Book Review Symposium – James Ferguson’s “Give a Man a Fish: Reflections on the New Politics of Distribution”

James Ferguson, Give a Man a Fish: Reflections on the New Politics of Distribution, Durham: Duke University Press, 2015. ISBN: 978-0-8223-5895-4 (cloth); ISBN: 978-0-8223-5886-2 (paper) Editor’s...
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Review essay – “Institutionalized Ignorance and Manufactured Oblivion: Reading Noga Kadman’s ‘Erased from Space and Consciousness’ from an Agnotological Perspective”

This time last week we posted a video abstract for Nora Stel’s new paper, “The Agnotology of Eviction in South Lebanon’s Palestinian Gatherings: How Institutional Ambiguity and Deliberate...
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Book Review Symposium – Andrew Brooks’ “Clothing Poverty: The Hidden World of Fast Fashion and Second-Hand Clothes”

Andrew Brooks, Clothing Poverty: The Hidden World of Fast Fashion and Second-Hand Clothes, London: Zed Books, 2015. ISBN: 9781783600670 (paper); ISBN: 9781783600687 (cloth) Editor’s...
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Book review essay – Sara Nelson on Jason Moore's "Capitalism in the Web of Life: Ecology and the Accumulation of Capital"

Jason W. Moore, Capitalism in the Web of Life: Ecology and the Accumulation of Capital, New York: Verso, 2015. ISBN: 9781781689011 (cloth); ISBN: 9781781689028 (paper); ISBN: 9781781689042...
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Book Review Symposium – Shiloh Krupar’s Hot Spotter’s Report: Military Fables of Toxic Waste

Shiloh R. Krupar, Hot Spotter’s Report: Military Fables of Toxic Waste, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2013. ISBN: 9780816676385 (cloth); ISBN: 9780816676392 (paper) Editor's...
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Book review essay – "Geographies of Peace"

Fiona McConnell, Nick Megoran and Philippa Williams (eds), Geographies of Peace, London: I.B.Tauris, 2014. ISBN: 9781780761435 (cloth) Reviewed by Jenna M. Loyd, University of...
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Critical dialogue – Kean Birch responds to Brett Christophers’ “Monopolizing Neoliberalism Away”

A response to Brett Christophers’ Monopolizing Neoliberalism Away by Kean Birch, Department of Social Science, York University, [email protected] ***A pdf version of this essay is available...
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Book review essay – “Monopolizing Neoliberalism Away” by Brett Christophers

Monopolizing Neoliberalism Away by Brett Christophers, Institute for Housing and Urban Research, Uppsala University, [email protected] ***A pdf version of this essay is available...
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Book review symposium – James C. Scott’s “Two Cheers for Anarchism”

Just in time for this year's festival of self-organisation on May 1st, International Workers' Day, we're pleased to present a book review symposium on James C. Scott's Two Cheers for Anarchism....
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Book Review Symposium – Matthew Sparke’s “Introducing Globalization: Ties, Tensions, and Uneven Integration”

“The body is...both embedded in the processes that produce, sustain, bound, and ultimately dissolve it and internally contradictory by virtue of the multiple socio-ecological processes that...
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