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
Against Reform. By John Pepall. University of Toronto Press, 2010. 164 pp.
American Foundations: Roles and Contributions. Edited by Helmut K. Anheier and David C. Hammack. Brookings Institution Press, 2010. 457 pp.
The CDU and the Politics of Gender in Germany: Bringing Women to the Party. By Sarah Elise Wiliarty. Cambridge University Press, 2010. 267 pp.
The God Strategy: How Religion Became a Political Weapon in America. By David Domke and Kevin Coe. Oxford University Press, 2010. 243 pp.
Joe Biden: A Life of Trial and Redemption. By Jules Witcover. William Morrow, 2010. 536 pp.
The Litigation State: Public Regulation and Private Lawsuits in the United States. By Sean Farhang. Princeton University Press, 2010. 302 pp.
Neoconservatives in U.S. Foreign Policy under Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush: Voices behind the Throne. By Jesús Velasco. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010. 300 pp.
When Politicians Attack: Party Cohesion in the Media. By Tim Groeling. Cambridge University Press, 2010. 242 pp.
Africa
The Enough Moment: Fighting to End Africa’s Worst Human Rights Crimes. By John Prendergast and Don Cheadle. Three Rivers Press, 2010. 294 pp.
Sudan: Darfur and the Failure of an African State. By Richard Cockett. Yale University Press, 2010. 320 pp.
Asia
Finding Dollars, Sense, and Legitimacy in Burma. Edited by Susan L. Levenstein. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2010. 163 pp.
Islamism and Democracy in Indonesia: Piety and Pragmatism. By Masdar Hilmy. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2010. 319 pp.
Problems of Democratisation in Indonesia: Elections, Institutions and Society. Edited by Edward Aspinall and Marcus Mietzner. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2010. 359 pp.
The Road from Authoritarianism to Democratization in Indonesia. By Paul J. Carnegie. Palgrave Macmillian, 2010. 192 pp. [End Page 171]
Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
The Chechen Struggle: Independence Won and Lost. By Ilyas Akhmadov and Miriam Lanskoy. Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. 270 pp.
Courting Democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Hague Tribunal’s Impact in a Postwar State. By Lara J. Nettelfield. Cambridge University Press, 2010. 330 pp.
From Old Times to New Europe: The Polish Struggle for Democracy and Constitutionalism. By Agata Fijalkowski. Ashgate, 2010. 234 pp.
Intellectuals and the Communist Idea: The Search for a New Way in Czech Lands from 1890 to 1938. By Ladislav Cabada. Translated by Zdenek Benedikt. Lexington, 2010. 209 pp.
The Russian Quest for Peace and Democracy. By Metta Spencer. Lexington, 2010. 340 pp.
A Tale of Two Villages: Coerced Modernization in the East European Countryside. By Alina Mungiu-Pippidi. Central European University Press, 2010. 219 pp.
The Victims Return: Survivors of the Gulag After Stalin. By Stephen F. Cohen. PublishingWorks, 2010. 216 pp.
Latin America and the Caribbean
A Century of Revolution: Insurgent and Counterinsurgent Violence During Latin America’s Long Cold War. Edited by Greg Grandin and Gilbert M. Joseph. Duke University Press, 2010. 443 pp.
Dismantling Democracy in Venezuela: The Chávez Authoritarian Experiment. By Allan Brewer-Carías. Cambridge University Press, 2010. 418 pp.
Failed Sanctions: Why the U.S. Embargo against Cuba Could Never Work. By Paolo Spadoni. University Press of Florida, 2010. 230 pp.
Middle East
The Digital Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Information Technology and Political Islam. By Philip N. Howard. Oxford University Press, 2010. 285 pp.
Spirit of the Phoenix: Beirut and the Story of Lebanon. By Tim Llewellyn. Lawrence Hill, 2010. 268 pp.
Comparative, Theoretical, General
The Clash of Ideas in World Politics: Transnational Networks, States, and Regime Change, 1510–2010. By John M. Owen. Princeton University Press, 2010. 332 pp.
Constitutional Identity. By Gary Jeffrey Jacobsohn. Harvard University Press, 2010. 368 pp.
Constitutional Theocracy. By Ran Hirschl. Harvard University Press, 2010. 311 pp. [End Page 172]
Contesting Development: Critical Struggles for Social Change. Edited by Philip McMichael. Routledge, 2010. 269 pp.
The European Union and Democracy Promotion: A Critical Global Assessment. Edited by Richard Youngs. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010. 216 pp.
Freedom for Sale: Why the World Is Trading Democracy for Security. By John Kampfner. Basic Books, 2010. 294 pp.
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