🎉 It's publication day +1! I missed posting about it here yesterday, but my book - Coronations & Defenestrations: Choosing (and Losing) Tory Leaders - is now published with @agendapub.bsky.social and @edinburghup.bsky.social. If you'd like to give it a read, you can find it... 1/2

💡'Growth, democracy or climate action? The new political trilemma of advanced capitalism' by @aidanregan.bsky.social @hannaschwander.bsky.social er.bsky.social @cyrben.bsky.social & Tim Vlandas (@agendapub.bsky.social) will be presented & discussed today today at 4 PM at the #SASE2026 conference ⤵️

Delighted to see Growth, Democracy, or Climate Action? reviewed in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social. Daniel J. Fiorino describes the book as "a thoughtful, insightful analysis of the politics of climate mitigation". Many thanks for the thoughtful review, Daniel! doi.org/10.1017/S153...

An exciting moment: the first copies of my book, ‘Coronations & Defenestrations’, arrived today! It’s the story of how the Conservatives have picked (and ditched) their leaders throughout history, to be published by @agendapub.bsky.social (@edinburghup.bsky.social) at the end of this month.

Is the role of prime minister too difficult to perform successfully? 🤔 Delve into the new blog post, The Revolving Door at 10 Downing Street.

I'm pleased to say my book on the Tory leadership, 'Coronations & Defenestrations', will be out next month with @agendapub.bsky.social (part of @edinburghup.bsky.social). It looks back to when leaders simply emerged and charts the path to the flurry of leaders the party has endured in recent years.

📚 Just published Growth, Democracy or Climate Action? The New Political Trilemma of Advanced Capitalism by @aidanregan.bsky.social, @hannaschwander.bsky.social, @cyrben.bsky.social and Tim Vlandas @agendapub.bsky.social @edinburghup.bsky.social Find out more: www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...

📢 Out April 16th: Growth, Democracy, or Climate Action? co-authored with Aidan Regan, Cyril Benoit & Tim Vlandas. As fuel prices rise and governments buckle under competing pressures, the book could not be more timely. www.agendapub.com/page/detail/... (1/6)

Growth, Democracy or Climate Action? A new politics pod with friend of the show, Aidan Regan 🌍

Out today: @aidanregan.bsky.social's co-authored new book: Growth, Democracy, or Climate Action? The New Trilemma of Advanced Capitalism @edinburghup.bsky.social @agendapub.bsky.social #Degrowth for workers, green growth for the rest is how you lose democratic consent for #climate action. 👇

Arrived at #PSA26 and looking forward some great conversation over the next few days - please come and say hello to Alison Howson or take a look at some of our recently published books. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

Just arrived: Artificial Violence The Anthropocene, Ecocide and Artificial Intelligence by @tynergeog.bsky.social More info👇 www.agendapub.com/page/detail/... Out next month in the UK/Europe In the USA/Canada please pre-order via @columbiaup.bsky.social #Ecocide #ViolenceStudies #anthropocene

We will be at #PSA26 next week in Oxford - get in touch with Alison Howson if you have a publishing idea to discuss and want to fix a time or just drop by the stand to say hello!

We’re proud to distribute books from international and domestic presses, including @agendapub.bsky.social, ibidem Press, Peterson Institute for International Economics, @transcript-verlag.bsky.social, and @barbarabudrich.bsky.social. buff.ly/hwkllZ8 #ISA2026 @isanet.bsky.social

Debt Trap Nation "sets an example for housing scholars...and is an essential read for anyone seeking to understand contemporary neoliberal societies through the lens of gender and housing" Thanks @dollyloo.bsky.social for book review! www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

I’m in conversation in London on 12 April with Na’amod, a movement of Jews in the UK seeking to end their community’s support for apartheid and occupation, and to mobilise it in the struggle for dignity, freedom and democracy for all Palestinians and Israelis. actionnetwork.org/events/the-n...

Join us this coming Friday, March 13 at 10am EDT for an online discussion with Mark Vail about his new book The Hobbled State: Fractured Politics in Contemporary Germany. Learn more about the book and register here: councilforeuropeanstudies.org/announcement...

In this episode of The Philosopher, Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan discusses WHAT IS WE ( @agendapub.bsky.social ) — examining how the idea of “we” shapes the humanities & social sciences, and why we rarely question how “we” actually works. buff.ly/VJ5ZaJ6 #ThePhilosopher #Philosophy

Deryn's new book on the ethics of work is ace!

“An intellectually serious investigation of our ambivalent attitudes towards work... lays the conceptual groundwork for thinking of work as a space for the play of collective freedom.” @impractknow.bsky.social on 'Working for Each Other' by Deryn Thomas Out 5th March 👀👇 bit.ly/3ZWz0WD #philsky

I wrote a lengthy piece about genocide, geopolitics and international law in the new era, for e-international.bsky.social. url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/X3NyC7XWjc...

The SOAS Centre for Palestine Studies event, "Complicit: British Complicity in the Genocide in Gaza", with me and Peter Oborne, is now available on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7ab... @nimersultany.bsky.social

📢Just arrived: Crime, Space and Place New Geographical Perspectives by Tim Hall and Richard Yarwood “Responds incredibly well to student needs... a very welcome addition for courses.” - @qurbanist.bsky.social www.agendapub.com/page/detail/... #criminology #socialgeography

The Uneven Triangle: The US, China, and Russia in the Era of Trump 2.0 On 5 Feb., I'll be joining Bobo Lo and @giuliasciorati.bsky.social at @uclssees.bsky.social to talk about...well, what the title says! Do join us. (Free, but booking required) www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Tomorrow!

Join Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan in conversation with Tara Emelye Needham for a conversation about WHAT IS WE? on Monday, February 2 at 11am PT/2pm ET/7pm UK. Register Today! buff.ly/8ifPtxP @agendapub.bsky.social

“Hamilton-Hart deftly uses intuitive concepts from economics, jurisprudence and organizational theory to make a provocative argument for authority, understood as the prudent use of judgement in an environment of accountability.” @profmdwhite.bsky.social on 'Stupid Rules' which has just arrived!

The Jervis Forum Review 1257 Koen van Zon’s Heralds of a Democratic Europe: Representation without Politicization in the European Community, 1948–68 “tells us much about the roots, results, and remedies of European-level struggles for democratic representation” –Mechthild Roos wp.me/p2Insd-7Ex

I’ve been interviewed by BBC Radio Ulster about my book The New Age of Genocide: Intellectual and Political Challenges after Gaza. It’s about 20 minutes long and begins at 12.36. My first interview with any BBC outlet in the last 26 months of genocide! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

“A sharply written and most welcome new contribution on the multiple new genocides of the 21st century... a thoughtful defense of the genocide concept, against those scholars who seek to discard it.” @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social on 'The New Age of Genocide' in the Journal of Peace Research.

For your diaries (3 February): join Peter Oborne, Nimer Sultany and me at SOAS to discuss Complicit: British Complicity in the Genocide in Gaza. Register now. www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...

“Myers has written a book that demonstrates how, and why, to do postcolonial scholarship... a fresh and accomplished contribution to urban studies literature.” Professor Mark Davidson on 'Postcolonial Urban Studies' by @garthandrew.bsky.social - out next week. #PostcolonialStudies #UrbanStudies

Announcing: On Philosophy, Winter 2026!! All events are free, Mondays at 2pm ET / 7pm UK (except March 2nd is 30 min later, and March 9th is 3pm ET) featuring Angie Hobbs, Yann Allard-Tremblay, Fannie Bialek, Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan, Kaitlyn Creasy, and so many more! #Philosophy #PhilEvents

We'd like to close 2025 by sending best wishes to all the authors, editors, reviewers, librarians, printers, booksellers, distributors and reps we've worked with this year and to post with pride this 'shelfie' of the books we published together. More to come in 2026 - so please follow for updates!

How genocide is being ‘normalised’ Mike Phipps reviews The New Age of Genocide, by Martin Shaw, published by Agenda. This book addresses not only the concept of genocide but its return to a central place in world politics. It explores both the West’s failure to prevent genocide, and, in the case…

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Last gig of 2025: giving evidence at London Assembly inquiry on social housing allocations London is the epicentre of debt-based disqualifications. In 1 month of FOI data, 79% of disqualified HHs in England living in Temporary Accommodation were in London (3,000+ HHs). Nearly 1/2 incl. children.

*new Contesting AI talk* - The AI Matrix: Profits, Politics, and the Struggle Over Our Tech Future 21 Jan, 3pm GMT Register: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi... Introducing new book by Regine Paul, @dmugge.bsky.social, and Vali Stan: www.agendapub.com/page/detail/... Hosted by: contestingai.uk

Spotted! Debt Trap Nation in Manchester Waterstones. Particularly pleasing with the majority of families in the book living in Greater Manchester. And featured in the British History section. What a damning history it will tell about how children and their families have been treated.

Jason Blakely on political science’s failure to grasp Trumpism. harpers.org/archive/2026...

Great summary of the arguments in 'The Disorderly Society' by Bobo Lo in this YouTube recording. Thank you to @nestcentre.bsky.social for hosting. 'The Disorderly Society' is out now in the UK. Coming soon in the USA & Canada (January) via @columbiaup.bsky.social👇 cup.columbia.edu/book/the-dis...

Watch author Topher McDougal introduce readers to his new book GAIA WAKES.

📢Just arrived 📚 (publishes January 2026): The Hobbled State: Fractured Politics in Contemporary Germany by Mark Vail May be of interest to the German Politics Specialist Group (GPSG) of @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social www.agendapub.com/page/detail/... #GermanPolitics #EuropeanStudies

Delighted to discuss my new book "Unfinished Empire" before a large audience at Ireland’s PermRep to the EU 🇮🇪🇪🇺 - a timely conversation on Russia’s imperial project Grateful for warm opening remarks from 🇺🇦 Ambassador to the EU and PSC Amb Luke Feeney + expert moderation by @shonamurray.bsky.social

I had a delightful conversation about #GaiaWakes with Scott Jones on his Give and Take podcast. I get the impression he could make even mundane topics shimmer with some combination of mystery and revelation and curiosity and joy. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Regine Paul, Vali Stan and I have analysed how deeply #AI is entangled in global politics and corporate profit-hunting. “The AI Matrix” is the result – and the digital book-version is open access: www.agendapub.com/page/detail/... (Link doesn't work? Try this one: www.regulaite.eu/images/pdf/M...)

📢#BookSale📢 Today only - if you are in the USA / Canada - you can buy any Agenda book at half price via the Columbia University Press website👇 cup.columbia.edu/books/?publi... No code needed - discounts will be applied automatically on checkout. #CyberMonday

📢Next Monday 1st December - order any of our books at HALF PRICE via the Columbia University Press website 📚 👀List of Agenda books to choose from👇 cup.columbia.edu/search-list/... *Only readers in USA, CANADA & LATIN AMERICA may buy Agenda books via @columbiaup.bsky.social #booksale

As Garnett says: "The 2016 referendum, and its consequences, accounted directly for Cameron and May; and while Johnson and Truss found means of self-sabotage, arguably neither would have earned the chance to showcase their ineptitude for leadership without Brexit." My review from the new Liberator

Andrew Trigg's 'Heterodox Economics' out this week from @agendapub.bsky.social @rethinkecon.bsky.social @economicsinten.bsky.social @unlearnecon.bsky.social www.agendapub.com/page/detail/...