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Social & Political Reform

Most Recommended Books

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

“It shows the ways in which technology, our need for certain creature comforts and consumer culture can be used to manipulate us.”

Catherine Mayer, Politician

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We have a variety of interviews recommending books on social and political reform, some looking at ideologies of reform, others at historical movements and others looking at contemporary movements in particular countries.

On the ideological side, Professor Ruth Kinna looks at anarchist thought, as it developed from the 19th century and into the 20th century. Ellen Wayland-Smith, a descendant of John Humphrey Noyes, the founder of the utopian Oneida community, and the economist John Quiggin both select their best books on Utopia. Journalist Maria Sveland covers at feminism and US Congressman Keith Ellison progressivism.

Turning to individual countries, former US union boss Andy Stern chooses books about bringing change to America. Economist Austin Frakt covers US healthcare reform and activist Van Jones, in an interview conducted prior to the election of President Trump, looks at change in America and the legacy of President Obama. It still makes for interesting reading.

British politician David Owen looks at constitutional reform in the UK and the constitutional expert Vernon Bogdanor considers electoral reform. Richard Baum looks at obstacles to political reform in China. On broader economic themes, the journalist and writer, Anatole Kaletsky thinks about a new capitalism and Robert Reich ponders saving capitalism and democracy.

On more purely historical themes, Faramerz Dabhoiwala talks about the 18th century sexual revolution and historian David Kynaston looks at the social history of post-war Britain.

    The best books on Anarchism, recommended by Ruth Kinna

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    The best books on Anarchism - 'Anarchism', in the Encyclopaedia Britannica by Peter Kropotkin

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    'Anarchism', in the Encyclopaedia Britannica
    by Peter Kropotkin

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    The best books on Anarchism - Gates of Freedom: Voltairine de Cleyre and the Revolution of the Mind by Eugenia C. DeLamotte

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    Gates of Freedom: Voltairine de Cleyre and the Revolution of the Mind
    by Eugenia C. DeLamotte

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    The best books on Anarchism - The Slavery of Our Times by Leo Tolstoy

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    The Slavery of Our Times
    by Leo Tolstoy

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    The best books on Anarchism - Autonomy, Solidarity, Possibility: The Colin Ward Reader by Chris Wilbert, Colin Ward & Damian F. White

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    Autonomy, Solidarity, Possibility: The Colin Ward Reader
    by Chris Wilbert, Colin Ward & Damian F. White

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    The best books on Anarchism - Anarchism and Syndicalism in the Colonial and Postcolonial World, 1870-1940 by Lucien van der Walt & Steven Hirsch

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    Anarchism and Syndicalism in the Colonial and Postcolonial World, 1870-1940
    by Lucien van der Walt & Steven Hirsch

  • The best books on Anarchism - 'Anarchism', in the Encyclopaedia Britannica by Peter Kropotkin
  • The best books on Anarchism - Gates of Freedom: Voltairine de Cleyre and the Revolution of the Mind by Eugenia C. DeLamotte
  • The best books on Anarchism - The Slavery of Our Times by Leo Tolstoy
  • The best books on Anarchism - Autonomy, Solidarity, Possibility: The Colin Ward Reader by Chris Wilbert, Colin Ward & Damian F. White
  • The best books on Anarchism - Anarchism and Syndicalism in the Colonial and Postcolonial World, 1870-1940 by Lucien van der Walt & Steven Hirsch

The best books on Anarchism, recommended by Ruth Kinna

Sometimes vilified, often misunderstood, rarely taught in universities, anarchism is a political philosophy and social movement that’s far removed from today’s mainstream politics. But it was and remains a powerful motivator. Political theorist Ruth Kinna talks us through the best books to read to get a better understanding of anarchism.

The best books on Anarchism, recommended by Ruth Kinna

    The best books on Foucault, recommended by Gary Gutting

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    The best books on Foucault - How to Read Foucault by Johanna Oksala

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    How to Read Foucault
    by Johanna Oksala

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    The best books on Foucault - The Philosophy of Foucault by Todd May

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    The Philosophy of Foucault
    by Todd May

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    The best books on Foucault - Bodies and Pleasures: Foucault and the Politics of Sexual Normalization by Ladelle McWhorter

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    Bodies and Pleasures: Foucault and the Politics of Sexual Normalization
    by Ladelle McWhorter

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    The best books on Foucault - The Cambridge Foucault Lexicon by (ed.) Leonard Lawlor and John Nale

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    The Cambridge Foucault Lexicon
    by (ed.) Leonard Lawlor and John Nale

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    The best books on Foucault - The Lives of Michel Foucault by David Macey

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    The Lives of Michel Foucault
    by David Macey

  • The best books on Foucault - How to Read Foucault by Johanna Oksala
  • The best books on Foucault - The Philosophy of Foucault by Todd May
  • The best books on Foucault - Bodies and Pleasures: Foucault and the Politics of Sexual Normalization by Ladelle McWhorter
  • The best books on Foucault - The Cambridge Foucault Lexicon by (ed.) Leonard Lawlor and John Nale
  • The best books on Foucault - The Lives of Michel Foucault by David Macey

The best books on Foucault, recommended by Gary Gutting

“Do not ask who I am and do not ask me to remain the same,” wrote Michel Foucault; a brilliant transdisciplinarian whose work spanned philosophy, history, social theory and literary criticism. He mined past ways of thinking so as to see present-day assumptions and practices afresh, explains the philosopher Gary Gutting.

The best books on Foucault, recommended by Gary Gutting

    The best books on Utopia, recommended by Ellen Wayland-Smith

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    The best books on Utopia - The City of God by Augustine

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    The City of God
    by Augustine

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    The best books on Utopia - Utopia by Thomas More

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    Utopia
    by Thomas More

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    The best books on Utopia - A Modern Utopia by H G Wells

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    A Modern Utopia
    by H G Wells

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    The best books on Utopia - Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

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    Brave New World
    by Aldous Huxley

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    The best books on Utopia - Paradise Now: The Story of American Utopianism by Chris Jennings

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    Paradise Now: The Story of American Utopianism
    by Chris Jennings

  • The best books on Utopia - The City of God by Augustine
  • The best books on Utopia - Utopia by Thomas More
  • The best books on Utopia - A Modern Utopia by H G Wells
  • The best books on Utopia - Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
  • The best books on Utopia - Paradise Now: The Story of American Utopianism by Chris Jennings

The best books on Utopia, recommended by Ellen Wayland-Smith

Utopia is out of fashion because efforts to set one up normally end disastrously, says author Ellen Wayland-Smith. And yet, they offer a critique of society that, even today, can’t be ignored. She picks the best books on utopia.

The best books on Utopia, recommended by Ellen Wayland-Smith

    The best books on Futures, recommended by Andrew Curry

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    The best books on Futures - The Living Company by Arie de Geus

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    The Living Company
    by Arie de Geus

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    The best books on Futures - Three Horizons: The Patterning of Hope by Bill Sharpe

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    Three Horizons: The Patterning of Hope
    by Bill Sharpe

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    The best books on Futures - Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital by Carlota Perez

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    Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital
    by Carlota Perez

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    The best books on Futures - Reframing Business by Richard Normann

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    Reframing Business
    by Richard Normann

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    The best books on Futures - The Limits to Growth by Dennis L. Meadows, Donella H Meadows & Jorgen Randers

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    The Limits to Growth
    by Dennis L. Meadows, Donella H Meadows & Jorgen Randers

  • The best books on Futures - The Living Company by Arie de Geus
  • The best books on Futures - Three Horizons: The Patterning of Hope by Bill Sharpe
  • The best books on Futures - Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital by Carlota Perez
  • The best books on Futures - Reframing Business by Richard Normann
  • The best books on Futures - The Limits to Growth by Dennis L. Meadows, Donella H Meadows & Jorgen Randers

The best books on Futures, recommended by Andrew Curry

The futurist says work in futures is about patterns, not predictions. He recommends five books about the future that look backwards as well as forwards.

The best books on Futures, recommended by Andrew Curry

    The best books on Feminism, recommended by Maria Sveland

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    The best books on Feminism - Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

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    Mrs Dalloway
    by Virginia Woolf

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    The best books on Feminism - Fear of Flying by Erica Jong

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    Fear of Flying
    by Erica Jong

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    The best books on Feminism - The Women’s Room by Marilyn French

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    The Women’s Room
    by Marilyn French

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    The best books on Feminism - The Terror Dream by Susan Faludi

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    The Terror Dream
    by Susan Faludi

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    The best books on Feminism - Wetlands by Charlotte Roche

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    Wetlands
    by Charlotte Roche

  • The best books on Feminism - Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
  • The best books on Feminism - Fear of Flying by Erica Jong
  • The best books on Feminism - The Women’s Room by Marilyn French
  • The best books on Feminism - The Terror Dream by Susan Faludi
  • The best books on Feminism - Wetlands by Charlotte Roche

The best books on Feminism, recommended by Maria Sveland

The feminist author chooses liberating literature for women, from Virginia Woolf to Erica Jong. She says that men still don’t share equal responsibility in the home, and that life after divorce can be easier.

The best books on Feminism, recommended by Maria Sveland

    The best books on The 1970s, recommended by Andy Beckett

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    The best books on The 1970s - Style Wars by Peter York

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    Style Wars
    by Peter York

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    The best books on The 1970s - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré

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    Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
    by John le Carré

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    The best books on The 1970s - The History Man by Malcolm Bradbury

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    The History Man
    by Malcolm Bradbury

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    The best books on The 1970s - Thinking the Unthinkable by Richard Cockett

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    Thinking the Unthinkable
    by Richard Cockett

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    The best books on The 1970s - Los Angeles by Reyner Banham

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    Los Angeles
    by Reyner Banham

  • The best books on The 1970s - Style Wars by Peter York
  • The best books on The 1970s - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré
  • The best books on The 1970s - The History Man by Malcolm Bradbury
  • The best books on The 1970s - Thinking the Unthinkable by Richard Cockett
  • The best books on The 1970s - Los Angeles by Reyner Banham

The best books on The 1970s, recommended by Andy Beckett

Andy Beckett’s choices point to a welcome reassessment of the 1970s, that much-maligned ‘gothic’ decade, and sweep from London to Los Angeles by way of Malcolm Bradbury and John le Carré

The best books on The 1970s, recommended by Andy Beckett

    The best books on Obstacles to Political Reform in China, recommended by Richard Baum

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    The best books on Obstacles to Political Reform in China - China’s Trapped Transition by Minxin Pei

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    China’s Trapped Transition
    by Minxin Pei

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    The best books on Obstacles to Political Reform in China - Remaking the Chinese Leviathan by Dali Yang

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    Remaking the Chinese Leviathan
    by Dali Yang

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    The best books on Obstacles to Political Reform in China - Capitalism without Democracy by Kellee Tsai

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    Capitalism without Democracy
    by Kellee Tsai

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    The best books on Obstacles to Political Reform in China - Will the Boat Sink the Water? The Life of China’s Peasants by Chen Guide and Wu Chundao

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    Will the Boat Sink the Water? The Life of China’s Peasants
    by Chen Guide and Wu Chundao

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    The best books on Obstacles to Political Reform in China - Out of Mao’s Shadow by Philip Pan

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    Out of Mao’s Shadow
    by Philip Pan

  • The best books on Obstacles to Political Reform in China - China’s Trapped Transition by Minxin Pei
  • The best books on Obstacles to Political Reform in China - Remaking the Chinese Leviathan by Dali Yang
  • The best books on Obstacles to Political Reform in China - Capitalism without Democracy by Kellee Tsai
  • The best books on Obstacles to Political Reform in China - Will the Boat Sink the Water? The Life of China’s Peasants by Chen Guide and Wu Chundao
  • The best books on Obstacles to Political Reform in China - Out of Mao’s Shadow by Philip Pan

The best books on Obstacles to Political Reform in China, recommended by Richard Baum

The late China specialist and UCLA professor Richard Baum said that he sometimes felt genuine admiration for China’s technocratic leaders. Other days, he shook his head at their obsessive intransigence and China’s endemic political insecurity

The best books on Obstacles to Political Reform in China, recommended by Richard Baum

    The best books on Progressivism, recommended by Keith Ellison

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    The best books on Progressivism - Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story by Martin Luther King Jr

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    Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story
    by Martin Luther King Jr

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    The best books on Progressivism - The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X and assisted by Alex Haley, Laurence Fishburne (narrator)

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    The Autobiography of Malcolm X
    by Malcolm X and assisted by Alex Haley, Laurence Fishburne (narrator)

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    The best books on Progressivism - The Two-Income Trap by Elizabeth Warren and Amelia Tyagi

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    The Two-Income Trap
    by Elizabeth Warren and Amelia Tyagi

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    The best books on Progressivism - Winner-Take-All Politics by Jacob S Hacker and Paul Pierson

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    Winner-Take-All Politics
    by Jacob S Hacker and Paul Pierson

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    The best books on Progressivism - God’s Politics by Jim Wallis

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    God’s Politics
    by Jim Wallis

  • The best books on Progressivism - Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story by Martin Luther King Jr
  • The best books on Progressivism - The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X and assisted by Alex Haley, Laurence Fishburne (narrator)
  • The best books on Progressivism - The Two-Income Trap by Elizabeth Warren and Amelia Tyagi
  • The best books on Progressivism - Winner-Take-All Politics by Jacob S Hacker and Paul Pierson
  • The best books on Progressivism - God’s Politics by Jim Wallis

The best books on Progressivism, recommended by Keith Ellison

As American congressman Keith Ellison—the first Muslim elected to Congress—enters the race to chair the Democratic National Committee, reread this interview on the cause he stands for: progressivism — and the best books to read to fully understand it.

The best books on Progressivism, recommended by Keith Ellison

    The best books on Uncivilisation, recommended by Paul Kingsnorth

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    The best books on Uncivilisation - A Short History of Progress by Ronald Wright

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    A Short History of Progress
    by Ronald Wright

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    The best books on Uncivilisation - The Word for World is Forest by Ursula Le Guin

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    The Word for World is Forest
    by Ursula Le Guin

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    The best books on Uncivilisation - Technological Slavery by Theodore Kaczynski

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    Technological Slavery
    by Theodore Kaczynski

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    The best books on Uncivilisation - St Mawr by DH Lawrence

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    St Mawr
    by DH Lawrence

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    The best books on Uncivilisation - Double Axe by Robinson Jeffers

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    Double Axe
    by Robinson Jeffers

  • The best books on Uncivilisation - A Short History of Progress by Ronald Wright
  • The best books on Uncivilisation - The Word for World is Forest by Ursula Le Guin
  • The best books on Uncivilisation - Technological Slavery by Theodore Kaczynski
  • The best books on Uncivilisation - St Mawr by DH Lawrence
  • The best books on Uncivilisation - Double Axe by Robinson Jeffers

The best books on Uncivilisation, recommended by Paul Kingsnorth

Paul Kingsnorth, co-founder of the Dark Mountain project, urges the need for uncivilisation: the process of getting beyond our human assumptions, such as the myth of unfailing linear progress. It is about looking at humanity in the wider context of the whole planet, and the imminent ecological crisis.

The best books on Uncivilisation, recommended by Paul Kingsnorth

    The best books on Sex and Society, recommended by Eric Berkowitz

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    The best books on Sex and Society - The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

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    The Picture of Dorian Gray
    by Oscar Wilde

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    The best books on Sex and Society - Disorder in the Court by George Robb and Nancy Erber (editors)

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    Disorder in the Court
    by George Robb and Nancy Erber (editors)

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    The best books on Sex and Society - The Children’s Hour by Lillian Hellman

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    The Children’s Hour
    by Lillian Hellman

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    The best books on Sex and Society - Roman Sexualities by Judith P Hallett and Marilyn B Skinner (editors)

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    Roman Sexualities
    by Judith P Hallett and Marilyn B Skinner (editors)

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    The best books on Sex and Society - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

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    To Kill a Mockingbird
    by Harper Lee

  • The best books on Sex and Society - The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
  • The best books on Sex and Society - Disorder in the Court by George Robb and Nancy Erber (editors)
  • The best books on Sex and Society - The Children’s Hour by Lillian Hellman
  • The best books on Sex and Society - Roman Sexualities by Judith P Hallett and Marilyn B Skinner (editors)
  • The best books on Sex and Society - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The best books on Sex and Society, recommended by Eric Berkowitz

For thousands of years, human societies have tried to regulate sexual activity. The author of Sex and Punishment tells us why this should be so, and how what’s permissible has varied according to time and place.

The best books on Sex and Society, recommended by Eric Berkowitz

    The best books on Utopia, recommended by John Quiggin

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    The best books on Utopia - Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

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    Brave New World
    by Aldous Huxley

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    The best books on Utopia - Consider Phlebas by Iain M Banks

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    Consider Phlebas
    by Iain M Banks

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    The best books on Utopia - The Affluent Society by John Kenneth Galbraith

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    The Affluent Society
    by John Kenneth Galbraith

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    The best books on Utopia - Envisioning Real Utopias by Erik Olin Wright

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    Envisioning Real Utopias
    by Erik Olin Wright

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    The best books on Utopia - Essays in Persuasion by John Maynard Keynes

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    Essays in Persuasion
    by John Maynard Keynes

  • The best books on Utopia - Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
  • The best books on Utopia - Consider Phlebas by Iain M Banks
  • The best books on Utopia - The Affluent Society by John Kenneth Galbraith
  • The best books on Utopia - Envisioning Real Utopias by Erik Olin Wright
  • The best books on Utopia - Essays in Persuasion by John Maynard Keynes

The best books on Utopia, recommended by John Quiggin

The Australian economist and author of Zombie Economics says we need to inspire people with a view of a better society. In short, we need a new utopia.

The best books on Utopia, recommended by John Quiggin

    The best books on The 18th Century Sexual Revolution, recommended by Faramerz Dabhoiwala

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    The best books on The 18th Century Sexual Revolution - Social Bliss Considered by Peter Annet

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    Social Bliss Considered
    by Peter Annet

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    The best books on The 18th Century Sexual Revolution - The Journals of James Boswell by James Boswell

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    The Journals of James Boswell
    by James Boswell

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    The best books on The 18th Century Sexual Revolution - Clarissa by Samuel Richardson

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    Clarissa
    by Samuel Richardson

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    The best books on The 18th Century Sexual Revolution - A Letter to the Women of England by Mary Robinson

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    A Letter to the Women of England
    by Mary Robinson

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    The best books on The 18th Century Sexual Revolution - Ancient and Modern Pederasty Investigated and Exemplify'd by Thomas Cannon

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    Ancient and Modern Pederasty Investigated and Exemplify'd
    by Thomas Cannon

  • The best books on The 18th Century Sexual Revolution - Social Bliss Considered by Peter Annet
  • The best books on The 18th Century Sexual Revolution - The Journals of James Boswell by James Boswell
  • The best books on The 18th Century Sexual Revolution - Clarissa by Samuel Richardson
  • The best books on The 18th Century Sexual Revolution - A Letter to the Women of England by Mary Robinson
  • The best books on The 18th Century Sexual Revolution - Ancient and Modern Pederasty Investigated and Exemplify'd by Thomas Cannon

The best books on The 18th Century Sexual Revolution, recommended by Faramerz Dabhoiwala

The roots of our (generally) open attitude to sex lie not in the sixties but the 1760s, says the historian and author of The Origins of Sex, who explores this earlier sexual revolution through its literature.

The best books on The 18th Century Sexual Revolution, recommended by Faramerz Dabhoiwala

    The best books on Saving Capitalism and Democracy, recommended by Robert Reich

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    The best books on Saving Capitalism and Democracy - The Promise of American Life by Herbert Croly

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    The Promise of American Life
    by Herbert Croly

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    The best books on Saving Capitalism and Democracy - The New Industrial State by John Kenneth Galbraith

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    The New Industrial State
    by John Kenneth Galbraith

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    The best books on Saving Capitalism and Democracy - The Wheels of Commerce by Fernand Braudel

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    The Wheels of Commerce
    by Fernand Braudel

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    The best books on Saving Capitalism and Democracy - Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville

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    Democracy in America
    by Alexis de Tocqueville

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    The best books on Saving Capitalism and Democracy - The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen

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    The Theory of the Leisure Class
    by Thorstein Veblen

  • The best books on Saving Capitalism and Democracy - The Promise of American Life by Herbert Croly
  • The best books on Saving Capitalism and Democracy - The New Industrial State by John Kenneth Galbraith
  • The best books on Saving Capitalism and Democracy - The Wheels of Commerce by Fernand Braudel
  • The best books on Saving Capitalism and Democracy - Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville
  • The best books on Saving Capitalism and Democracy - The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen

The best books on Saving Capitalism and Democracy, recommended by Robert Reich

It’s not the first period in history that American society has suffered from a crisis of inequality. Former labour secretary, Robert Reich, recommends books to help us understand the response of previous generations to the same kinds of challenges we now face.

The best books on Saving Capitalism and Democracy, recommended by Robert Reich

    The best books on Social History of Post-War Britain, recommended by David Kynaston

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    The best books on Social History of Post-War Britain - Estates by Lynsey Hanley

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    Estates
    by Lynsey Hanley

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    The best books on Social History of Post-War Britain - The Likes of Us by Michael Collins (historian)

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    The Likes of Us
    by Michael Collins (historian)

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    The best books on Social History of Post-War Britain - Goodbye to the Working Class by Roy Greenslade

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    Goodbye to the Working Class
    by Roy Greenslade

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    The best books on Social History of Post-War Britain - Before the Oil Ran Out by Ian Jack

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    Before the Oil Ran Out
    by Ian Jack

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    The best books on Social History of Post-War Britain - Landscape for a Good Woman by Carolyn Kay Steedman

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    Landscape for a Good Woman
    by Carolyn Kay Steedman

  • The best books on Social History of Post-War Britain - Estates by Lynsey Hanley
  • The best books on Social History of Post-War Britain - The Likes of Us by Michael Collins (historian)
  • The best books on Social History of Post-War Britain - Goodbye to the Working Class by Roy Greenslade
  • The best books on Social History of Post-War Britain - Before the Oil Ran Out by Ian Jack
  • The best books on Social History of Post-War Britain - Landscape for a Good Woman by Carolyn Kay Steedman

The best books on Social History of Post-War Britain, recommended by David Kynaston

Until the 1970s, Britain was predominantly a working class society, says the historian David Kynaston. He tells us about books that explore how this changed, giving rise to the turbulent Thatcher years.

The best books on Social History of Post-War Britain, recommended by David Kynaston

    The best books on Healthcare Reform, recommended by Austin Frakt

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    The best books on Healthcare Reform - Inside National Health Reform by John McDonough

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    Inside National Health Reform
    by John McDonough

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    The best books on Healthcare Reform - The Social Transformation of American Medicine by Paul Starr

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    The Social Transformation of American Medicine
    by Paul Starr

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    The best books on Healthcare Reform - Remedy and Reaction by Paul Starr

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    Remedy and Reaction
    by Paul Starr

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    The best books on Healthcare Reform - Bring Market Prices to Medicare by Robert Coulam, Roger Feldman and Bryan Dowd

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    Bring Market Prices to Medicare
    by Robert Coulam, Roger Feldman and Bryan Dowd

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    The best books on Healthcare Reform - Your Money or Your Life by David Cutler

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    Your Money or Your Life
    by David Cutler

  • The best books on Healthcare Reform - Inside National Health Reform by John McDonough
  • The best books on Healthcare Reform - The Social Transformation of American Medicine by Paul Starr
  • The best books on Healthcare Reform - Remedy and Reaction by Paul Starr
  • The best books on Healthcare Reform - Bring Market Prices to Medicare by Robert Coulam, Roger Feldman and Bryan Dowd
  • The best books on Healthcare Reform - Your Money or Your Life by David Cutler

The best books on Healthcare Reform, recommended by Austin Frakt

If you were starting from scratch, no one would design a healthcare system like America’s. The health economist tells us how it evolved and what needs to change. He picks the best books on US healthcare reform.

The best books on Healthcare Reform, recommended by Austin Frakt

    The best books on How Progressives Can Make a Difference, recommended by Cecile Richards

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    The best books on How Progressives Can Make a Difference - A Hope in the Unseen by Ron Suskind

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    A Hope in the Unseen
    by Ron Suskind

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    The best books on How Progressives Can Make a Difference - How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America by Cristina Page

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    How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America
    by Cristina Page

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    The best books on How Progressives Can Make a Difference - Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton

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    Cry, The Beloved Country
    by Alan Paton

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    The best books on How Progressives Can Make a Difference - Rain of Gold by Víctor Villaseñor

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    Rain of Gold
    by Víctor Villaseñor

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    The best books on How Progressives Can Make a Difference - Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder

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    Mountains Beyond Mountains
    by Tracy Kidder

  • The best books on How Progressives Can Make a Difference - A Hope in the Unseen by Ron Suskind
  • The best books on How Progressives Can Make a Difference - How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America by Cristina Page
  • The best books on How Progressives Can Make a Difference - Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton
  • The best books on How Progressives Can Make a Difference - Rain of Gold by Víctor Villaseñor
  • The best books on How Progressives Can Make a Difference - Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder

The best books on How Progressives Can Make a Difference, recommended by Cecile Richards

Cecile Richards, American pro-choice activist and former president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, discusses the stories of struggle and resilience that have inspired her and can give encouragement to others seeking change

The best books on How Progressives Can Make a Difference, recommended by Cecile Richards

    The best books on Bringing Change to America, recommended by Andy Stern

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    The best books on Bringing Change to America - A Country That Works by Andy Stern

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    A Country That Works
    by Andy Stern

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    The best books on Bringing Change to America - Future Shock by Alvin Toffler

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    Future Shock
    by Alvin Toffler

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    The best books on Bringing Change to America - Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

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    Cat’s Cradle
    by Kurt Vonnegut

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    The best books on Bringing Change to America - Taking Charge by Byrd Baggett

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    Taking Charge
    by Byrd Baggett

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    The best books on Bringing Change to America - The Tipping Point by Malcom Gladwell

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    The Tipping Point
    by Malcom Gladwell

  • The best books on Bringing Change to America - A Country That Works by Andy Stern
  • The best books on Bringing Change to America - Future Shock by Alvin Toffler
  • The best books on Bringing Change to America - Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
  • The best books on Bringing Change to America - Taking Charge by Byrd Baggett
  • The best books on Bringing Change to America - The Tipping Point by Malcom Gladwell

The best books on Bringing Change to America, recommended by Andy Stern

The former union boss shares his reading list for American progressives, and tells us what makes a good leader and how it takes only a few committed people to bring change

The best books on Bringing Change to America, recommended by Andy Stern

    The best books on Change in America, recommended by Van Jones

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    The best books on Change in America - The Bridge by David Remnick

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    The Bridge
    by David Remnick

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    The best books on Change in America - Means of Ascent by Robert Caro

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    Means of Ascent
    by Robert Caro

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    The best books on Change in America - In Struggle by Clayborne Carson

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    In Struggle
    by Clayborne Carson

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    The best books on Change in America - A Poetics of Resistance by Jeff Conant

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    A Poetics of Resistance
    by Jeff Conant

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    The best books on Change in America - Natural Capitalism by Amory Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins & Paul Hawken

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    Natural Capitalism
    by Amory Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins & Paul Hawken

  • The best books on Change in America - The Bridge by David Remnick
  • The best books on Change in America - Means of Ascent by Robert Caro
  • The best books on Change in America - In Struggle by Clayborne Carson
  • The best books on Change in America - A Poetics of Resistance by Jeff Conant
  • The best books on Change in America - Natural Capitalism by Amory Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins & Paul Hawken

The best books on Change in America, recommended by Van Jones

In the latest instalment of our series on American progressivism, the environmental advocate and human rights activist tells us why the age of Obama will really only begin after the president has left office

The best books on Change in America, recommended by Van Jones

    The best books on Reform in Pakistan, recommended by Hassan Abbas

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    The best books on Reform in Pakistan - The Osama bin Laden I know by Peter Bergen

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    The Osama bin Laden I know
    by Peter Bergen

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    The best books on Reform in Pakistan - Reconciliation by Benazir Bhutto

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    Reconciliation
    by Benazir Bhutto

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    The best books on Reform in Pakistan - The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam by Muhammad Iqbal

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    The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam
    by Muhammad Iqbal

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    The best books on Reform in Pakistan - Choked Pipes by Sania Nishtar

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    Choked Pipes
    by Sania Nishtar

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    The best books on Reform in Pakistan - Hunger Pains by Michael Kugelman and Robert M Hathaway (editors)

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    Hunger Pains
    by Michael Kugelman and Robert M Hathaway (editors)

  • The best books on Reform in Pakistan - The Osama bin Laden I know by Peter Bergen
  • The best books on Reform in Pakistan - Reconciliation by Benazir Bhutto
  • The best books on Reform in Pakistan - The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam by Muhammad Iqbal
  • The best books on Reform in Pakistan - Choked Pipes by Sania Nishtar
  • The best books on Reform in Pakistan - Hunger Pains by Michael Kugelman and Robert M Hathaway (editors)

The best books on Reform in Pakistan, recommended by Hassan Abbas

The academic and former government official suggests which book to read if you want to grasp the dynamics of extremism, but says there’s a lot more to his country’s problems than terrorism

The best books on Reform in Pakistan, recommended by Hassan Abbas

    The best books on Electoral Reform, recommended by Vernon Bogdanor

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    The best books on Electoral Reform - Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution by A V Dicey

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    Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution
    by A V Dicey

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    The best books on Electoral Reform - The Governance of England by Sidney Low

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    The Governance of England
    by Sidney Low

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    The best books on Electoral Reform - The Electoral System in Britain since 1918 by David Butler

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    The Electoral System in Britain since 1918
    by David Butler

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    The best books on Electoral Reform - How Democracies Vote by Enid Lakeman

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    How Democracies Vote
    by Enid Lakeman

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    The best books on Electoral Reform - The Sovereignty of Parliament by Jeffrey Goldsworthy

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    The Sovereignty of Parliament
    by Jeffrey Goldsworthy

  • The best books on Electoral Reform - Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution by A V Dicey
  • The best books on Electoral Reform - The Governance of England by Sidney Low
  • The best books on Electoral Reform - The Electoral System in Britain since 1918 by David Butler
  • The best books on Electoral Reform - How Democracies Vote by Enid Lakeman
  • The best books on Electoral Reform - The Sovereignty of Parliament by Jeffrey Goldsworthy

The best books on Electoral Reform, recommended by Vernon Bogdanor

Britain votes on Thursday in a referendum on changing the electoral system. The political consequences could be great, says one of the country’s top constitutional experts.

The best books on Electoral Reform, recommended by Vernon Bogdanor

    Books that Changed the World, recommended by Amanda Craig

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    Books that Changed the World - Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

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    Black Beauty
    by Anna Sewell

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    Books that Changed the World - Pride and Prejudice (Book) by Jane Austen

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    Pride and Prejudice (Book)
    by Jane Austen

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    Books that Changed the World - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

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    Jane Eyre
    by Charlotte Brontë

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    Books that Changed the World - Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

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    Nineteen Eighty-Four
    by George Orwell

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    Books that Changed the World - The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank

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    The Diary of Anne Frank
    by Anne Frank

  • Books that Changed the World - Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
  • Books that Changed the World - Pride and Prejudice (Book) by Jane Austen
  • Books that Changed the World - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
  • Books that Changed the World - Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
  • Books that Changed the World - The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank

Books that Changed the World, recommended by Amanda Craig

Jane Eyre, 1984 and Anne Frank’s diary all make it onto novelist Amanda Craig’s list. On Black Beauty‘s underrated importance: ‘People forget that William Wilberforce, who abolished the slave trade, also founded the RSPCA.’

Books that Changed the World, recommended by Amanda Craig

    The best books on A New Capitalism, recommended by Anatole Kaletsky

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    The best books on A New Capitalism - The Truth About Markets: Why Some Nations are Rich But Most Remain Poor by John Kay

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    The Truth About Markets: Why Some Nations are Rich But Most Remain Poor
    by John Kay

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    The best books on A New Capitalism - The Company of Strangers by Paul Seabright

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    The Company of Strangers
    by Paul Seabright

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    The best books on A New Capitalism - What Money Can’t Buy by Michael Sandel

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    What Money Can’t Buy
    by Michael Sandel

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    The best books on A New Capitalism - Democracy in Europe by Larry Siedentop

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    Democracy in Europe
    by Larry Siedentop

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    The best books on A New Capitalism - Beyond Mechanical Markets by Roman Frydman and Michael Goldberg

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    Beyond Mechanical Markets
    by Roman Frydman and Michael Goldberg

  • The best books on A New Capitalism - The Truth About Markets: Why Some Nations are Rich But Most Remain Poor by John Kay
  • The best books on A New Capitalism - The Company of Strangers by Paul Seabright
  • The best books on A New Capitalism - What Money Can’t Buy by Michael Sandel
  • The best books on A New Capitalism - Democracy in Europe by Larry Siedentop
  • The best books on A New Capitalism - Beyond Mechanical Markets by Roman Frydman and Michael Goldberg

The best books on A New Capitalism, recommended by Anatole Kaletsky

We need to build an entirely new market system, not just patch up the old one, says economics commentator Anatole Kaletsky. He picks the best books to help us think about what form a new capitalism might take.

The best books on A New Capitalism, recommended by Anatole Kaletsky

    The best books on Constitutional Reform, recommended by David Owen

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    The best books on Constitutional Reform - Unlocking Democracy by Peter Facey

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    Unlocking Democracy
    by Peter Facey

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    The best books on Constitutional Reform - The New Constitution by Vernon Bogdanor

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    The New Constitution
    by Vernon Bogdanor

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    The best books on Constitutional Reform - The Accidental Constitution by Peter Norman

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    The Accidental Constitution
    by Peter Norman

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    The best books on Constitutional Reform - A Stranger In Europe by Stephen Wall

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    A Stranger In Europe
    by Stephen Wall

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    The best books on Constitutional Reform - The House of Lords by Donald Shell

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    The House of Lords
    by Donald Shell

  • The best books on Constitutional Reform - Unlocking Democracy by Peter Facey
  • The best books on Constitutional Reform - The New Constitution by Vernon Bogdanor
  • The best books on Constitutional Reform - The Accidental Constitution by Peter Norman
  • The best books on Constitutional Reform - A Stranger In Europe by Stephen Wall
  • The best books on Constitutional Reform - The House of Lords by Donald Shell

The best books on Constitutional Reform, recommended by David Owen

The founder of the British Social Democratic Party (SDP) says that the House of Lords should be a fully elected body, and that Tony Blair’s careerism is a disgrace. David Owen selects five books on constitutional reform.

The best books on Constitutional Reform, recommended by David Owen

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