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  • Books Received

Books Received, July 1997 (No.3)

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 Diplomacy and the End of the Cold War: An Insider's Account of U.S. Policy in Europe, 1989-1992. By Robert L. Hutchings. Woodrow Wilson Center Press/Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997. 456 pp.

American Political History: Essays on the State of the Discipline. Edited by John F. Marszalek and Wilson D. Miscamble. University of Notre Dame Press, 1997. 187 pp.

Anchors Against Change: American Opinion Leaders' Beliefs After the Cold War. By Shoon Kathleen Murray. University of Michigan Press, 1996. 201 pp.

The Crisis of the Italian State: From the Origins of the Cold War to the Fall of Berlusconi and Beyond. By Patrick McCarthy. St. Martin's, 1997. 279 pp.

Democracy and the Marketplace of Ideas: Communication and Government in Sweden and the United States. By Erik Åsard and W. Lance Bennett. Cambridge University Press, 1997. 243 pp.

The Election of 1996: Reports and Interpretations. By Gerald M. Pomper et al. Chatham House, 1997. 290 pp.

"Emperor Dead" and Other Historic American Diplomatic Dispatches. Edited by Peter D. Eicher. Congressional Quarterly, 1997. 469 pp.

Free Markets and Social Justice. By Cass R. Sunstein. Oxford University Press, 1997. 407 pp.

National Service and AmeriCorps: An Annotated Bibliography. Compiled by Allan Metz. Greenwood, 1997. 269 pp.

On the Frontline in the Cold War: An Ambassador Reports. By George C. McGhee. Praeger, 1997. 209 pp.

The One and the Many: America's Struggle for the Common Good. By Martin E. Marty. Harvard University Press, 1997. 244 pp.

Politics in States and Communities. By Thomas R. Dye. 9th ed. Prentice Hall, 1997. 535 pp.

The Politics of Problem-Solving in Postwar Democracies. Edited by Hans Keman. St. Martin's, 1997. 218 pp.

Spiral of Cynicism: The Press and the Public Good. By Joseph N. Cappella and Kathleen Hall Jamieson. Oxford University Press, 1997. 325 pp.

Stay the Course: European Unity and Atlantic Solidarity. By Simon Serfaty. Praeger/Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1997. 115 pp.

U.S. Foreign Policy and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Humanitarian Relief in Complex Emergencies. By Andrew S. Natsios. Praeger/Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1997. 192 pp.

Women and Power in Parliamentary Democracies: Cabinet Appointments in Western Europe, 1968-1992. By Rebecca Howard Davis. University of Nebraska Press, 1997. 137 pp.

Africa

Anatomy of a Miracle: The End of Apartheid and the Birth of the New South Africa. By Patti Waldmeir. W.W. Norton, 1997. 303 pp.

Democracy in Africa: The Hard Road Ahead. Edited by Marina Ottaway. Lynne Rienner, 1997. 220 pp.

Improving Aid to Africa. By Nicholas van de Walle and Timothy Johnson. Overseas Development Council, 1996. 134 pp.

Nadir and Resurgence, 1964-1979. By Thomas G. Karis and Gail M. Gerhart. Vol. 5 of From Protest to Challenge: A Documentary History of African Politics in South Africa, 1882-1990. Indiana University Press, 1997. 805 pp.

Asia

Enhancing Peace and Cooperation in Asia. Edited by Nobuo Matsunaga and Jasjit Singh. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, 1996. 207 pp.

Japanese Civilization: A Comparative View. By S.N. Eisenstadt. University of Chicago Press, 1996. 581 pp.

Post-Marcos Politics: A Geographical and Statistical Analysis of the 1992 Presidential Election. By Carl H. Landé. St. Martin's/Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1996. 171 pp.

Women and Sexuality in China: Female Sexuality and Gender Since 1949. By Harriet Evans. Continuum, 1997. 270 pp.

Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union

East Central European Politics Today: From Chaos to Stability? By Keith Crawford. Manchester University Press, 1996. 360 pp.

Gorbachev and His Revolution. By Mark Galeotti. St. Martin's, 1997. 142 pp.

Party Structure and Organization in East-Central Europe. Edited by Paul G. Lewis. Edward Elgar, 1996. 229 pp.

The Political Economy of Dual Transformations: Market Reform and Democratization in Hungary. By David L. Bartlett. University of Michigan Press, 1997. 299 pp.

Russia's Constitutional Revolution: Legal Consciousness and the Transition to Democracy. By Robert B. Ahdieh. Pennsylvania State University Press, 1997. 255 pp.

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