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
Creating a Nation of Joiners: Democracy and Civil Society in Early National Massachusetts. By Johann N. Neem. Harvard University Press, 2008. 259 pp.
Europe's Global Role: External Policies of the European Union. Edited by Jan Orbie. Ashgate, 2008. 267 pp.
Muslims in Western Politics. Edited by Abdulkader H. Sinno. Indiana University Press, 2008. 301 pp.
Presidential Constitutionalism in Perilous Times. By Scott M. Matheson, Jr.Harvard University Press, 2009. 235 pp.
Real Enemies: Conspiracy Theories and American Democracy, World War I to 9/11. By Kathryn S. Olmsted. Oxford University Press, 2009. 320 pp.
Social Democracy in Sweden: The Threat from a Globalized World. By Dimitris Tsarouhas. Tauris Academic Studies, 2008. 275 pp.
The Life of Benjamin Franklin. Vol. 3, Soldier, Scientist, and Politician, 1748-1757. By J.A. Leo Lemay. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008. 768 pp.
Africa
Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Africa. Edited by Terence O. Ranger. Oxford University Press, 2008. 267 pp.
Human Rights NGOs in East Africa: Political and Normative Tensions. Edited by Makau Mutua. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008. 390 pp.
Reconstructing the Third Wave of Democracy: Comparative African Democratic Politics. By Rita Kiki Edozie. University Press of America, 2009. 220 pp.
Asia
Beyond the Final Score: The Politics of Sport in Asia. By Victor D. Cha. Columbia University Press, 2009. 200 pp.
Explaining Indian Democracy: A Fifty-Year Perspective, 1956-2006. Vol. 1, The Realm of Ideas: Inquiry and Theory. By Lloyd I. Rudolph and Susanne Hoeber Rudolph. Oxford University Press, 2008. 324 pp.
Explaining Indian Democracy: A Fifty-Year Perspective, 1956-2006. Vol. 2, The Realm of Institutions: State Formation and Institutional Change. By Lloyd I. Rudolph and Susanne Hoeber Rudolph. Oxford University Press, 2008. 344 pp.
Explaining Indian Democracy: A Fifty-Year Perspective, 1956-2006. Vol. 3, [End Page 172] The Realm of the Public Sphere: Identity and Policy. By Lloyd I. Rudolph and Susanne Hoeber Rudolph. Oxford University Press, 2008. 435 pp.
Fighting for Foreigners: Immigration and Its Impact on Japanese Democracy. By Apichai W. Shipper. Cornell University Press, 2008. 216 pp.
Indian Secularism: A Social and Intellectual History, 1890-1950. By Shabnum Tejani. Indiana University Press, 2008. 302 pp.
Making U.S. Foreign Policy Toward South Asia: Regional Imperatives and the Imperial Presidency. Edited by Lloyd I. Rudolph and Susanne Hoeber Rudolph. Indiana University Press, 2008. 439 pp.
Women and Politics in Thailand: Continuity and Change. Edited by Kazuki Iwanaga. NIAS Press, 2008. 284 pp.
Women's Political Participation and Representation in Asia: Obstacles and Challenges. Edited by Kazuki Iwanaga. NIAS Press, 2008. 315 pp.
Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
How Ukraine Became a Market Economy and Democracy. By Anders Åslund. Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2009. 345 pp.
Transitional Justice in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union: Reckoning with the Communist Past. Edited by Lavinia Stan. Routledge, 2009. 307 pp.
Understanding Post-Communist Transformation: A Bottom Up Approach. By Richard Rose. Routledge, 2009. 223 pp.
War and Peace in the Caucasus: Ethnic Conflict and the New Geopolitics. By Vicki Cheterian. Columbia University Press, 2009. 395 pp.
Latin America and the Caribbean
Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba. By Tom Gjelten. Viking, 2008. 413 pp.
The Cuba Wars: Fidel Castro, the United States, and the Next Revolution. By Daniel P. Erikson. Bloomsbury Press, 2008. 368 pp.
Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Latin America. Edited by Paul Freston. Oxford University Press, 2008. 250 pp.
Haiti in the Balance: Why Foreign Aid Has Failed and What We Can Do About It. By Terry F. Buss with Adam Gardner. Brookings Institution Press, 2008. 230 pp.
The Illusion of Civil Society: Democratization and Community Mobilization in Low-Income Mexico. By Jon Shefner. Pennsylvania University Press, 2008. 224 pp.
New Voices in the Study of Democracy in Latin America. Edited by Guillermo O'Donnell, Joseph S. Tulchin, and Augusto Varas, with Adam Stubits. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2009. 374 pp.
The Rise and Fall of Repression in Chile. By Pablo Policzer. University of Notre Dame Press, 2009. 242 pp. [End Page...
