Books Received
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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
American Justice 2018: The Shifting Supreme Court. By Todd Ruger. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018. 138 pp.
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The Back Channel: A Memoir of American Diplomacy and the Case for Its Renewal. By William Burns. Random House, 2019. 483 pp.
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Choosing the Leader: Leadership Elections in the U.S. House of Representatives. By Matthew Green and Douglas Harris. Yale University Press, 2019. 304 pp.
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Cult of the Irrelevant: The Waning Influence of Social Science on National Security. By Michael Desch. Princeton University Press, 2019. 351 pp.
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Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe: From the Ancien Régime to the Present Day. By Sheri Berman. Oxford University Press, 2019. 545 pp.
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The Foundations of American Jewish Liberalism. By Kenneth Wald. Cambridge University Press, 2019. 255 pp.
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Fox Populism: Branding Conservativism as Working Class. By Reece Peck. Cambridge University Press, 2019. 289 pp.
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Africa
Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics: How the Internet Era is Transforming Politics in Kenya. By Nanjala Nyabola. Zedd Books, 2018. 273 pp.
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How Autocrats Compete: Parties, Patrons, and Unfair Elections in Africa. By Yonatan Morse. Cambridge University Press, 2019. 336 pp.
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Uganda: The Dynamics of Neoliberal Transformation. Edited by Jörg Wiegratz, Giuliano Martiniello, and Elisa Greco. Zedd Books, 2018. 391 pp.
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Asia
Scandal and Democracy: Media Politics in Indonesia. By Mary McCoy. Cornell University Press, 2019. 208 pp.
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Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
The Putin System: An Opposing View. By Grigory Yavlinsky. Columbia University Press, 2019. 231 pp.
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Latin America and the Caribbean
Politics After Violence: Legacies of the Shining Path Conflict in Peru. Edited by Hillel David Soifer and Alberto Vergara. University of Texas Press, 2019. 383 pp.
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Middle East and North Africa
Revisiting the Arab Uprisings: The Politics of a Revolutionary Moment. Edited by Stéphane Lacroix and Jean-Pierre Filiu. Oxford University Press, 2018. 330 pp.
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Comparative, Theoretical, General
Chains of Persuasion: A Framework for Religion in Democracy. By Benjamin R. Hertzberg. Oxford University Press, 2018. 210 pp.
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Civic Activism Unleashed: New Hope or False Dawn for Democracy? By Richard Youngs. Oxford University Press, 2019. 183 pp.
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Creating Political Presence: The New Politics of Democratic Representation. Edited by Dario Castiglione and Johannes Pollak. University of Chicago Press, 2019. 353 pp.
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Democracy and Truth: A Short History. By Sophia Rosenfeld. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019. 213 pp.
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Forms of Pluralism and Democratic Constitutionalism. Edited by Andrew Arato, Jean Cohen, and Astrid von Busekist. Columbia University Press, 2018. 377 pp.
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Geo-Economics and Power Politics in the 21st Century: The Revival of Economic Statecraft. Edited by Mikael Wigell, Sören Scholvin, and Mika Aaltola. Routledge, 2019. 239 pp.
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Liberalism and Democracy in Myanmar. By Roman David and Ian Holiday. Oxford University Press, 2018. 234 pp.
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The Lost History of Liberalism: From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century. By Helen Rosenblatt. Princeton University Press, 2018. 348 pp.
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Populisms: A Quick Immersion. By Carlos de la Torre. Tibidabo Publishing, 2018. 200 pp.
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Power Sharing and Power Relations after Civil War. Edited by Caroline Hartzell and Andreas Mehler. Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2019. 255 pp.
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Rise of the Revisionists: Russia, China, and Iran. Edited by Gary Schmitt. The American Enterprise Institute, 2018. 112 pp.
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Secret Wars: Covert Conflict in International Politics. By Austin Carson. Princeton University Press, 2018. 325 pp.
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The 3rd Ingredient: The Journey of Analog Ethics into the World of Digital Fear and Greed. By Jim Blasingame. SBN Books, 2018. 314 pp.
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When Democracy Trumps Populism: European and Latin American Lessons for the United States. Edited by Kurt Weyland and Raúl Madrid. Cambridge University Press, 2019. 216 pp.
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