NEW: Is viewing everyone as "neighbours" under climate change a viable framework for holding polluters accountable? Read an extract from The Climate Trial: Law and Justice on a Melting Planet by Noah Walker-Crawford @granthamlse.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social 👇

Have you subscribed to our newsletter yet? 📬 Get a tailored update of analysis and insights from across LSE Blogs every other Friday 👉 eepurl.com/iwXSu-/ Today's issue leads with the implications of Anthropic's latest AI tool that was "too dangerous to release." Read more 👉 eepurl.com/AmI3Q0l2CR

NEW: Decolonial theory needs to be grounded in reality. So argues the @sagepub.com Handbook of Decolonial Theory ed. @insurgentthought.bsky.social @sandeepbak.bsky.social et al. It centres the Global South & makes a radical contribution to decolonial thought & praxis, writes @themrise.bsky.social

“We have the power to stop the worst outcomes of climate change.” @laurieparsons.bsky.social on his book Climate Hegemony: Confronting the Politics of Environmental Impasse @lsepress.bsky.social @rgs.org and the need to reimagine climate governance from the ground up @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social

NEW: Why can't we just print more money? Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) claims governments could fill revenue gaps for key projects like unemployment programmes and energy security without raising taxes by simply printing more money. An essay by Emmanuel Maggiori interrogates MMT’s boldest claims.

🗨️ “We have the power to stop the worst outcomes of climate change” @laurieparsons.bsky.social , spoke with @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social about his new book, Climate Hegemony: Confronting the Politics of Environmental Impasse. Read the full post: blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...

NEW INTERVIEW: How can we disrupt the capitalist logics blocking climate action? We spoke to @laurieparsons.bsky.social, author of Climate Hegemony: Confronting the Politics of Environmental Impasse @lsepress.bsky.social @rgs.org about the book and why ground-up perspectives can drive real change.

NEW: Where did the good sex go? Bad Sex: Sexuality, Gender & Affect in Contemporary TV by B. Holzberg @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social, J. Gibbs @citystgeorges.bsky.social & A. Lehtonen @uniofgreenwich.bsky.social @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social Review by Aurelia Wilson @torontomet.bsky.social

My review of @alanmanning4.bsky.social’s Why Immigration Policy is Hard, an extremely comprehensive book, covering reasons for migration, the effects of migration on high-income receiving countries, what we know about the effects of various policies, and much more.

NEW: The challenge of immigration policymaking. Alan Manning’s Why Immigration Policy is Hard @politybooks.bsky.social dissects how misleading statistics, policy failure and public perception fuel polarised immigration debates. Review by @mgerver.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

Superstates China & India are reshaping global trade & power dynamics. Can they sustain their success? Eclipsing the West by Vince Cable @lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social explores this question & possible future trajectories. Will Hall reviews it @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social

NEW: China & India have emerged as superstates, reshaping global trade & power dynamics. Can they sustain their success? Eclipsing the West: China, India & the Forging of a New World by Vince Cable @lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social explores this question. Review by Will Hall.

Who is Britain really saving in the fight against modern slavery? Drugs, Race, and the Politics of Modern Slavery Law by Insa Lee Koch @lselaw.bsky.social examines the problems with how Britain reclassified racialised young drug runners as victims of modern slavery. She introduces the book below 👇

Do you know a town, city, or area with great bookshops? If so, we're seeking new contributions to our global bookshop guide series 🌏📚 and would love to hear from you! Send us a message or email [email protected] and check out past features here 👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...

NEW: At a turbulent time for the international order, how are global frameworks around law, human rights and finance shaping development? John Patrick Groarke @lseid.bsky.social reviews International Development Law by Rumu Sarkar @springernature.com

NEW: The contradictory social codes and class identity of tech workers. The Social Codes of Tech Workers by @robertdorschel.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk @mitpress.bsky.social, a sociological study of class among mid-level digital labourers, reviewed by @sakhavi.bsky.social 👇

NEW: The tools that make science work. Science of Science: Understanding the Foundations and Limits of Science from an Interdisciplinary Perspective by Alexander Krauss @lsephilosophy.bsky.social @oxunipress.bsky.social reviewed by Saswat Barpanda.

Revisiting Marx in the age of finance capital: The Story of Capital by @davidharvey.org @versobooks.bsky.social reviewed by @annpettifor.bsky.social for @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social

NEW: A more ethical framework for understanding child poverty and vulnerability based on research from Kenya 🇰🇪 Children’s Lived Experience of Poverty and Vulnerability in Kenya by Elizabeth Ngutuku, reviewed by Subhendu. @africaatlse.bsky.social @lseid.bsky.social @routledgebooks.bsky.social

NEW: A more ethical framework for understanding child poverty and vulnerability based on research from Kenya 🇰🇪 Children’s Lived Experience of Poverty and Vulnerability in Kenya by Elizabeth Ngutuku, reviewed by Subhendu. @africaatlse.bsky.social @lseid.bsky.social @routledgebooks.bsky.social

💥New | The missing catalogue – Why finding books in translation is still so hard ✍️ @ausiastsel.com #Translation #Libraries #Metadata

NEW: @annpettifor.bsky.social reviews The Story of Capital by @davidharvey.org @versobooks.bsky.social, an authoritative and essential reading of Marx's Capital for our age of spiralling accumulation and finance capital.

NEW: The Bonds of Freedom: Liberated Africans & the End of the Slave Trade by Jake Subryan Richards @lsehy.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social "arrives at a critical moment, offering an important intervention in the historiography of abolition & its aftermath," writes Yusuf Abdullahi in his #review.

How Sanctions Work by Narges Bajoghli, Vali Nasr, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, and Ali Vaez @stanfordpress.bsky.social explores how Iran's economy and society managed to endure decades of punitive economic measures. Review by Zahra Niazi @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social

NEW: How has Iran's economy and society survived under sanctions? How Sanctions Work: Iran and the Impact of Economic Warfare by Narges Bajoghli, Vali Nasr, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, and Ali Vaez @stanfordpress.bsky.social reviewed by Zahra Niazi. Read more 👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...

"Gainesville sits in North Florida, caught between the Deep South and the rest of the state, and that in-between feeling shows up in the raw, rebellious arts scene circling the University of Florida." Planning a visit to Gainesville? Take a look at our recent bookshop guide for the city 👇

NEW: Capitalism in the Web of Life, revisited. A look at the influence of this contemporary classic, recently re-issued for its 10th anniversary by @versobooks.bsky.social Read more 👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...

NEW: What makes a good judge?⚖ Ross Cranston’s Judging @lselaw.bsky.social examines this question from the perspective of a judge now retired from the UK bench. A timely and important contribution to our understanding of the UK justice system, writes Daniel Clark @sussex.ac.uk

📝 Read an edited excerpt recently published by @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social: blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb... #LSEMedia #ProfessorBartCammaerts #MediaTheory #NewBook #Routledge

NEW: Victor Mallet’s Far-Right France @hurstpublishers.bsky.social examines the rise of the far right in France through the successful alliance between Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella and their appeal to rural voters. Review by @laurentwarlouzet.bsky.social @sorbonne-universite.fr 👇

NEW: Tribal Politics: How Brexit Divided Britain by @sarahobolt.bsky.social @lsegovernment.bsky.social & James Tilley @ox.ac.uk examines the two opposing, enduring political identities forged by the 2016 Brexit Referendum: Leavers & Remainers. Review by @timbale.bsky.social @qmulsse.bsky.social 👇

NEW: Resisting myths of oppression, embracing the human. Elaine Coburn introduces The Emma LaRocque Reader @uoftpress.bsky.social, a collection of writings by the renowned indigenous scholar, author, poet and activist from the Métis community in northeastern Alberta, Canada.

We are looking forward to the official book launch of #Tribal #Politics on Tuesday 5 May from 6pm to 7.30pm in the #LSE Shaw Library! Tickets are limited and are available now: www.lse.ac.uk/government/e...

Great book - here's my review, hot off the @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social press!

NEW: Tribal Politics: How Brexit Divided Britain by @sarahobolt.bsky.social @lsegovernment.bsky.social & James Tilley @ox.ac.uk examines the two opposing, enduring political identities forged by the 2016 Brexit Referendum: Leavers & Remainers. Review by @timbale.bsky.social @qmulsse.bsky.social 👇

"The idea of a ‘free’ internet... has paradoxically fuelled a mainstream business model based on the commodification of users' sociality." #BartCammaerts explores how subcultures were captured by surveillance #capitalism. @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social book extract: blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...

NEW: From the internet's early countercultural ideals to today’s surveillance capitalism and fluid digital landscape, is the binary of “mainstream” and “alternative” media still meaningful? Read an extract Bart Cammaerts’ Dichotomies in Media and Communication Theory @routledgebooks.bsky.social 👇

Global capitalist value chains are exploiting workers and destroying the environment. Capitalist Value Chains: Labour Exploitation, Nature Destruction, Geopolitics by Benjamin Selwyn and Christin Bernhold reviewed by @abieler.bsky.social @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social @lseid.bsky.social

NEW: In our latest bookshop guide @lselibrary.bsky.social 's Chelsea Collison takes us on a tour of the best spots for booklovers in Gainesville, Florida (incl. @thelynxbooks.bsky.social). "A place where DIY culture and political resistance intersect is ripe for good reading material," she writes.

NEW: Global capitalist value chains are exploiting workers and destroying the environment. Capitalist Value Chains: Labour Exploitation, Nature Destruction, Geopolitics by Benjamin Selwyn and Christin Bernhold @oxunipress.bsky.social reviewed by @abieler.bsky.social @lseid.bsky.social

NEW: How India’s nomadic communities fight for land rights and gender justice. Nomadic Indigenous Peoples & the Law by Indrani Sigamany @routledgebooks.bsky.social analyses how these communities navigate land dispossession, gendered injustices & administrative barriers. Review by Prabhat Sharma

NEW: To mark the new translation of her book Seduction @politybooks.bsky.social into Chinese, Rachel O'Neill @lsemedia.bsky.social reflects on how “PUA” culture resonates in China, its roots in neoliberal ideas of masculinity, and how platform algorithms shape our intimate relationships.

Our newsletter is out today 📫 exploring different forms of power – from the rise of the strongman president in the US to the empowerment of women refugees through humanitarian agencies. Plus, a reading list for the new Women's Library centenary exhibition at LSE. Read it here 👉 shorturl.at/WnUsO

For #InternationalWomensDay, @socialscience2.bsky.social recommends seven books based on a new exhibition celebrating the centenary of The Women's Library @lselibrary.bsky.social @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social @fotwl.bsky.social @gillianmurphy.bsky.social #IWD

NEW: To mark the new translation of her book Seduction @politybooks.bsky.social into Chinese, Rachel O'Neill @lsemedia.bsky.social reflects on how “PUA” culture resonates in China, its roots in neoliberal ideas of masculinity, and how platform algorithms shape our intimate relationships.

Where will the US-Israeli war in Iran end? Our latest newsletter is out now 📬 considering this question and the broader geopolitical history of the Middle East. We also share posts to mark Women's History Month and International Women's Day. Read more 👉 us21.campaign-archive.com?e=4a56edb876...

LSE librarian @socialscience2.bsky.social recommends seven books based on a new exhibition celebrating 100 years of The Women's Library @lselibrary.bsky.social @fotwl.bsky.social @gillianmurphy.bsky.social @whitproject.bsky.social @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy @thelondonarchives.bsky.social

Happy World Book Day to all the writers, editors, researchers, publishers, copyeditors, proof-readers, designers and everyone in-between who puts books into the world – and to all of us who love to read them! 📚

NEW: The Burning Earth by Sunil Amrith @yale.edu @britishacademy.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social is a 500-year history of the relationship between humans & their environments & a masterful attempt to acknowledge the ecological underpinnings of human freedom. Review by Maximilian Fenner

NEW: A comparative study of how women-focused humanitarian aid agencies in the UK and France approach refugee women's empowerment by Zeynep Kilicoglu @lsegender.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social. Review by @eolivius.bsky.social @umeauniversitet.bsky.social ⬇