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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

Britishness: Perspectives on the British Question. Edited by Andrew Gamble and Tony Wright. Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. 184 pp. [End Page 176]
The Civic Foundations of Fascism in Europe: Italy, Spain, and Romania, 1870–1945. By Dylan Riley. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010. 280 pp.
Congress in Context. By John Haskell. Westview, 2010. 440 pp.
Constituent Moments: Enacting the People in Postrevolutionary America. By Jason A. Frank. Duke University Press, 2010. 360 pp.
The Disappearing Center: Engaged Citizens, Polarization, and American Democracy. By Alan I. Abramowitz. Yale University Press, 2010. 208 pp.
In the Shadow of FDR: From Harry Truman to Barack Obama. By William Edward Leuchtenburg. Cornell University Press, 2009. 434 pp.
New Faces, New Voices: The Hispanic Electorate in America. By Marisa A. Abrajano and R. Michael Alvarez. Princeton University Press, 2010. 232 pp.
The Politics of Citizenship in Europe. By Marc Morjé Howard. Cambridge University Press, 2009. 256 pp.
A Presidency in Peril: The Inside Story of Obama’s Promise, Wall Street’s Power, and the Struggle to Control Our Economic Future. By Robert Kuttner. Chelsea Green, 2010. 332 pp.

Africa

Decentralisation in Africa: A Pathway out of Poverty and Conflict? Edited by Gordan Crawford and Christof Hartmann. Amsterdam University Press, 2008. 260 pp.
Democracy and the Rise of Women’s Movements in Sub-Saharan Africa. By Kathleen M. Fallon. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. 168 pp.

Asia

The Beijing Consensus: How China’s Authoritarian Model Will Dominate the Twenty-First Century. By Stefan A. Halper. Basic Books, 2010. 312 pp.
Challenges to Democracy in India. Edited by Rajesh M. Basrur. Oxford University Press, 2009. 300 pp.
China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know. By Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom. Oxford University Press, 2010. 192 pp.
Defiant Failed State: The North Korean Threat to International Security. By Bruce E. Bechtol, Jr. Potomac Books, 2010. 288 pp.
Islamism and Democracy in India: The Transformation of Jamaat-e-Islami. By Irfan Ahmad. Princeton University Press, 2009. 328 pp.
Vietnam: Rising Dragon. By Bill Hayton. Yale University Press, 2010. 272 pp.

Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union

Promoting Democracy and Human Rights in Russia. By Sinikukka Saari. Routledge, 2009. 192 pp. [End Page 177]
Red to Green: Environmental Activism in Post-Soviet Russia. By Laura A. Henry. Princeton University Press, 2009. 296 pp.
Regime Change in the Yugoslav Successor States: Divergent Paths toward a New Europe. By Mieczysław P. Boduszyński. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010. 360 pp.
Slovakia on the Road to Independence: An American Diplomat’s Eyewitness Account. By Paul Hacker. Pennsylvania State University Press, 2010. 240 pp.
Vladimir Putin and Russian Statecraft. By Allen C. Lynch. Potomac Books, 2010. 176 pp.

Latin America and the Caribbean

El Salvador in the Aftermath of Peace: Crime, Uncertainty, and the Transition to Democracy. By Ellen Moodie. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010. 344 pp.
Learning to Salsa: New Steps in U.S.-Cuba Relations. By Vicki Huddleston and Carlos Pascual. Brookings Institution Press, 2010. 176 pp.
Market, State, and Society in Contemporary Latin America. Edited by William C. Smith and Laura Gomez-Mera. Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. 400 pp.
The Sources of Democratic Responsiveness in Mexico. By Matthew R. Cleary. University of Notre Dame Press, 2010. 256 pp.
The Tyranny of Opinion: Honor in the Construction of the Mexican Public Sphere. By Pablo Piccato. Duke University Press, 2010. 400 pp.
Violent Democracies in Latin America. Edited by Enrique Desmond Arias and Daniel M. Goldstein. Duke University Press, 2010. 336 pp.
Who Can Stop the Drums? Urban Social Movements in Chávez’s Venezuela. By Sujatha Fernandes. Duke University Press, 2010. 336 pp.

Middle East

Democracy in Modern Iran: Islam, Culture, and Political Change. By Ali Mirsepassi. New York University Press, 2010. 219 pp.
Faith and Power: Religion and Politics in the Middle East. By Bernard Lewis. Oxford University Press, 2010. 240 pp.
The Sadat Lectures: Words and Images on Peace, 1997–2008. Edited by Shibley Telhami. U.S. Institute of Peace Press, 2010. 130 pp.

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