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  • Books Received

The books listed below were recently received by the editors. A listing here does not preclude a review in a future issue.

Advanced Democracies

Canon of American Legal Thought. Edited by David Kennedy and William W. Fisher III. Princeton University Press, 2006. 925 pp.
Collision Course: NATO, Russia, and Kosovo. By John Norris. Greenwood, 2005. 333 pp.
Continuing the Inquiry: The Council on Foreign Relations from 1921–1996. By Peter Grose. 85th anniversary edition, Council on Foreign Relations, 2006. 83 pp.
Democracy in Europe: The EU and National Polities. By Vivien A. Schmidt. Oxford University Press, 2006. 317 pp.
In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America. By Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. University of Chicago Press, 2007. 189 pp.
Modern America and the Legacy of the Founding. Edited by Ronald J. Pestritto and Thomas G. West. Rowman & Littlefield, 2006. 339 pp.
Our Undemocratic Constitution. By Sanford Levinson. Oxford University Press, 2006. 233 pp.
Perfecting Friendship: Politics and Affiliation in Early American Literature. By Ivy Schweitzer. University of North Carolina Press, 2006. 276 pp.
Red and Blue Nation? Characteristics and Causes of America’s Polarized Politics. Edited by Pietro S. Nivola and David W. Brady. Brookings, 2006. 317 pp.
Regime Change: U.S. Strategy Through the Prism of 9/11. By Robert S. Litwak. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. 406 pp.

Africa

African Constitutionalism and the Role of Islam. By Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im. Penn Press, 2006. 199 pp.
The Order of Genocide: Race, Power, and War in Rwanda. By Scott Straus. Cornell University Press, 2006. 273 pp.

Asia

Behind the Bamboo Curtain: China, Vietnam, and the World Beyond Asia. Edited by Priscilla Roberts. Stanford University Press, 2006. 559 pp.
China’s Deep Reform: Domestic Politics in Transition. Edited by Lowell Dittmer. Rowman & Littlefield, 2006. 517 pp.
Governance and Democracy in Asia. Edited by Takashi Inoguchi and Matthew Carlson. Trans Pacific, 2006. 201 pp.
Governments and Markets in East Asia: The Politics of Economic Crises. By Junjug Choi. Routledge, 2006. 140 pp.
India’s Political Parties: Readings in Indian Government and Politics. Edited by Peter Ronald deSouza and E. Sridharan. Sage, 2006. 418 pp.
Japanese Politics: An Introduction. By Takashi Inoguchi. Trans Pacific, 2005. 235 pp.
Kim Il Sung in the Khrushchev Era: Soviet-DPRK Relations and the Role of North Korean Despotism, 1953–1964. By Balazs Szalontai. Stanford University Press, 2005. 343 pp.
Korean Society: Civil Society, Democracy, and the State. Edited by Charles K. Armstrong. 2nd edition. Routledge, 2007. 224 pp.
Sikhs, Swamis, Students, and Spies: The India Lobby in the United States, 1900–1946. By Harold A. Gould. Sage, 2006. 460 pp.
Those Who Dare: Voices of Asia’s Democrats. By Sarwar Bari, Chee Soon Juan, Chua Tian Chang, Martin Lee, Loretta Ann P. Rosales, Shih Ming-Teh, Thich Quang Do, and Wang Dan. Alliance for Reform and Democracy in Asia, 2006. 304 pp.

Europe and the Former Soviet Union

How Russia Really Works: The Informal Practices That Shaped Post-Soviet Politics and Business. By Alena V. Ledeneva. Cornell University Press, 2006. 270 pp.
Nationalist Politics and Everyday Ethnicity in a Transylvanian Town. By Rigers Brubaker, Margit Feischmidt, Jon Fox, and Liana Grancea. Princeton University Press, 2006. 439 pp.
Rebounding Identities: The Politics of Identity in Russia and Ukraine. Edited by Dominique Arel and Blair Ruble. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. 365 pp.
Russia Transformed: Developing Popular Support for a New Regime. By Richard Rose, William Mishler, and Neil Munro. Cambridge University Press, 2006. 226 pp.
The Three Yugoslavias: State-Building and Legitimation, 1918–2005. By Sabrina P. Ramet. Woodrow Wilson Center, 2006. 817 pp.
The Tulip Revolution: Kyrgyzstan One Year After. Erica Marat. Brookings, 2006. 149 pp.
Voting for Russia’s Governors: Regional Elections and Accountability Under Yeltsin and Putin. By Andrew Konitzer. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005. 258 pp.

Latin America and the Caribbean

Citizenship in Latin America. Edited by Joseph S. Tulchin and Meg Ruthenburg. Lynne Rienner, 2007. 329 pp.
Panama Lost: U.S. Hegemony, Democracy, and the Canal. By Peter M. Sanchez. University Press of Florida, 2007. 251 pp.
Políticos y Política en América Latina. Edited by Manuel Alcántara Sáez...

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