Bøger i Boston Review Books serien

The consequences of political fear-mongering and tough talk on immigration in the American Southwest.

Can religion cure poverty? The first book to explore the ideas about God and government behind the faith-based initiative.

A searing indictment of the American penal system that finds the roots of the recent prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo in the steady dismantling of the Eighth Amendment's prohibition of "cruel and unusual" punishment.

Why fears about Muslim integration into Western society-propagated opportunistically by some on the right-misread history and misunderstand multiculturalism.

A longtime community organizer outlines a way to reverse the fifty-year decline in social mobility and economic progress.

Signs of hope in sub-Saharan Africa: modest but steady economic growth and the spread of democracy.

A famous Iranian dissident calls for universal human rights and democracy based on our common humanity.

In his first book, the former New York governor and current CNN cohost offers a manifesto on the economy and the public interest.

Why we should prepare for climate change now by taking anticipatory action in vulnerable regions.