Books reviewed in this issue.Refugees and migrants: the globalisation of indifference VICTORIA BRITTAINUs and Them? The Dangerous Politics of Immigration Control, by Bridget Anderson.Borderline Justice. The Fight for Refugee and Migrant Rights, by Frances Webber.Bad News for Refugees, by Greg Philo, Emma Briant and Pauline Donald.The Walking, by Laleh Khadivi.North Korea: as mysterious as ever Seung‐Young KimOnly Beautiful, Please. A British Diplomat in North Korea, by John Everard.World government and realistic utopianism Richard MullenderGoverning the World: The History of an Idea, by Mark Mazower.Good ol’1970s Patrick DiamondReassessing 1970s Britain, edited by Lawrence Black, Hugh Pemberton and Pat Thane.Progressive Capitalism: How to Achieve Economic Growth, Liberty and Social Justice, by David Sainsbury.Oh why, oh why, oh why? Dick LeonardThe Blunders of our Governments, by Anthony King and Ivor Crewe.The social basis of electoral reform Geoff KennedyWrestling with Democracy: Voting Systems as Politics in the Twentieth‐Century West, by Dennis Pilon.Context rules over electoral rules Gianfranco PasquinoElectoral Systems and Political Context, by Robert G. Moser and Ethan Scheiner.Lacan et al. in post‐apartheid South Africa Saul Dubow(Post)Apartheid Conditions. Psychoanalysis and Social Formation, by Derek Hook.The expansion of same‐sex marriage Donna SmithThe Same Sex Unions Revolution in Western Democracies. International Norms and Domestic Policy Change, by Kelly Kollman.Hollywood and the politics of stars Mark GlancyHollywood Left and Right: How Movie Stars Shaped American Politics, by Steven J. Ross.Gladstone in the left corner, Disraeli in the right Richard BriandThe Great Rivalry: Gladstone and Disraeli, by Dick Leonard.Loving the Lords? Lord Lipsey (David Lipsey)The Contemporary House of Lords. Westminster Bicameralism Revived, by Meg Russell.