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
American Immigration After 1996: The Shifting Ground of Political Inclusion Kathleen R. Arnold. Pennsylvania State University Press, 2011. 182 pp.
Facing the Challenge of Democracy: Explorations in the Analysis of Public Opinion and Political Participation. Edited by Paul M. Sniderman and Benjamin Highton. Princeton University Press, 2011. 416 pp.
Oversight: Representing the Interests of Blacks and Latinos in Congress. By Michael D. Minta. Princeton University Press, 2011. 160 pp.
Still a House Divided: Race and Politics in Obama’s America. By Desmond S. King and Rogers M. Smith. Princeton University Press, 2011. 381 pp.
What’s Left of the Left: Democrats and Social Democrats in Challenging Times. By James E. Cronin, George W. Ross, and James Shoch. Duke University Press, 2011. 413 pp.
Africa
Preventing Electoral Violence in Africa. Edited by Jendayi E. Frazer and E. Gyimah-Boadi. Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2011. 111 pp.
Asia
Decolonizing Democracy: Transforming the Social Contract in India. By Christine Keating. Pennsylvania State University Press, 2011. 155 pp.
India Since 1980. By Sumit Ganguly and Rahul Mukherji. Cambridge University Press, 2011. 201 pp.
The Institutional Imperative: The Politics of Equitable Development in Southeast Asia. By Erik Kuhonta. Stanford University Press, 2011. 342 pp.
Mobilizing Restraint: Democracy and Industrial Conflict in Post-Reform South Asia. By Emmanuel Teitelbaum. Cornell University Press, 2011. 220 pp. [End Page 173]
Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
Defeating Authoritarian Leaders in Postcommunist Countries. By Valerie J. Bunce and Sharon L. Wolchik. Cambridge University Press, 2011. 372 pp.
Headlines of Nation, Subtexts of Class: Working-Class Populism and the Return of the Repressed in Neoliberal Europe. Edited by Don Kalb and Gábor Halmai. Berghahn Books, 2011. 222 pp.
It Was a Long Time Ago, and It Never Happened Anyway: Russia and the Communist Past. By David Satter. Yale University Press, 2011. 383 pp.
Lost in Transition: Ethnographies of Everyday Life after Communism. By Kristen Ghodsee. Duke University Press, 2011. 206 pp.
Lustration and Transitional Justice: Personnel Systems in the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland. By Roman David. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011. 312 pp.
Popular Support for an Undemocratic Regime: The Changing Views of Russians. By Richard Rose, William Mishler, and Neil Munro. Cambridge University Press, 2011. 206 pp.
Vladimir Putin and Russian Statecraft. By Allen C. Lynch. Potomac Books, 2011. 163 pp.
Latin America and the Caribbean
Adiós Muchachos: A Memoir of the Sandinista Revolution. By Sergio Ramírez. Duke University Press, 2011. 239 pp.
Democracy in Latin America: Political Change in Comparative Perspective. By Peter H. Smith. Oxford University Press, 2011. 375 pp.
Guerrilla Auditors: The Politics of Transparency in Neoliberal Paraguay. By Kregg Hetherington. Duke University Press, 2011. 296 pp.
International Mediation in Venezuela. By Jennifer McCoy and Francisco Diez. U.S. Institute of Peace, 2011. 290 pp.
Latinamericanism after 9/11. By John Beverley. Duke University Press, 2011. 166 pp.
Precarious Democracies: Understanding Regime Stability and Change in Colombia and Venezuela. By Ana María Bejarano. University of Notre Dame Press, 2011. 350 pp.
Space of Detention: The Making of a Transnational Gang Crisis between Los Angeles and San Salvador. By Elana Zilberg. Duke University Press, 2011. 344 pp.
The Triumph of Politics: The Return of the Left in Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador. By George Philip and Francisco Panizza. Polity, 2011. 224 pp.
Middle East
The Arab Awakening: America and the Transformation of the Middle East. By Kenneth N. Pollack et al. Brookings Institution Press, 2011. 381 pp. [End Page 174]
Democracy in the Middle East: The Impact of Religion and Education. By Judith Cochran. Lexington, 2011. 242 pp.
The Massacre of Political Prisoners in Iran, 1988: Report of an Inquiry Conducted by Geoffrey Robertson QC. By Geoffrey Robertson. Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation, 2011. 135 pp.
The Modern History of Iraq. By Phebe Marr. Westview, 2011. 483 pp.
Public Opinion in the Middle East: Survey Research and the Political Orientations of Ordinary Citizens. By Mark Tessler. Indiana University Press, 2011. 372 pp.
Societal Peace and Ideal Citizenship for Turkey. Edited by Rasim Ösgür Dönmez and Pinar...
