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Recent books, blogposts and more by some of our academic staff, visitors and students. For more publications, including articles in scholarly journals and our blog Researching Sociology @ LSE, see our webpages: lse.ac.uk/sociology.
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'The estate we’re in: how working class people became the ‘problem’': Lisa Mckenzie talks about the background to her new book 'Getting By' in this Guardian article 21 January 2015.
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The estate we’re in: how working class people became the ‘problem’

'The estate we’re in: how working class people became the ‘problem’': Lisa Mckenzie talks about the background to her new book 'Getting By' in this Guardian article 21 January 2015.

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Book - Ulrich Beck - Twenty Observations on a World in Turmoil. Ulrich Beck is Visiting Professor in the Department of Sociology at LSE.
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Book - Ulrich Beck - Twenty Observations on a World in Turmoil. Ulrich Beck is Visiting Professor in the Department of Sociology at LSE.

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Book - Ulrich Beck - Twenty Observations on a World in Turmoil

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New book coming out June 2016 by Dr David Madden from LSE Sociology with professor emeritus of urban planning Peter Marcuse: In every major city in the world there is a housing crisis. How did this happen and what can we do about it?
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New book coming out June 2016 by Dr David Madden from LSE Sociology with professor emeritus of urban planning Peter Marcuse: In every major city in the world there is a housing crisis. How did this happen and what can we do about it?

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Professor Ricky Burdett (LSE Cities/LSE Sociology) contributes an essay to Uneven Growth: Tactical Urbanisms for Expanding Megacities, published by the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
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Professor Ricky Burdett (LSE Cities/LSE Sociology) contributes an essay to Uneven Growth: Tactical Urbanisms for Expanding Megacities, published by the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

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Forthcoming book, Democratizing Inequalities: Dilemmas of the New Public Participation (NYU Press, Jan 2015), edited by Michael McQuarrie (LSE Sociology) with Caroline W. Lee and Edward T. Walker. Foreword by Craig Calhoun (Director, LSE).
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Forthcoming book, Democratizing Inequalities: Dilemmas of the New Public Participation (NYU Press, Jan 2015), edited by Michael McQuarrie (LSE Sociology) with Caroline W. Lee and Edward T. Walker. Foreword by Craig Calhoun (Director, LSE).

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NYU Press - Democratizing Inequalities

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Bad apples or rotten barrels? How sociological thinking can help address financial misconduct. A key issue for financial regulators facing the misconduct scandals plaguing the banking industry is deciding whether to use a more agent-centric approach that targets individual behaviour or to implement more structural solutions aimed at wider culture... Read blogpost by LSE Sociology research student Siân Lewin.
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Bad apples or rotten barrels? How sociological thinking can help address financial misconduct. A key issue for financial regulators facing the misconduct scandals plaguing the banking industry is deciding whether to use a more agent-centric approach that targets individual behaviour or to implement more structural solutions aimed at wider culture... Read blogpost by LSE Sociology research student Siân Lewin.

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Bad apples or rotten barrels? How sociological thinking can help address financial misconduct.

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LSE Sociology's Dr Lisa McKenzie on 'The Revolution: Is being Televised, Blogged, Tweeted, You-Tubed and Stood Up', for the Researching Sociology blog.
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LSE Sociology's Dr Lisa McKenzie on 'The Revolution: Is being Televised, Blogged, Tweeted, You-Tubed and Stood Up', for the Researching Sociology blog.

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July 2015: Putting the T in Sociology. This first in a series of blog posts on the theme of Why Sociology? is from Mira Buerger, an MSc student in the Department of Sociology at LSE.
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July 2015: Putting the T in Sociology. This first in a series of blog posts on the theme of Why Sociology? is from Mira Buerger, an MSc student in the Department of Sociology at LSE.

Putting the T in Sociology

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This new book by LSE Fellow Dr Jesse Potter explores how we make sense of ourselves when work is precarious and intrinsically alienating. Based on the narratives of men and women who underwent extraordinary work–life changes, Crisis at Work (Palgrave Macmillan, June 2015) examines how we negotiate greater meaning and fulfilment when our productive lives fail to sustain and satisfy.
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This new book by LSE Fellow Dr Jesse Potter explores how we make sense of ourselves when work is precarious and intrinsically alienating. Based on the narratives of men and women who underwent extraordinary work–life changes, Crisis at Work (Palgrave Macmillan, June 2015) examines how we negotiate greater meaning and fulfilment when our productive lives fail to sustain and satisfy.

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March 2015: The first event of LSE Research Festival 2015 featured Dr Suzanne Hall, assistant sociology professor at LSE, presenting the LSE Cities ‘Ordinary Streets’ research project to sixth form students from Harris Academies in Peckham. Students got the opportunity to engage directly with research about an area they were very familiar with, and provided thoughtful and considered comments on Suzanne’s work.
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March 2015: The first event of LSE Research Festival 2015 featured Dr Suzanne Hall, assistant sociology professor at LSE, presenting the LSE Cities ‘Ordinary Streets’ research project to sixth form students from Harris Academies in Peckham. Students got the opportunity to engage directly with research about an area they were very familiar with, and provided thoughtful and considered comments on Suzanne’s work.

Suzanne Hall visits Harris Sixth Form as LSE Research Festival 2015 hosts its first event

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