Books Received
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The books listed below were recently received by the editors. A listing here does not preclude a review in a future issue.
Advanced Democracies
America at the Crossroads: Democracy, Power, and the Neoconservative Legacy.By Francis Fukuyama. Yale University Press, 2006. 226 pp.
Britain Votes 2005. Edited by Pippa Norris and Christopher Wlezien. Oxford University Press, 2005. 241 pp.
Civil-Military Relations in Europe: Learning From Crisis and Institutional Change. Edited by Hans Born, Marina Caparini, Karl W. Haltiner, and Jurgen Kuhlmann. Routledge, 2006. 278 pp.
The Democratic Party Heads North, 1877–1962. By Alan Ware. Cambridge University Press, 2006. 281 pp.
Filibuster: Obstruction and Lawmaking in the U.S. Senate. By Gregory Wawro and Eric Schickler. Princeton University Press, 2006. 308 pp.
Gender and Elections: Shaping the Future of American Politics. Edited by Susan J. Carroll and Richard L. Fox. Cambridge University Press, 2006. 223 pp.
In Defense of Negativity: Attack Ads in Presidential Campaigns. By John G. Geer. University of Chicago Press, 2006. 201 pp.
The Islamic Challenge: Politics and Religion in Western Europe. By Jytte Klausen. Oxford University Press, 2005. 253 pp.
Locked Out: Felon Disenfranchisement and American Democracy. By Jeff Manza and Christopher Uggen. Oxford University Press, 2006. 359 pp.
Money, Power and Elections: How Campaign Finance Reform Subverts American Democracy. By Rodney A. Smith. Louisiana State University Press, 2006. 192 pp.
Reflections on America: Tocqueville, Weber and Adorno in the United States. By Claus Offe. Polity Press, 2005. 115 pp.
The Supreme Court versus the Constitution: A Challenge to Federalism. Edited by Pran Chopra. Sage, 2006. 287 pp.
Africa
A Dream of Nigeria: Critical Published Essays 2002–2005. By Kevin Etta, Jr. Xlibris Corporation, 2006. 99 pp.
South Africa and the Logic of Regional Cooperation. By James J. Hentz. Indiana University Press, 2005. 276 pp.
Why Race Matters in South Africa. By Michael MacDonald. Harvard University Press, 2006. 245 pp.
Asia
Bangladesh: The Next Afghanistan? By Hiranmay Karlekar. Sage, 2005. 311 pp.
China’s Trapped Transition: The Limits of Developmental Autocracy. By Minxin Pei. Harvard University Press, 2006. 294 pp.
Contentious Journalism & the Internet: Towards Democratic Discourse in Malaysia and Singapore. By Cherian George. University of Washington Press, 2006. 278 pp.
Multiculturalism in Asia. Edited by Will Kymlicka and Baogang He. Oxford University Press, 2005. 364 pp.
Perspectives on U.S. Policy Toward North Korea: Stalemate or Checkmate? Edited by Sharon Richardson. Lexington Books, 2006. 163 pp.
The Politics of Autonomy: Indian Experiences. Edited by Ranabir Samaddar. Sage, 2005. 312 pp.
Revolution, Resistance, and Reform in Village China. By Edward Friedman, Mark Seldan, and Paul Pickowicz. Yale University Press, 2005. 340 pp.
South Asia. Edited by Sumit Ganguly. New York University Press, 2006. 229 pp.
Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
Becoming Party Politicians: Eastern German State Legislators in the Decade following Democratization. By Louise K. Davidson-Schmich. University of Notre Dame Press, 2006. 212 pp.
Clan Politics and Regime Transition in Central Asia. By Kathleen Collins. Cambridge University Press, 2006. 376 pp.
Elections by Design: Parties and Patronage in Russia’s Regions. By Bryon Moraski. Northern Illinois University Press, 2006. 164 pp.
Elusive Equality: Gender, Citizenship, and the Limits of Democracy in Czechoslovakia, 1918–1950. By Melissa Feinberg. University of Pittsburgh Press, 2006. 275 pp.
Peace without Politics? Ten Years of International State-Building in Bosnia. Edited by David Chandler. Routledge, 2006. 176 pp.
Policy Reform and the Development of Democracy in Eastern Europe. By Chris Hasselmann. Ashgate, 2006. 196 pp.
Prospects for Democracy in Belarus. Edited by Joerg Forbrig, David R. Marples, and Pavol Demes. German Marshall Fund of the United States, 2006. 198 pp.
Regional Economic Voting: Russia, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, 1990–1999. By Joshua A. Tucker. Cambridge University Press, 2006. 417 pp.
Revolution in Orange: The Origins of Ukraine’s Democratic Breakthrough. Edited by Anders Åslund and Michael A. McFaul. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2006. 216 pp.
Rulers and Victims: The Russians in the Soviet Union. By Geoffrey Hosking. Harvard University Press, 2006. 484 pp.
Latin America and the Caribbean
After Pinochet: The Chilean Road to Democracy and the Market. Edited by Silvia Borzutzky and Lois Hecht Oppenheim. University Press of Florida, 2006...
