Social science

Pernille Arenfeldt on a fine counterargument to reductionist claims about women and Islam

Roger Morgan on a peer’s review of Brussels’ weaknesses

Kitty Stewart finds wisdom in a study of progress and disparity between nations and people

An evaluation of US tertiary education prompts Mary Stuart to reflect on how the UK is changing

Gwendolyn Beetham on what we can learn from observations of society’s dismissal of women

Helen Fulton looks at social attitudes to women’s monthly cycle in the 16th to 18th centuries

Philip Murphy on an analysis of addictions, to both legal and illegal substances, with respect to the role of power

Joanna Bourke on a meticulous analysis of the responses of civil rights movements to sexual violence against women and girls

Sandra Leaton Gray on healthier options for e-junkies

Pat Thane on a book that provides important insights into the experience of female immigrants

Christina Hellmich applauds the clear analysis that reveals a complex array of internal divisions, power struggles and conflicting ideological trends in the Brotherhood

Focusing on top scholars’ practices gives an incomplete picture, says Huw Morris

Angelia R. Wilson on welfare, women and unresolved political tension

Donna Drucker on the relationship between intelligence and sex

Barbara Graziosi evaluates a crash course in classical myth

Small towns were often accommodating to those without a straight sensibility, finds Sally R. Munt

Arne Hintz welcomes a timely contribution to the post-Leveson debate

Ivor Gaber on how broadcasters report stories in which the status quo is under threat

Roza Tsagarousianou on an attempt to make sense of how the country has been subjected to international scrutiny

Cheryl Buckley considers our changing relationships with clothes and fashion as we grow older

Margaret Weitekamp on a woman who helped get the US space programme off the ground

Vicky Conway on the corrosive effect of unchecked power

Religious belief is alive and well on campus, observes Gerald Pillay

Victoria Bateman counts the costs when there’s not enough to go around

The academy is turning a blind eye to plagiarism, an anonymous professor warns

Stina Lyon on the personal and emotional costs of a global marketplace where everything’s for sale

Ilaria Favretto on how the ‘years of lead’ were brought to a close

Michael King is unconvinced by the case for postmodern justice

Lucy Wooding reviews an analysis of the culture of early modern England

Lee Maril is riveted by a first-time academic author’s encounters with the men and women who patrol the Arizona-Mexico border

Dario Castiglione considers an informative reflection on the state of Europe and the political problems it faces

Kitty Stewart on how belt-tightening means life-shortening for some

Annmarie Adams on one man’s quest to find places where form meets libido

Chris Pierson considers a pitch for ‘assertive social democracy’ in an age dominated by neoliberalism

Sandra Leaton Gray on a must-read for academics and their students

Erika Cudworth discusses neoliberalism’s ‘digestive turn’

Victoria Bateman on the parallels and differences between 1929 and 2008

Female scholars talk candidly about their experiences of combining an academic career with child-rearing

Shahidha Bari welcomes a thoughtful look at ordinary anatomy and extraordinary anxiety

Consumerisation’s spread to all aspects of life and work leaves a hollow feeling, finds Cary Cooper

Hilary Hinds praises an account of the social shifts discerned in small ads, smooching and soulmates

Gwendolyn Beetham on a collection of essays that remind us that an alternative to global capitalism’s inequality is badly needed

Annmarie Adams on the architecture of buildings with ‘controversial’ uses

Howard Davies finds the mooted global monetary solutions unrealistic and the translation astoundingly sloppy

An exercise in persuasion by an expert in corporate responsibility is a must-read for Aurora Voiculescu

Roger Morgan welcomes a book that tackles ignorance, dispels confusion and inspires appreciation about the EU

Fred Inglis welcomes fresh currents of political resistance

Caroline Osella considers a slice of the subcontinent at the heart of the Gulf

Ulrike Zitzlsperger on the changing nature of heritage and the consequent effects on national identities in European nations

Stewart Lansley on claims that the bourgeois advance is stuck in reverse

Bryony Randall lauds an insightful and overdue study of literary representations of parenting

James Stevens Curl enjoys the wry company of a kindred spirit

A neat model for the nascent superpower is proving elusive, says Kerry Brown

Simon Underdown on a key battle between science and religion

Pavlos Eleftheriadis on an angry book charting a volatile situation

A powerful critique of neoclassical economics raises profound questions for all, says Christopher Phelps

A better gender balance in government benefits all, Sylvia Walby observes

Joanna Bourke on a harrowing look at the darkness in human hearts

Mary Evans relishes this re-evaluation of an installation artwork that depicts a collection of famous women

Judith Bara on the politicisation of celebrities and the celebritisation of politicians