Reviews & notes on recent books

We’ve published a range of book reviews, now grouped into different categories.

Click here for our latest ‘booknotes’ piece, covering two books which seek to explain the rise of right-wing populism in American, France, and Britain.

Click through the links below to read substantial reviews about:

The craft of mediation & good practice in conflict resolution: solving management problems in America’s schools; attempts by non-profit organisations to dissuade young people in Los Angeles from violence; and the life and work of Herbert C Kelman

Understanding – and responding to – ‘extremism’: from Theodor Adorno to the EDL

Ideas & theory: consideration of Cassam, Arendt, Laclau and Haidt

Places, identities, migrations: tackling racism in Scotland; immigration to Scotland; refugees in twentieth century literature