Book Reviews Reviews of new and notable titles

Cultivating, Seeding, and Planting a Better World

Reviewed By Mehr Tarar

Ruha Benjamin argues that the social change we seek begins within the individual.

Fall 2022

Bridging Partisan Divides

Reviewed By Megan Wildhood

Mónica Guzmán’s I Never Thought of It That Way offers lessons for managing the contentious conversations of our increasingly polarized society.

Summer 2022

Grantmaking as Governance

Reviewed By Benjamin Soskis

Claire Dunning’s Nonprofit Neighborhoods examines how the US government funded the growth of—and delegated governance to—the nonprofit sector.

Summer 2022

When Scaling Goes Wrong

Reviewed By Jeff Spross

John List’s The Voltage Effect offers advice for companies looking to hit it big, but does the endless pursuit of scale produce more harm than good?

Spring 2022

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