. Clare Daniel (she/hers)–Administrative Assistant Professor of Women’s Leadership at Tulane University–on her judicious new book Mediating Morality: The Politics of Teen Pregnancy in the Post-Welfare Era from University... Read More