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    Book Review: The Conversational Firm: Rethinking Bureaucracy in the Age of Social Media by Catherine J. Turco

Book Review: The Conversational Firm: Rethinking Bureaucracy in the Age of Social Media by Catherine J. Turco

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In The Conversational Firm: Rethinking Bureaucracy in the Age of Social Media, Catherine J. Turco offers a ethnographic study of a fast-growing social media marketing company, anonymised as ‘TechCo’, that has sought to foster a different corporate culture through its use of social media to facilitate dialogue between employees across the hierarchy. The book offers an empathetic and nuanced understanding of the […]

March 5th, 2017|Book Reviews, Economy, Michael Warren|0 Comments|
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    Book Review: The Psychology of Strategy: Exploring Rationality in the Vietnam War by Kenneth Payne

Book Review: The Psychology of Strategy: Exploring Rationality in the Vietnam War by Kenneth Payne

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In The Psychology of Strategy: Exploring Rationality in the Vietnam War, Kenneth Payne utilises the case study of the Vietnam War to show how psychology affects warfare, including discussion of confirmation bias, social identity and the psychology of fear. The book’s extensive subject matter and effective use of the Vietnam War as an illuminating prism offers an important contribution […]

November 29th, 2015|Book Reviewers, Book Reviews, Michael Warren, US foreign affairs and the North American neighbourhood|0 Comments|
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    Book Review: The End Game: How Inequality Shapes Our Final Years

Book Review: The End Game: How Inequality Shapes Our Final Years

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Corey Abramson’s book, The End Game: How Inequality Shapes Our Final Years, takes readers on a journey through geriatric inequality to show how on the west coast of the US the supposed golden years of post-employment for many individuals is an illusion, and in reality retirement is a corrosive quotidian struggle on body and soul, writes Michael Warren.

The End Game: How Inequality […]

August 16th, 2015|Book Reviews, Michael Warren|0 Comments|
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    Book Review: Beyond Freedom’s Reach: A Kidnapping in the Twilight of Slavery

Book Review: Beyond Freedom’s Reach: A Kidnapping in the Twilight of Slavery

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Born into slavery in rural Louisiana, Rose Herera was bought and sold several times before being purchased by the De Hart family of New Orleans. Still a slave, she married and had children, who also became the property of the De Harts. But after Union forces captured New Orleans in 1862 during the American Civil War, Herera’s owners fled […]

May 17th, 2015|Book Reviews, Michael Warren, U.S. History|0 Comments|
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    Book Review: Against their Will: The Secret History of Medical Experimentation On Children in Cold War America by Judith L. Newman et al.

Book Review: Against their Will: The Secret History of Medical Experimentation On Children in Cold War America by Judith L. Newman et al.

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Michael Warren finds that Against their Will stands as a stark warning from history of the pursuit of scientific success at all costs. It is chillingly engrossing with detailed accounts of lobotomies and other horrific procedures, and also describes clearly how the American establishment was able through historical factors to permit such actions.

Against their Will: The Secret History of Medical Experimentation […]

January 25th, 2015|Book Reviews, Healthcare and public services, Justice and Domestic Affairs, Michael Warren|0 Comments|
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    Book Review: Propaganda, Power and Persuasion: From World War One to Wikileaks by David Welch

Book Review: Propaganda, Power and Persuasion: From World War One to Wikileaks by David Welch

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In this book, the contributors set out to trace the development of techniques of opinion management from the First World War to the current conflict in Afghanistan. Michael Warren finds that this book makes valuable contributions to a rich body of literature critiquing how leaders, media and other entities shape public opinion, whilst being accessible and thought-provoking to readers new to the subject. Propaganda, Power […]

March 16th, 2014|Book Reviews, Democracy and culture, LSE Comment, Michael Warren|0 Comments|
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