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Ben Clift, “The IMF and the Politics of Austerity in the Wake of the Global Financial Crisis by Ben Clift” (Oxford UP, 2018)

Ben Clift
The IMF and the Politics of Austerity in the Wake of the Global Financial Crisis

Oxford University Press, 2018

New Books in Economics New Books in European Studies New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Public Policy New Books in World Affairs New Books Network June 15, 2018 Andrea Bernardi

I was joined in Oxford by Ben Clift, Professor of Political Economy, Deputy Head of Department and Director of Research at the Department of Politics and International Studies of the University of Warwick. Ben has just published a very… Read More

Stephen Klasko, “Bless This Mess: A Picture Story of Healthcare in America” (Lulu Publishing, 2018)

Stephen Klasko
Bless This Mess
A Picture Story of Healthcare in America
Lulu Publishing Services, 2018

New Books in American Studies New Books in Medicine New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Public Policy New Books in Science & Technology New Books Network June 15, 2018 Jeremy Corr

Our neighbors on other planets look with puzzlement at the United States, located on the beautiful planet Earth. Despite amazing knowledge, discovery, and skill, healthcare delivery in this country is expensive, episodic, not customer-friendly, and much better for citizens with… Read More

Steven Lubar, “Inside the Lost Museum: Curating, Past and Present” (Harvard UP, 2017)

Steven Lubar
Inside the Lost Museum
Curating, Past and Present
Harvard University Press, 2017

New Books in Art New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in History New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Public Policy New Books Network June 13, 2018 Ricarda Brosch

In Steven Lubar’s latest book Inside the Lost Museum: Curating, Past and Present (Harvard University Press, 2017), Steven gets to the heart of what makes museums so interesting to both appreciate and critique. For him, the complex nature of… Read More

Melanie A. Kiechle, “Smell Detectives: An Olfactory History of Nineteenth-Century Urban America” (U Washington Press, 2017)

Melanie A. Kiechle
Smell Detectives
An Olfactory History of Nineteenth-Century Urban America
University of Washington Press, 2017

New Books in American Studies New Books in Environmental Studies New Books in History New Books in Medicine New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Public Policy New Books in Science & Technology New Books Network June 11, 2018 Sean Munger

Melanie Kiechle‘s Smell Detectives: An Olfactory History of Nineteenth-Century Urban America (University of Washington Press, 2017) takes us into the cellars, rivers, gutters and similar smelly recesses of American cities in the 19th century. In the decades on either… Read More

Yasemin Besen-Cassino, “The Cost of Being a Girl: Working Teens and the Origins of the Gender Wage Gap” (Temple UP, 2017)

Yasemin Besen-Cassino
The Cost of Being a Girl
Working Teens and the Origins of the Gender Wage Gap
Temple University Press, 2017

New Books in American Studies New Books in Anthropology New Books in Gender Studies New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Public Policy New Books in Sociology New Books Network June 11, 2018 Richard E. Ocejo

With the rise of the #MeToo movement following dozens of high-profile cases of sexual harassment and assault by professional men against women colleagues, gender equality has become a popular topic of discussion and a policy goal. Among the many topics… Read More