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  • Books Received, January 2000 (No.1)

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 State and Local Politics: Directions for the 21st Century. Edited by Ronald E. Weber and Paul Brace. Seven Bridges, 1999. 376 pp.
The Appearance of Equality: Racial Gerrymandering, Redistricting, and the Supreme Court. By Christopher M. Burke. Greenwood, 1999. 224 pp.
The Building of the European Union. By John Pinder. Oxford University Press, 1999. 297 pp.
Clinton and Congress, 1993–1996: Risk, Restoration, and Reelection. By Charles O. Jones. University of Oklahoma Press, 1999. 240 pp.
Compounded Representation in West European Federations. Edited by Joanne B. Brzinski, Thomas D. Lancaster, and Christian Tuschhoff. Frank Cass, 1999. 193 pp.
Contested Economic Institutions: The Politics of Macroeconomics and Wage Bargaining in Advanced Democracies. By Torben Iversen. Cambridge University Press, 1999. 221 pp.
Dilemmas of Scale in America’s Federal Democracy. Edited by Martha Derthick. Cambridge University Press, 1999. 386 pp.
Disloyal Mothers and Scurrilous Citizens: Women and Subversion During World War I. By Kathleen Kennedy. Indiana University Press, 1999. 170 pp.
Economic Sanctions as Instruments of American Foreign Policy. By Zachary Selden. Praeger, 1999. 160 pp.
The Electoral College Primer 2000. By Lawrence D. Longley and Neal R. Peirce. Yale University Press, 1999. 224 pp.
Encyclopedia of American Political Parties, Campaigns, and Elections. By William C. Binning, Larry E. Esterly, and Paul A. Sracic. Greenwood, 1999. 480 pp.
The European Parliament, the National Parliaments, and European Integration. Edited by Richard S. Katz and Bernhard Wessels. Oxford University Press, 1999. 278 pp.
Five Days in London, May 1940. By John Lukacs. Yale University Press, 1999. 256 pp.
The Gendering of American Politics: Founding Mothers, Founding Fathers, and Political Patriarchy. By Mark E. Kann. Praeger, 1999. 216 pp.
In Calmer Times: The Supreme Court and Red Monday. By Arthur J. Sabin. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999. 288 pp.
Learning Democracy: Democratic and Economic Values in Unified Germany. By Robert Rohrschneider. Oxford University Press, 1999. 309 pp.
The Liberal Tradition in American Politics: Reassessing the Legacy of American Liberalism. Edited by David F. Ericson and Louisa Bertch Green. Routledge, 1999. 269 pp.
Losing Our Democratic Spirit: Congressional Deliberation and the Dictatorship of Propaganda. By Bill Granstaff. Praeger, 1999. 248 pp.
The Mass Marketing of Politics: Democracy in an Age of Manufactured Images. By Bruce I. Newman. Sage, 1999. 166 pp.
Opposition Beyond the Water’s Edge: Liberal Internationalists, Pacifists and Containment, 1945–1953. By E. Timothy Smith. Greenwood, 1999. 200 pp.
Origins of Liberal Dominance: State, Church, and Party in Nineteenth-Century Europe. By Andrew C. Gould. University of Michigan Press, 1999. 159 pp.
Political Representation and Legitimacy in the European Union. Edited by Hermann Schmitt and Jacques Thomassen. Oxford University Press, 1999. 306 pp.
Political Terrain: Washington, D.C., from Tidewater Town to Global Metropolis. By Carl Abbot. University of North Carolina Press, 1999. 272 pp.
The Politics and Public Culture of American Jews. By Arthur A. Goren. Indiana University Press, 1999. 240 pp.
Politics in the USA: Fifth Edition. By M.J.C. Vile. Routledge, 1999. 237 pp.
Progressivism and the New Democracy. Edited by Sidney M. Milkis and Jerome M. Mileur. University of Massachusetts Press, 1999. 302 pp.
Race, Redistricting, and Representation: The Unintended Consequences of Black Majority Districts. By David T. Canon. University of Chicago Press, 1999. 304 pp.
Representation: Theory and Practice in Britain. By David Judge. Routledge, 1999. 230 pp.
Republic of Denial: Press, Politics, and Public Life. By Michael Janeway. Yale University Press, 1999. 216 pp.
The US and Nuclear Deterrence in Europe. By David S. Yost. Oxford Univ-ersity Press, 1999. 85 pp.
What Are Journalists For? By Jay Rosen. Yale University Press, 1999. 338 pp.

Africa

African Politics and Society: A Mosaic in Transformation. By Peter J. Schraeder. St. Martin’s, 1999. 378 pp.
Hostile to Democracy: The Movement System and Political Repression in Uganda. By Human Rights Watch. Human Rights Watch, 1999. 163 pp.

Asia

Development and Democracy in India. By Shalendra D. Sharma. Lynne Rienner, 1999. 281 pp.
Engaging India: U.S. Strategic Relations with the World’s Largest Democracy. Edited by Gary...

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