Book Reviews. Issue 2 (1st May 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Davies, Ian; Bickmore, Kathy; Gill, Judith; Leighton, Ralph
• Is Part Of: Citizenship teaching and learning. Volume 9:Issue 2(2014)
• Page Start: 223
• Page End: 230
• Publication Date: 2014-05-01
• Subjects: Civics -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; Citizenship -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; 370.11505
• DOI: 10.1386/ctl.9.2.223_5
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1751-1917

Abstract

Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty, Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson (2012) London: Profile Books, 320 pp., ISBN: 9781846684296, h/bk, £25Gendered Citizenships Transnational Perspectives on Knowledge Production, Political Activism, and Culture, Kia L. Caldwell, Kathleen Coll, Tracy Fisher, Reyna K. Ramirez and LokSiu (eds) (2009) New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 225 pp., ISBN: 9780230619852, h/bk, $95.00Challenges and Inequalities in Lifelong Learning and Social Justice, Susan Jackson (ed.) (2013) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 138 pp., ISBN: 9780415837712, h/bk, $145.00Using Critical Research for Educational and Social Change, Tricia M. Kress (ed.) (2013) Abingdon and New York: Routledge, 257 pp., ISBN: 9780415839792, h/bk, $145.00