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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

Congress and Policy Making in the 21st Century. Edited by Jeffery A. Jenkins and Eric M. Patashnik. Cambridge University Press, 2016. 340 pp.
Governing with Words: The Political Dialogue on Race, Public Policy, and Inequality in America. By Daniel Q. Gillion. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016. 189 pp.
Passing on the Right: Conservative Professors in the Progressive University. By Jon A. Shields and Joshua M. Dunn, Sr. Oxford University Press, 2016. 241 pp.
Political Advertising in the United States. By Erika Franklin Fowler, Michael M. Franz, and Travis N. Ridout. Westview Press, 2016. 216 pp.
Presidential Power: Theories and Dilemmas. By John P. Burke. Westview Press, 2016. 255 pp.
The Presidents and the Constitution: A Living History. Edited by Ken Gormley. New York University Press, 2016. 701 pp.

Asia

Metamorphosis: Studies in Social and Political Change in Myanmar. Edited by Renaud Egreteau and François Robinne. NUS Press, 2016. 428 pp.
Thai Politics: Between Democracy and Its Discontents. By Daniel H. Unger and Chandra Mahakanjana. Lynne Rienner, 2016. 251 pp.

Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union

Putin’s Russia: How It Rose, How It Is Maintained, and How It Might End. Edited by Leon Aron. American Enterprise Institute, 2015. 173 pp.

Latin America and the Caribbean

Cities, Business, and the Politics of Urban Violence in Latin America. By Eduardo Moncada. Stanford University Press, 2016. 232 pp.
Populism’s Power: Radical Grassroots Democracy in America. By Laura Grattan. Oxford University Press, 2016. 288 pp.

Middle East and North Africa

Arab Revolution in the 21st Century? Lessons From Egypt and Tunisia. By Nader Fergany. Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. 198 pp.
Islamism: What It Means for the Middle East and the World. By Tarek Osman. Yale University Press, 2016. 304 pp. [End Page 179]

Comparative, Theoretical, General

Christianity and Freedom: Contemporary Perspectives, Volume II. Edited by Allen D. Hertzke and Timothy Samuel Shah. Oxford University Press, 2016. 504 pp.
Contentious Politics in Brazil and China: Beyond Regime. By December Green and Laura Luehrmann. Westview Press, 2016. 364 pp.
Democracy, Culture, Catholicism: Voices from Four Continents. Edited by Michael J. Schuck and John Crowley-Buck. Fordham University Press, 2016. 350 pp.
Democracy For Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government. By Christopher H. Achen and Larry M. Bartels. Princeton University Press, 2016. 390 pp.
The Democracy Promotion Paradox. By Lincoln A. Mitchell. Brookings Institution Press, 2016. 222 pp.
Democratic Equilibrium: The Supply and Demand of Democracy. By Michael W. Fowler. Lexington Books, 2016. 219 pp.
Designing Peace: Cyprus and Institutional Innovations in Divided Societies. By Neophytos Loizides. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016. 258 pp.
The Envoy: From Kabul to the White House, My Journey Through a Turbulent World. By Zalmay Khalilzad. St. Martin’s Press, 2016. 336 pp.
Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World. By Timothy Garton Ash. Yale University Press, 2016. 491 pp.
Illiberal Practices: Territorial Variance Within Large Federal Democracies. Edited by Jacqueline Behrend and Laurence Whitehead. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016. 330 pp.
Politics Against Domination. By Ian Shapiro. Belknap Press, 2016. 273 pp.
The Revolutionary Totalitarian Personality: Hitler, Mao, Castro, and Chávez. By Theodor Tudoroiu. Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. 203 pp.
The Trouble with Democracy: Political Modernity in the 21st Century. Edited by Gerard Rosich and Peter Wagner. Edinburgh University Press, 2016. 286 pp. [End Page 180]
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