Liberty and Coercion: The Paradox of American Government from the Founding to the Present, by Gary Gerstle
Elizabeth Cobbs on an enlightening and alarming study of how the central state has had to fight for its legitimacy
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New and noteworthy – 14 January 2016
From Soviet tanks on the streets of Hungary to the 30th birthday of a founding text of queer studies: academic books worth adding to your reading list
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Uncivil Rites: Palestine and the Limits of Academic Freedom, by Steven Salaita
Joanna Williams on a controversial academic’s interpretation of where the boundaries lie
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The Invention of God, by Thomas Römer
Scholarship, not ideology, drives this welcome effort to determine what is historical and what is not in the depiction of God, says Robert A. Segal
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What are you reading? – 14 January 2016
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The week in higher education – 14 January 2015
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press
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Gangs of Russia: From the Streets to the Corridors of Power, by Svetlana Stephenson
Book of the week: Tim Hall on post-Soviet criminal clans, diverse and complex groups to whom lawlessness is anathema
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Ed Balls interview: ‘When the dust settles, people see the truth’
Gordon Brown’s former right-hand man talks to John Morgan about his return to Harvard, Labour’s higher education ‘failure’ and a political comeback
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Stop, look, listen: the university’s role in counterterrorism
Does the UK’s Prevent strategy go too far in its demands on institutions? A group of experts share their perspectives
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Laurie Taylor – 14 January 2016
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Getting your citations in order
Who loses out when a scholar fails to acknowledge earlier related work? Ron Iphofen on the evergreen virtues of desk research