New Books in Public Policy
Episodes
Mariana Mogilevich, "The Invention of Public Space: Designing for Inclusion in Lindsay's New York" (U Minnesota Press, 2020)
14 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As suburbanization, racial conflict, and the consequences of urban renewal threatened New York City with “urban crisis,” the administration of May...
Gerald Posner, "Pharma: Greed, Lies, and the Poisoning of America" (Simon and Schuster, 2020)
14 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is investigative journalist and author, Gerald Posner. His new book, Pharma: Greed, Lies, and the Poisoning of America (Simon and Schu...
Postscript: A Discussion of Race, Anger and Citizenship in the USA
14 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How do we have a serious conversation about race that moves beyond the brevity of Twitter or an op-ed? In this episode of Post-Script (a New Books in ...
Edward C. Valandra, "Colorizing Restorative Justice: Voicing Our Realities" (Living Justice Press, 2020)
11 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Colorizing Restorative Justice: Voicing Our Realities (Living Justice Press, 2020) consists of stories that have arisen from the lived experiences of ...
Albena Azmanova, "Capitalism on Edge: How Fighting Precarity Can Achieve Radical Change Without Utopia or Crisis" (Columbia UP, 2020)
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Capitalism seems to many to be in a sort of constant crisis, leaving many struggling to make ends meet. This desperation was intensified in 2008, and ...
Federico R. Waitoller, "Excluded by Choice: Urban Students with Disabilities in the Education Marketplace" (Teachers College Press, 2020)
09 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I speak with Federico R. Waitoller about his book, Excluded by Choice: Urban Students with Disabilities in the Education Marketplace ...
Jessica Whyte, "Morals of the Market: Human Rights and the Rise of Neoliberalism" (Verso, 2019)
08 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Drawing on detailed archival research on the parallel histories of human rights and neoliberalism, in Morals of the Market: Human Rights and the Rise ...
Charles Allan McCoy, "Diseased States: Epidemic Control in Britain and the United States" (U Massachusetts Press, 2020)
04 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Outbreaks of Ebola, SARS, MERS, and pandemic influenza are brutal reminders of the dangers of infectious disease. Comparing the development of disease...
Paul Offit, "Overkill: When Modern Medicine Goes Too Far" (HarperCollins, 2020)
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Why Do Unnecessary and Often Counter-Productive Medical Interventions Happen So Often? Today I talked to Paul Offit about his book Overkill: When Mod...
Sara Mayeux, "Free Justice: A History of the Public Defender in Twentieth-Century America" (UNC Press, 2020)
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sara Mayeux is the author of Free Justice: A History of the Public Defender in Twentieth-Century America, published by the University of North Carolin...
Matthew D. Wright, "A Vindication of Politics: On the Common Good and Human Flourishing" (UP of Kansas, 2019)
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rancor reigns in American politics. It is possible these days to regard politics as an arena that enriches and ennobles? Matthew D. Wright responds wi...
Mary Augusta Brazelton, "Mass Vaccination: Citizens' Bodies and State Power in Modern China" (Cornell UP, 2019)
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
While the eradication of smallpox has long been documented, not many know the Chinese roots of this historic achievement. In this revelatory study, Ma...
Nathalie Peutz, "Islands of Heritage Conservation and Transformation in Yemen" (Stanford UP, 2018)
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Soqotra, the largest island of Yemen's Soqotra Archipelago, is one of the most uniquely diverse places in the world. A UNESCO natural World Heritage S...
Nicole Hassoun, "Global Health Impact: Expanding Access to Essential Medicines" (Oxford UP, 2020)
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Every year nine million people are diagnosed with tuberculosis, every day over 13,400 people are infected with AIDs, and every thirty seconds malaria ...
Joy Knoblauch, "The Architecture of Good Behavior" (U Pittsburgh Press, 2020)
21 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Inspired by the rise of environmental psychology and increasing support for behavioral research after the Second World War, new initiatives at the fed...
Andrea Benjamin, "Racial Coalition Building in Local Elections: Elite Cues and Cross-Ethnic Voting" (Cambridge UP, 2017)
13 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What explains voting behavior in local elections? More specifically, what explains how ethnic and racial blocs vote in local elections, especially whe...
Christopher Newfield, "The Great Mistake: How We Wrecked Public Universities and How We Can Fix Them" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2016)
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In The Great Mistake: How We Wrecked Public Universities and How We Can Fix Them (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016), Christopher Newfield diagnose...
LaDale Winling, "Building the Ivory Tower: Universities and Metropolitan Development in the Twentieth Century" (U Penn Press, 2018)
10 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Universities have become state-like entities, possessing their own hospitals, police forces, and real estate companies. To become such behemoths, high...
Costas Lapavitsas, "The Left Case Against the EU" (Polity, 2018)
07 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Many on the Left see the European Union as a fundamentally benign project with the potential to underpin ever greater cooperation and progress. If it ...
Michael A. Olivas, "Perchance to DREAM: A Legal and Political History of the DREAM Act and DACA" (NYU Press, 2020)
03 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Why did the DREAM Act (for the Development, Relief, and Education of Alien Minors) never pass Congress – even though it was popular with Republicans...
Lesly-Marie Buer, "RX Appalachia: Stories of Treatment and Survival in Rural Kentucky" (Haymarket, 2020)
03 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Using the narratives of women who use(d) drugs, this account challenges popular understandings of Appalachia spread by such pundits as JD Vance by doc...
Melissa J. Wilde, "Birth Control Battles: How Race and Class Divided American Religion" (U California Press, 2020)
03 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Although it has largely been erased from the collective memory of American Christianity, the debate over eugenics was a major factor in the history of...
Saqib Iqbal Qureshi, "The Broken Contract: Making Our Democracies Accountable, Representative, and Less Wasteful" (Lioncrest, 2020)
31 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A democracy should reflect the views of its citizens and offer a direct connection between government and those it serves. So why, more than ever, doe...
Aya Gruber, "The Feminist War on Crime: The Unexpected Role of Women’s Liberation in Mass Incarceration" (U California Press, 2020)
31 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Aya Gruber, a professor of law at the University of Colorado Law School, has written a history of how the women’s movement in America has shaped the...
David A. Harris, "A City Divided: Race, Fear and the Law in Police Confrontations" (Anthem Press, 2020)
30 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How do we move police forces from a warrior culture to connecting better with communities they serve? Today I talked to David A. Harris about his new ...
Solomon Goldstein-Rose, "The 100% Solution: A Plan for Solving Climate Change" (Melville House, 2020)
29 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
At age 26, Solomon Goldstein-Rose has already spent more time thinking about climate change than most of us will in our lifetimes. He’s been a clima...
Amity Shlaes, "Great Society: A New History" (Harper, 2019)
29 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
National concern about income inequalities. Race relations at a boiling point. Riots in the streets. Cries on the left for massive allocations of fede...
Jan Doering, "Us versus Them: Race, Crime, and Gentrification in Chicago Neighborhoods" (Oxford UP, 2020)
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With such high levels of residential segregation along racial lines in the United States, gentrifying neighborhoods present fascinating opportunities ...
M. C. Stevenson et al. (eds.), "The Legacy of Racism for Children: Psychology, Law and Public Policy" (Oxford UP, 2020)
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When children become entangled with the law, their lives can be disrupted irrevocably. When those children are underrepresented minorities, the potent...
Sasha Costanza-Chock, "Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need" (MIT Press, 2020)
27 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need (MIT Press, 2020), Sasha Costanza-Chock, an associate professor of Civic Media...
Kathleen Bachynski, "No Game for Boys to Play: The History of Youth Football and the Origins of a Public Health Crisis" (UNC Press, 2019)
27 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are joined by Kathleen Bachynski, Assistant Professor of Public Health at Muhlenberg College, and author of No Game for Boys to Play: The His...
Verónica Martínez-Matsuda, "Migrant Citizenship: Race, Rights, and Reform in the U.S. Farm Labor Camp Program" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2020)
27 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Verónica Martínez-Matsuda about her book Migrant Citizenship: Race, Rights, and Reform in the U.S. Farm Labor Camp Program (University of Pennsylvan...
Patricia Zavella, "The Movement for Reproductive Justice: Empowering Women of Color through Social Activism" (NYU Press, 2020)
24 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In The Movement for Reproductive Justice: Empowering Women of Color through Social Activism (NYU Press, 2020), Pat Zavella shows how reproductive just...
John B. Holbein, "Making Young Voters: Converting Civic Attitudes into Action" (Cambridge UP, 2020)
23 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the United States, each election cycle reminds us that younger voters vote at much lower rates than their older counterparts. This discrepancy is o...
Sandra Postel, "Replenish: The Virtuous Cycle of Water and Prosperity" (Island Press, 2020)
22 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Replenish: The Virtuous Cycle of Water and Prosperity (Island Press), Sandra Postel acknowledges society’s past mishaps with managing water ...
Mia Birdsong, "How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community" (Hachette, 2020)
20 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After almost every presentation activist and writer Mia Birdsong gives to executives, think tanks, and policy makers, one of those leaders quietly con...
Xueli Wang, "On My Own: The Challenge and Promise of Building Equitable STEM Transfer Pathways" (Harvard Education Press, 2020)
17 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I speak with Dr. Xueli Wang from the University of Wisconsin-Madison on her new book, “On My Own: The Challenge and Promise of Buil...
Luke Messac, "No More to Spend: Neglect and the Construction of Scarcity in Malawi's History of Health Care" (Oxford UP, 2020)
16 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dismal spending on government health services is often considered a necessary consequence of a low per-capita GDP, but are poor patients in poor count...
Jeremy Gans, "The Ouija Board Jurors: Mystery, Mischief and Misery in the Jury System" (Waterside Press, 2017)
15 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Juries are a cornerstone of the criminal trial, but what happens when the jury engages in its own kind of mischief? In this book, Jeremy Gans delves i...
Sally Nuamah, "How Girls Achieve" (Harvard UP, 2019)
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
If we want girls to succeed, we need to teach them the audacity to transgress. Through the lives of students at three very different schools, Sally Nu...
Gerald Epstein, “What's Wrong with Modern Money Theory? A Policy Critique” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019)
13 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Since the last-but-one financial crisis abated and governments responded to better times by clawing back their stimulus packages, a once-obscure econo...
Philip M. Plotch, "Last Subway: The Long Wait for the Next Train in New York City" (Cornell UP, 2020)
13 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ever since New York City built one of the world’s great subway systems, no promise has been more tantalizing than the proposal to build a new subway...
Melissa K. Merry, "Warped Narratives: Distortion in the Framing of Gun Policy" (U Michigan Press, 2020)
10 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
If gun violence kills so many Americans, why don’t we see more effective solutions? How much does the way we frame an issue impact how we feel about...
Peter J. Boettke, "Public Governance and the Classical-Liberal Perspective" (Oxford UP, 2019)
06 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today I spoke with Professor Peter J. Boettke, co-author of Public Governance and the Classical-Liberal Perspective (Oxford University Press, 2019) w...
A. P. Carnevale, "The Merit Myth: How Our Colleges Favor the Rich and Divide America" (The New Press, 2020)
02 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Colleges fiercely defend America’s higher education system, arguing that it rewards bright kids who have worked hard. But it doesn’t actually work...
Pepper Glass, "Misplacing Ogden, Utah" (U Utah Press, 2020)
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Pepper Glass’s new book Misplacing Ogden, Utah: Race, Class, Immigration, and the Construction of Urban Reputation (University of Utah Press, 20...
Pavlina Tcherneva, "The Case for a Job Guarantee" (Polity, 2020)
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One of the most enduring ideas in economics is that unemployment is both unavoidable and necessary for the smooth functioning of the economy. This ass...
Michael Goldfield, "The Southern Key: Class, Race, and Radicalism in the 1930s and 1940s" (Oxford UP, 2020)
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The golden key to understanding the last 75 years of American political development, the eminent labor relations scholar Michael Goldfield argues, lie...
Robert T. Chase, "We Are Not Slaves: State Violence, Coerced Labor, and Prisoners’ Rights in Postwar America" (UNC Press, 2020)
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Siobhan talks with Robert T. Chase about his book, We Are Not Slaves: State Violence, Coerced Labor, and Prisoners’ Rights in Postw...
Natalie Kimball, "An Open Secret: The History of Unwanted Pregnancy and Abortion in Modern Bolivia" (Rutgers UP, 2020)
23 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Natalie Kimball is the author of An Open Secret: The History of Unwanted Pregnancy and Abortion in Modern Bolivia, out this year from Rutgers Universi...
Laura A. Dean, "Diffusing Human Trafficking Policy in Eurasia" (Policy Press, 2020)
23 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Laura A. Dean (Assistant Professor of Political Science at Millikin University and director of the Human Trafficking Research Lab) has spent many year...
Micol Seigel, "Violence Work: State Violence and the Limits of Police" (Duke UP, 2018)
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Recent calls for the defunding or abolition of police raise important questions about the legitimacy of state violence and the functions that police a...
Paige Glotzer, "How the Suburbs Were Segregated: Developers and the Business of Exclusionary Housing, 1890-1960" (Columbia UP, 2020)
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Paige Glotzer is the author of How the Suburbs Were Segregated: Developers and the Business of Exclusionary Housing, 1890-1960, published by Columbia ...
Kathleen Hale and Mitchell Brown, "How We Vote: Innovation in American Elections" (Georgetown UP, 2020)
12 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The idea of voting is simple, but the administration of elections in ways that ensure access and integrity is complex. In How We Vote: Innovation in A...
Phil Harvey, "Welfare For The Rich" (Post Hill Press, 2020)
09 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s ultra-polarized and highly partisan political environment, Welfare for the Rich: How Your Tax Dollars End Up in Millionaires' Pockets―A...
Gilda R. Daniels, "Uncounted: The Crisis of Voter Suppression" (NYU Press, 2020)
04 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Are we asleep at the (common)wheel? Civil rights attorney and law professor Gilda R. Daniels insists that contemporary voter ID laws, voter deception,...
Michele Wakin, "Hobo Jungle: A Homeless Community in Paradise" (Lynne Rienner, 2020)
04 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Michele Wakin’s new book Hobo Jungle: A Homeless Community in Paradise (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2020) is an up-close exploration of the evolution ...
Arlie Loughnan, "Self, Others and the State: Relations of Criminal Responsibility" (Cambridge UP, 2020)
03 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Criminal responsibility is a key-organizing concept of the criminal law, but Arlie Loughnan argues that it needs re-examination. Focusing on the Austr...
Brian Greene, "Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe" (Random House, 2020)
02 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Greene is a Professor of Mathematics and Physics at Columbia University in the City of New York, where he is the Director of the Institute for S...
Carl Suddler, "Presumed Criminal: Black Youth and the Justice System in Postwar New York" (NYU Press, 2019)
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A stark disparity exists between black and white youth experiences in the justice system today. Black youths are perceived to be older and less innoce...
Simon Bowmaker, "When the President Calls: Conversations with Economic Policymakers" (MIT Press, 2019)
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Dr Simon Bowmaker, Professor of Economics at New York University, Stern School of Business. He has recently published When the President ...
Govind Gopakumar, "Installing Automobility: Emerging Politics of Mobility and Streets in Indian Cities" (MIT Press, 2020)
27 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Automobiles and their associated infrastructures, deeply embedded in Western cities, have become a rapidly growing presence in the mega-cities of the ...
Paul M. Renfro, "Stranger Danger: Family Values, Childhood, and the American Carceral State" (Oxford UP, 2020)
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Beginning with Etan Patz's disappearance in Manhattan in 1979, a spate of high-profile cases of missing and murdered children stoked anxieties about t...
Howard Friedman, "Ultimate Price: The Value We Place on Life" (U California Press, 2020)
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Howard Friedman's new book Ultimate Price: The Value We Place on Life (University of California Press, 2020) should be required reading for anyone sit...
Patrick M. Condon, "Five Rules for Tomorrow’s Cities" (Island Press, 2020)
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How we design our cities over the next four decades will be critical for our planet. If we continue to spill excessive greenhouse gas into the atmosph...
Leslie M. Harris, "Slavery and the University: Histories and Legacies" (U Georgia Press, 2019)
28 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Slavery and the University: Histories and Legacies (University of Georgia Press, 2019), edited by Leslie M. Harris, James T. Campbell, and Alfred L. B...
Great Books: Melissa Schwartzberg on Rousseau's "The Social Contract"
28 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains." The opening sentence of 18th century philosopher Jean-Jacques Roussau's The Social Contract poses ...
Lloyd B. Minor, "Discovering Precision Health" (Wiley-Blackwell, 2020)
22 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is scientist, surgeon, and dean of the Stanford University School of Medicine, Dr. Lloyd B. Minor. Previously he served as provost and s...
K. Aronoff, et al., "A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal" (Verso, 2019)
14 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In early 2019, freshman representative Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and Senator Ed Markey proposed a bold new piece of legislation, now very well known as...
Kristian Ly Serena, "Age-Inclusive Public Space" (Hatje Cantz, 2019)
10 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Public spaces tend to over-represent facilities and spatial design for the young and the middle-aged, whereas elderly citizens are all too often negle...
Jonathan Barnett, "Designing the Megaregion: Meeting Urban Challenges at a New Scale" (Island Press, 2020)
08 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The US population is estimated to grow by more than 110 million people by 2050, and much of this growth will take place where cities and their suburbs...
Travis Lupick, "Fighting for Space: How a Group of Drug Users Transformed One City’s Struggle with Addiction" (Arsenal, 2108)
08 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
North America is in the grips of a drug epidemic; with the introduction of fentanyl, the chances of a fatal overdose are greater than ever, prompting ...
Anna Arstein-Kerslake, "Restoring Voice to People with Cognitive Disabilities: Realizing the Right to Equal Recognition Before the Law" (Cambridge UP, 2017)
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The right to decision making is important for all people. It allows us to choose how to we our lives – both on a daily basis, and also in terms of h...
Matt Cook, "Sleight of Mind: 75 Ingenious Paradoxes in Mathematics, Physics, and Philosophy" (MIT Press, 2020)
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Paradox is a sophisticated kind of magic trick. A magician's purpose is to create the appearance of impossibility, to pull a rabbit from an empty hat....
Andrew Leigh, "Randomistas: How Radical Researchers Are Changing Our World" (Yale UP, 2018)
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From the unending quest to turn metal into gold to the major discoveries that reveal how the universe works, experiments have always been a critical p...
Sara Hughes, "Repowering Cities: Governing Climate Change Mitigation in New York City, Los Angeles, and Toronto" (Cornell UP, 2019)
25 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Scholars like Ben Barber have suggested that cities provide the democratic culture to pragmatically problem-solve challenging policy issues – such a...
Elizabeth A. Wheeler, "HandiLand: The Crippest Place on Earth" (U Michigan Press, 2019)
23 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Throughout her new book, HandiLand: The Crippest Place on Earth (University of Michigan Press 2019), Elizabeth A. Wheeler uses a fictional place calle...
Diane Jones Allen, "Lost in the Transit Desert: Race, Transit Access, and Suburban Form" (Routledge, 2017)
18 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Increased redevelopment, the dismantling of public housing, and increasing housing costs are forcing a shift in migration of lower income and transit ...
Josh Seim, "Bandage, Sort, and Hustle: Ambulance Crews on the Front Lines of Urban Suffering" (U California Press, 2020)
13 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What is the role of the ambulance in the American city? The prevailing narrative provides a rather simple answer: saving and transporting the critical...
Sandro Galea, "Well: What We Need to Talk About When We Talk About Health" (Oxford UP, 2019)
10 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Well: What We Need to Talk About When We Talk About Health (Oxford University Press, 2019), physician Sandro Galea examines what Americans miss whe...
Jennifer E. Gaddis, "The Labor of Lunch: Why We Need Real Food and Real Jobs in American Public Schools" (U California Press, 2019)
06 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a problem with school lunch in America. Big Food companies have largely replaced the nation’s school cooks by supplying cafeterias with ch...
Lana Dee Povitz, "Stirrings: How Activist New Yorkers Ignited a Movement for Food Justice" (UNC Press, 2019)
03 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the last three decades of the twentieth century, government cutbacks, stagnating wages, AIDS, and gentrification pushed ever more people into pover...
Steven Higashide, "Better Buses, Better Cities : How to Plan, Run, and Win the Fight for Effective Transit" (Island Press, 2019)
02 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Buses can and should be the cornerstone of urban transportation. They offer affordable mobility and can connect citizens with every aspect of their li...
Phillipa Chong, “Inside the Critics’ Circle: Book Reviewing in Uncertain Times” (Princeton UP, 2020)
25 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How does the world of book reviews work? In Inside the Critics’ Circle: Book Reviewing in Uncertain Times (Princeton University Press, 2020), Philli...
Daniel Skinner, "Medical Necessity: Health Care Access and the Politics of Decision Making" (U Minnesota Press, 2019)
24 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The definition of medical necessity has morphed over the years, from a singular physician’s determination to a complex and dynamic political contest...
Steve Suitts, "Overturning Brown: The Segregationist Legacy of the Modern School Choice Movement" (NewSouth Books, 2020)
21 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
School choice, widely touted as a system that would ensure underprivileged youth have an equal opportunity in education, has grown in popularity in th...
Virginia Eubanks, "Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor" (St. Martin's, 2018)
20 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The State of Indiana denies one million applications for healthcare, foodstamps and cash benefits in three years―because a new computer system inter...
Caitlin Frances Bruce, "Painting Publics: Transnational Legal Graffiti Scenes as Spaces for Encounter" (Temple UP, 2019)
19 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Public art is a form of communication that enables spaces for encounters across difference. These encounters may be routine, repeated, or rare, but al...
Robert Frank, "Under the Influence: Putting Peer Pressure to Work" (Princeton UP, 2020)
17 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Psychologists have long understood that social environments profoundly shape our behavior, sometimes for the better, often for the worse. But social i...
Jodie Adams Kirshner, "Broke: Hardship and Resilience in a City of Broken Promise" (St. Martin's Press, 2019)
07 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In her new book Broke: Hardship and Resilience in a City of Broken Promise (St. Martin's Press, 2019), Jodie Adams Kirshner tells the story of the peo...
Kate Lockwood Harris, "Beyond the Rapist: Title IX and Sexual Violence on US Campuses" (Oxford UP, 2019)
06 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the New Books Network, Dr. Lee Pierce (she/they)--Asst. Prof. of Rhetoric and Communication at the State University of New York at ...
T. Mose "The Playdate" (NYU Press, 2016) and L. Crehan "Cleverlands" (Random House, 2017)
05 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we consider vital role of play, and what it does to expand a child’s creativity and resilience. Urban sociologist Tamara Mose is a...
David S. Cohen and Carole Joffe, "Obstacle Course: The Everyday Struggle to Get an Abortion in America" (UC Press, 2020)
05 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It seems unthinkable that citizens of one of the most powerful nations in the world must risk their lives and livelihoods in the search for access to ...
Russell A. Newman, "The Paradoxes of Network Neutralities" (MIT Press, 2019)
03 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Three years after the withdrawal of the Open Internet Order – then-President Barack Obama’s attempt at codifying network neutrality by prohibiting...
SpearIt, “American Prisons: A Critical Primer on Culture and Conversion to Islam” (First Edition Design, 2017)
31 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
America has the largest incarcerated population in the world. This staggering and troubling fact has driven a great deal of scholarship. Much of this ...
K. Linder et al., "Going Alt-Ac: A Guide to Alternative Academic Careers" (Stylus Publishing, 2020)
30 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re a grad student facing the ugly reality of finding a tenure-track job, you could easily be forgiven for thinking about a career change. How...
Michael Menser, "We Decide!: Theories and Cases in Participatory Democracy" (Temple UP, 2018)
29 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Participatory democracy calls for the creation and proliferation of practices and institutions that enable individuals and groups to better determine ...
Leah Stokes, "Short Circuiting Policy: Interest Groups and the Battle Over Clean Energy" (Oxford UP, 2020)
28 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Why do even successful clean energy policies fail to create momentum for more renewable energy? In her new book Short Circuiting Policy: Interest Grou...
Daniel Denvir, "All-American Nativism: How the Bipartisan War on Immigrants Explains Politics as We Know It" (Verso, 2020)
27 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It is often said that with the election of Donald Trump nativism was raised from the dead. After all, here was a president who organized his campaign ...
Nancy D. Campbell, "OD: Naloxone and the Politics of Overdose" (MIT Press, 2020)
24 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For years, drug overdose was unmentionable in polite society. OD was understood to be something that took place in dark alleys―an ugly death awaitin...