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

America’s Three Regimes: A New Political History. By Morton Keller. Oxford University Press, 2007. 384 pp.

The Architecture of Democracy: American Architecture and the Legacy of the Revolution. By Allan Greenberg. Rizzoli International Publications, 2006. 203 pp.

Campaign Advertising and American Democracy. By Michael M. Franz, Paul B. Freeman, Kenneth M. Goldstein, and Travis N. Ridout. Temple University Press, 2007. 197 pp.

The Constitution on the Campaign Trail: The Surprising Political Career of America’s Founding Document. By Andrew E. Busch. Rowman & Littlefield, 2007. 317 pp.

Does American Democracy Still Work? By Alan Wolfe. Yale University Press, 2007. 224 pp.

The Future of Conservatism: Conflict and Consensus in the Post-Reagan Era. Edited by Charles W. Dunn. Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2007. 250 pp.

Is Democracy Possible Here? Principles for a New Political Debate. By Ronald Dworkin. Princeton University Press, 2006. 177 pp.

Leading Representatives: The Agency of Leaders in the Politics of the U.S. House. By Randall Strahan. John Hopkins University Press, 2007. 238 pp.

The Melodramatic Thread: Spectacle and Political Culture in Modern France. By James R. Lehning. Indiana University Press, 2007. 180 pp.

Africa

Challenges of Conflict, Democracy, and Development in Africa. Edited by Khabele Matlosa, Jørgen Elklit, and Bertha Chiroro. EISA, 2007. 377 pp.

Asia

Capitalism without Democracy: The Private Sector in Contemporary China. By Kellee S. Tsai. Cornell University Press, 2007. 272 pp.

Charting China’s Future: Political, Social, and International Dimensions. Edited by Jae Ho Chung. Rowman & Littlefield, 2006. 232 pp.

Chinese Cyber Nationalism: Evolution, Characteristics, and Implications. By Xu Wu. Rowman & Littlefield, 2007. 280 pp.

The Clash Within: Democracy, Religious Violence, and India’s Future. By Martha C. Nussbaum. Harvard University Press, 2007. 432pp.

Contentious Politics and Democratization in Nepal. Edited by Mahendra Lawoti. Sage Publications, 2007. 348 pp.

India After Gandhi: The History of the World’s Largest Democracy. By Ramachandra Guha. HarperCollins, 2007. 893 pp.

Keeping Democracy at Bay: Hong Kong and the Challenge of Chinese Political Reform. By Suzanne Pepper. Rowman & Littlefield, 2007. 458 pp.

The Making of Minjung: Democracy and the Politics of Representation in South Korea. By Namhee Lee. Cornell University Press, 2007. 349 pp.

Pacific Asia in Quest of Democracy. By Roland Rich. Lynne Rienner, 2007. 332 pp.

Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union

Complications: Communism and the Dilemmas of Democracy. By Claude Lefort and Julian Bourg. Columbia University Press, 2007. 237 pp.

Developments in Central and East European Politics. Edited by Stephen White, Judy Batt, and Paul G. Lewis. Duke University Press, 2007. 336 pp.

Getting Russia Right. By Dmitri V. Trenin. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2007. 132 pp.

How Capitalism Was Built: The Transformation of Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia. By Anders Åslund. Cambridge University Press, 2007. 356 pp.

Postcommunist Welfare States: Reform Politics in Russia and Eastern Europe. by Linda J. Cook. Cornell University Press, 2007. 272 pp.

The Prospects of Liberal Nationalism in Post-Leninist States. By Cheng Chen. Penn State University Press, 2007. 264 pp.

Religion and Politics in Post-Communist Romania. By Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu. Oxford University Press, 2007. 270 pp.

Russia—Lost in Transition: The Yeltsin and Putin Legacies. By Lilia Shevtsova. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2007. 128 pp.

Russia’s Capitalist Revolution: Why Market Reform Succeeded and Democracy Failed. by Anders Åslund. Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2007. 356 pp.

Seven Years That Changed the World: Perestroika in Perspective. By Archie Brown. Oxford University Press, 2007. 350 pp.

Turning Points in Ending the Cold War. Edited by Kiron K. Skinner. Hoover Institution Press, 2007. 332 pp.

Latin America and the Caribbean

Bounded Rationality and Policy Diffusion: Social Sector Reform in Latin America. By Kurt Weyland. Princeton University Press, 2007. 312 pp.

Nations of Emigrants: Shifting Boundaries of Citizenship in El Salvador and the United States. By Susan Bibler Coutin. Cornell University Press, 2007. 263 pp.

Peace, Democracy, and Human Rights in Colombia. Edited by Christopher Welna and Gustavo Gallon. University of Notre Dame Press, 2007. 455 pp.

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