The British Dream: a review, and the author's response

Sunder Katwala and David Goodhart 18 April 2013

A new book on immigration and inclusion by the former Prospect Editor lays out a vision of a shared future Britain. Sunder Katwala, director of think-tank British Future, reviews the book, and the author David Goodhart responds.

Can we cooperate our way out of trouble? A review of ‘The Resilience Imperative’

Patrick Andrews 25 January 2013

Embrace local and co-operative models to build a decentralized, steady-state economy. So says a new book by Michael Lewis and Pat Conaty, but does it convince?

Cruel Britannia: a secret history of torture

Nicholas Mercer 4 December 2012

The hidden story of Britain's torture record has been told for the first time, a hand grenade into the heart of the establishment.

Dial M for Murdoch: the book to sink an empire?

Bruce Page 26 April 2012

Rupert Murdoch has returned for his second day before the UK state inquiry into the British press. While we tune into his defence, a sharp counter-point is the book Dial M for Murdoch with its uncompromising, up-to-date account of the global media empire's poisonous inner workings.

Tommy Sheridan and the myth of Scotland’s compassionate society

Gerry Hassan 27 February 2012
In a revised extract from his introduction to a new biography of Tommy Sheridan, Gerry Hassan exposes the weaknesses of Scotland’s belief in its solid left-wing culture and raises questions for independence and the future.

‘Epic Win’ for Anonymous? Hacktivism and the 99%

Jamie Mackay 2 February 2012

The Anonymous 'V for Vendetta' mask is an icon of the Occupy movement. But how does this band of deviant web pirates fit with the Occupiers ethics of responsibility, transparency and democracy? Cole Stryker's new book goes some way to deconstruct the generalisations.

In Place of Austerity: Reconstructing the economy, state and public services

Clifford Singer 5 January 2012
When even ex-Blairites are turning their back on the doctrine of New Public Management, why do such policies still guide reform? Dexter Whitfield's new book asks how we got here, and what practical alternatives there are for the future.

My Top Ten Political Books of 2011

Guy Aitchison 31 December 2011
It's been an extraordinary year in politics. In no particular order, here are ten books I enjoyed that can help make sense of what the hell is happening and what can be done.

The search for an alternative to trad Labour: the cul-de-sacs of Marxism Today and Tommy Sheridan

Gerry Hassan 16 December 2011
Two apparently very different books, The Tommy Sheridan Story and Pearmain's The Politics of New Labour, both recount the search for left alternatives in Britain.

Worlds apart: Fight Back! and The Purple Book compared

Peter Hill 13 December 2011
Two anthologies emanating from the broadly defined British left have wildly different conceptions of progress and democracy. One celebrates protest while the other refuses to stray from the narrow confines of existing political debate.

The Purple Book and the new age of rainbow coalitions

Gerry Hassan 29 September 2011
Urging a 'revising of New Labour', The Purple Book refuses to acknowledge the mistakes of the Blairite era. What it does show is that Britain is in a new age of 'colour politics', where flux and confusion reigns as we struggle to find an alternative to market fundamentalism.

Kettled Youth: the emergence of a new politics in Britain

James Butler 3 August 2011
A new polemic pamphlet reflects on the emergence of a new politics in Britain, through the lens of the police tactic of 'kettling' protesters

Book review: Parliamentarians, mavericks and trots

Stuart Weir 20 July 2011
Bob Marshall-Andrews and Richard Wainwright were two MPs who, in very different ways, belonged to the honourable and increasingly rare breed of parliamentarians who brought integrity and a willingness to speak up to the House of Commons, the public and their parties.

Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class

John Booth 3 June 2011
Owen Jones' new book documents the changes that have turned the working class into an object of fear and ridicule

An essential guide to electoral reform

Patrick Dunleavy 13 March 2011
Patrick Dunleavy finds essential reading for academics in the run up to the AV referendum in Alan Renwick’s recent book.

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