Social science

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

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

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

Michael King is unconvinced by the case for postmodern justice

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

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

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

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

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

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

Steven Schwartz considers some sound investment decisions

Tim Birkhead on bird fanciers’ engagement with nature

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

Robert J. Mayhew lifts off with a true balloon enthusiast

Amanda Cahill-Ripley on a radical critique of counter-terrorism

Yongjin Zhang on the riddle at the heart of an Eastern paradox

Stefan Andreasson on an engaging but unbalanced view of a vital subject

Rationality yields to sentimentality in an Occupy Wall Street-inspired call for direct action, Fred Inglis finds

Laura Piacentini ponders the power of the penal system to destroy a prisoner’s sense of self

Miriam E. David considers a commentary on the preservation of pedagogy in the face of technological advances

Dries Lesage on a wake-up call for 21st-century bodies no longer fit for purpose

Cheryl Lawther on a history of the conflict and peace process and how the past continues to affect current attitudes

Sandra Leaton Gray on inequality in access to higher education in the US as a result of class

Judith Rowbotham on the arguments for a justice system that enables a victim to be avenged