Tuesday, 13 February 2024

Books that relate to policy, politics, social change


I think the following books that relate to policy, politics, social change, and closely associated themes would be great for a Policy Centre Book Club

1. Code of Conduct: Why We Need to Fix Parliament – and How to Do It - By: Chris Bryant
2. Politics on the Edge: A Memoir from Within - By: Rory Stewart
3. The George Orwell Complete Collection: 1984; Animal Farm; Down and Out in Paris and London; The Road to Wigan Pier; Burmese Days; Homage to Catalonia; Essays; and More - By: George Orwell
4. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent - By: Isabel Wilkerson
5. Utilitarianism/On Liberty - By: John Stuart Mill
6. Power Moves: Lessons from Davos - By: Adam Grant
7. The Assault on Truth: Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Emergence of a New Moral Barbarism - By: Peter Oborne
8. Rules for Revolutionaries: How Big Organizing Can Change Everything - By: Zack Exley, Becky Bond
9. The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma - By: Bessel van der Kolk
10. Out of the Wreckage: A New Politics for an Age of Crisis - By: George Monbiot
11. War and Peace and IT: Business Leadership, Technology, and Success in the Digital Age - By: Mark Schwartz
12. A Seat at the Table: IT Leadership in the Age of Agility - By: Mark Schwartz
13. WTF?: What have we done? Why did it happen? How do we take back control? - By: Robert Peston
14. Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky - By: Noam Chomsky, John Schoeffel - editor, Peter R. Mitchell - editor
15. The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity - By: Douglas Murray
16. Narconomics: How to Run a Drug Cartel - By: Tom Wainwright
17. Inside Story: Politics, Intrigue and Treachery from Thatcher to Brexit - By: Philip Webster
18. The Cold War: A World History - By: Odd Arne Westad
19. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup - By: John Carreyrou
20. Hitch-22: A Memoir - By: Christopher Hitchens
21. A History of Russia: From Peter the Great to Gorbachev - By: Mark Steinberg, The Great Courses
22. Red Notice - By: Bill Browder
23. Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients - By: Ben Goldacre

These selections cover a range of topics within the broader categories of policy, politics, and social change, including memoirs and analyses from political figures, discussions on societal structures and injustices, and critiques of current and historical political climates.

What books would you suggest - especially as regards policy, politics, social change in Jersey

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