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
After Obama: Renewing American Leadership, Restoring Global Order. By Robert S. Singh. Cambridge University Press, 2016. 151 pp.
American Gridlock: The Sources, Character, and Impact of Political Polarization. Edited by James A. Thurber and Antoine Yoshinaka. Cambridge University Press, 2015. 404 pp.
American Justice 2016: The Political Supreme Court. By Lincoln Caplan. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016. 180 pp.
Crossroads for Liberty: Recovering the Anti-Federalist Values of America’s First Constitution. By William J. Watkins, Jr. Independent Institute Press, 2016. 315 pp.
Democratization from Above: The Logic of Local Democracy in the Developing World. By Anjali Thomas Bohlken. Cambridge University Press, 2016. 288 pp.
Exporting Freedom: Religious Liberty and American Power. By Anna Su. Harvard University Press, 2016. 286 pp.
Governing in a Polarized Age: Elections, Parties, and Political Representation in America. Edited by Alan S. Gerber and Eric Schickler. Cambridge University Press, 2016. 398 pp.
The Other One Percent: Indians in America. By Sanjoy Chakravorty, Devesh Kapur, and Nirvikar Singh. Oxford University Press, 2017. 355 pp.
The Progressives’ Century: Political Reform, Constitutional Government, and the Modern American State. Edited by Stephen Skowronek, Stephen M. Engel, and Bruce Ackerman. Yale University Press, 2016. 529 pp.
Africa
China’s Media and Soft Power in Africa: Promotion and Perceptions. Edited by Xiaoling Zhang, Herman Wasserman, and Winston Mano. Palgrave MacMillan, 2016. 237 pp.
Democracy in Africa: Successes, Failures, and the Struggle for Political Reform. By Nic Cheeseman. Cambridge University Press, 2015. 247 pp.
The Politics of Technology in Africa: Communication, Development, and Nation-Building in Ethiopia. By Iginio Gagliardone. Cambridge University Press, 2016. 179 pp.
South Africa and the Case for Renegotiating Peace. By Pierre du Toit, Charl Swart, and Salomé Teuteberg. Sun Press, 2016. 143 pp. [End Page 176]
Asia
Dictators, Democrats, and Development in Southeast Asia: Implications for the Rest. By Michael T. Rock. Oxford University Press, 2017. 342 pp.
Power Sharing in a Divided Nation: Mediated Communalism and New Politics in Six Decades of Malaysia’s Elections. By Johan Saravanamuttu. ISEAS, 2016. 322 pp.
Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
Central & East European Politics: From Communism to Democracy. Third Edition. Edited by Sharon L. Wolchik and Jane Leftwich Curry. Rowman & Littlefield, 2015. 550 pp.
Extraterritorial Citizenship in Postcommunist Europe. Edited by Timofey Agarin and Ireneusz Pawe³ Karolewski. Rowman & Littlefield, 2015. 222 pp.
Putin’s Russia: Past Imperfect, Future Uncertain. Sixth Edition. Edited by Stephen K. Wegren. Rowman & Littlefield, 2016. 363 pp.
Putin’s Wars: The Rise of Russia’s New Imperialism. Second Edition. By Marcel H. Van Herpen. Rowan & Littlefield, 2015. 317 pp.
Romania Since the Second World War: A Political, Social, and Economic History. By Florin Abraham. Bloomsbury, 2017. 340 pp.
Latin America and the Caribbean
Recycling Dictators in Latin American Elections: Legacies in Military Rule. By Brett J. Kyle. FirstForumPress, 2016. 267 pp.
Middle East and North Africa
The Battle for Syria: International Rivalry in the New Middle East. By Christopher Phillips. Yale University Press, 2016. 303 pp.
Copts and the Security State: Violence, Coercion, and Sectarianism in Contemporary Egypt. By Laure Guirguis. Stanford University Press, 2016. 239 pp.
Inside the Muslim Brotherhood: Religion, Identity, and Politics. By Khalil al-Anani. Oxford University Press, 2016. 199 pp.
Return to the Shadows: The Muslim Brotherhood and An-Nahda Since the Arab Spring. By Alison Pargeter. Saqi Books, 2016. 296 pp.
Comparative, Theoretical, General
The Art of Being Many: Towards a New Theory and Practice of Gathering. Edited by Martin Jörg Schäfer and Vassilis S. Tsianos. Transcript Publishers, 2016. 288 pp. [End Page 177]
Coalitions of the Well-Being: How Electoral Rules and Ethnic Politics Shape Health Policy in Developing Countries. By Joel Sawat Selway. Cambridge University Press, 2015. 292 pp.
Corruption and Government: Causes, Consequences, and Reform. Second Edition. By Susan Rose-Ackerman and Bonnie J. Palifka. Cambridge University Press, 2016. 618 pp.
Democracy Protests: Origins, Features, and Significance. By Dawn Brancati. Cambridge University Press, 2016. 210 pp.
Democratization by Institutions: Argentina’s Transition Years in Comparative Perspective. By Leslie E. Anderson. University of Michigan Press, 2016. 292...
