Book Reviews Reviews of new and notable titles

Parrying Philanthropy’s Critics

Reviewed By Benjamin Soskis

Beth Breeze’s In Defence of Philanthropy offers a passionate rebuttal to criticisms of giving that have dominated public discourse.

Spring 2022

Justice Without Violence

Reviewed By Aida Mariam Davis

Arguing that police reform is impossible, Derecka Purnell charts an alternative path to building safer communities and a more just world.

Winter 2022

Getting to Zero

Reviewed By Auden Schendler

Authors Michael Lenox and Rebecca Duff call for disruptive innovations and radical reconfiguration of industries to decarbonize the planet by 2050.

Winter 2022

Embrace the Process

Reviewed By Alex Counts 4

Cynthia Rayner and François Bonnici recommend that organizations seeking systems change focus less on outcomes and more on principles and practice.

Winter 2022

Tech for the Public Good

Reviewed By Jim Fruchterman

In Power to the Public, Tara Dawson McGuinness and Hana Schank make the case for renovating government and policymaking with 21st-century digital technology.

Fall 2021