Books Received

General and Regional Latin America

Burgess, Katrina. Parties and Unions in the New Global Economy. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2004. Figures, tables, acronyms, notes, bibliography, index, 224 pp.; paperback $27.95.

Green, Duncan. Silent Revolution: the Rise and Crisis of Market Economics in Latin America. 2nd edition. New York: Monthly Review Press, 2003. Tables, appendixes, glossary, notes, bibliography, index, 299 pp.; paperback $22.

Margheritis, Ana, ed. Latin American Democracies in the New Global Economy. Coral Gables: North-South Center Press, 2003. Photographs, illustrations, maps, figures, tables, abbreviations, appendixes, glossary, notes, bibliography, index; hardcover $56, paperback $24.50.

Mora, Frank O., and Jeanne A. K. Hey, eds. Latin American and Caribbean Foreign Policy. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 2003. Figures, tables, glossary, notes, bibliography, index, 432 pp.; hardcover $75, paperback $29.95.

Morgenstern, Scott. Patterns of Legislative Politics: Roll-Call Voting in Latin America and the United States. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004. Figures, tables, abbreviations, appendix, glossary, notes, bibliography, index, 238 pp.; hardcover $75.

Schwartzberg, Steven. Democracy and U.S. Policy in Latin America During the Truman Years. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2003. Notes, bibliography, index, 368 pp.; hardcover $55.

Taylor, Diana, and Roselyn Costantino, eds. Holy Terrors: Latin American Women Perform. Durham: Duke University Press, 2003. Photographs, illustrations, bibliography, 464 pp.; paperback $23.95.

Brazil

Benecke, Dieter W., and Renata Nascimento, eds. Opções de política económica para o Brasil. Rio de Janeiro: Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, 2003. Figures, tables, notes, bibliography, 460 pp.; paperback.

­­­­. Política social preventiva: desafío para o Brasil. Rio de Janeiro: Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, 2003. Figures, tables, notes, bibliography, 456 pp.; paperback.

­­­­. Reformas das políticas econômicas: experiências e alternativas. Rio de Janeiro: Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, 2003. Figures, tables, notes, bibliography, 456 pp.; paperback.

Benecke, Dieter W., Renata Nascimento, and Roberto Fendt, eds. Brasil: na arquitectura comercial global. Rio de Janeiro: Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, 2003. Figures, tables, abbreviations, notes, bibliography, 460 pp.; paperback.

Kinzo, Maria d'Alva, and James Dunkerley, eds. Brazil Since 1985: Economy, Polity and Society. London: Institute of Latin American Studies, 2003. Figures, tables, notes, bibliography, index, 260 pp.; paperback $19.95.

The Caribbean

García Muñiz, Humberto, and Gloria Vega Rodríguez. La ayuda militar como negocio: Estados Unidos y el Caribe. San Juan, PR: Ediciones Callejón, 2002. Maps, figures, tables, abbreviations, appendixes, notes, bibliography, index, 397 pp.; paperback.

Lewis, Linden, ed. The Culture of Gender and Sexuality in the Caribbean. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2004. Tables, notes, bibliography, index, 432 pp.; hardcover $59.95.

Oostindie, Gert, and Inge Klinkers, Decolonising the Caribbean: Dutch Policies in a Comparative Perspective. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2003. Figures, tables, notes, bibliography, index, 292 pp.; paperback.

Central America

Frick Cardelle, Alberto José. Health Care Reform in Central America: NGO-Government Collaboration in Guatemala and El Salvador. Coral Gables: North-South Center Press, 2003. Figures, tables, abbreviations, appendixes, notes, bibliography, index, 208 pp.; hardcover $43.

Robinson, William. Transnational Conflicts: Central America, Social Change, and Globalization. New York: Verso, 2003. Tables, abbreviations, notes, index, 416 pp.; hardcover $65, paperback $26.

Mexico

Eisenstadt, Todd A. Courting Democracy in Mexico: Party Strategies and Electoral Institutions. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004. Map, figures, tables, appendixes, notes, bibliography, index, 372 pp.; hardcover $70.

Peru

Kenney, Charles D. Fujimori's Coup and the Breakdown of Democracy in Latin America. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2004. Figures, tables, abbreviations, notes, bibliography, index, 400 pp.; hardcover $60, paperback $30.