VII BOOK REVIEWS COMPTES RENDUS

68.2953 AKÇALI, Emel, ed. — Neoliberal Governmentality and the Future of the State in the Middle East and North Africa (Palgrave/Macmillan, 2016). Mediterranean Politics 22(4), Dec. 2017 : 553-554. Reviewed by Mehdi SANGLAJI.

68.2954 ALIMI, Eitan Y. ; SELA, Avraham ; SZNAJDER, Mario, eds. — Popular Contention, Regime, and Transition: Arab Revolts in Comparative Global Perspective (Oxford University Press, 2016). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1171-1173. Reviewed by Meir R. WALTERS.

68.2955 ALLEN, Hicken ; MARTINEZ, Kuhonta Erik, eds. — Party System Institutionalization in Asia: Democracies, Autocracies, and the Shad- ows of the Past (Cambridge University Press, 2015). Party Politics 24(1), Jan. 2018 : 93-94. Reviewed by Olli HELLMANN.

68.2956 ALLISON, Graham — Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides' Trap? (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017). Politique étrangère 82(4), Winter 2017 : 188-191. Reviewed by John SEAMAN.

68.2957 ALVAREZ, R. Michael ; GROFMAN, Bernard — Election Administration in the United States: The State of Reform after Bush v. Gore (Cambridge University Press, 2014). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1142-1144. Reviewed by Barry C. BURDEN.

68.2958 ALVAREZ JUNCO, José — Dioses Útiles. Naciones y Nacionalismos (Galaxia Gutenberg, 2016). Revista española de Ciencia política 45, Nov. 2017 : 205-209. Reviewed by Álvaro LOPEZ-OSUNA.

68.2959 ANDOLFATTO, Dominique ; GOUJON, Alexandra, eds. — Les Partis Politiques, Ateliers de la Démocratie (Éditions de l’Université de Bruxelles, 2016). Politix 119, 2017 : 166-169. Reviewed by Cédric PASSARD.

68.2960 ANDRÉ, José Gomes ; SANTOS, José Manuel ; DIAS, Bruno Peixe, eds. — Teorias Políticas Contemporâneas (Sistema Solar, 2015). Análise social 225, 2017 : 900-902. Reviewed by Filipe CARREIRA DA SILVA.

68.2961 ANG Yuen Yuen — How China Escaped the Poverty Trap (Cornell University Press, 2016). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1178-1180. Reviewed by Edmund J. MALESKY.

68.2962 AUSLIN, Michael R. — The End of the Asian Century: War, Stagnation, and the Risks to the World’s Most Dynamic Region (Yale Uni- versity Press, 2017). Politique étrangère 82(4), Winter 2017 : 188-191. Reviewed by John SEAMAN.

68.2963 BABER, Walter F. ; BARTLETT, Robert V. — Consensus and Global Environment Governance: Deliberative Democracy in Nature’s Regime (MIT Press, 2015). Global Environmental Politics 17(4), Nov. 2017 : 153-155. Reviewed by Elizabeth MENDENHALL.

68.2964 BARNES, Jeb ; BURKE, Thomas F. — How Policy Shapes Politics: Rights, Courts, Litigation, and the Struggle Over Injury Compensa- tion (Oxford University Press, 2015). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1154-1156. Reviewed by Ken I. KERSCH.

68.2965 BARNETT, Clive ; CLOKE, Paul, et al. — Globalizing Responsibility: The Political Rationalities of Ethical Consumption (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010). Journal of Consumer Culture 17(3), Nov. 2017 : 933-935. Reviewed by Daniel WELCH.

68.2966 BARRON, David J. — Waging War: The Clash between Presidents and Congress, 1776 to ISIS (Simon & Schuster, 2016). Congress and the Presidency 44(3), 2017 : 399-401. Reviewed by Brien HALLETT.

68.2967 BECKERT, Jens — Imagined Futures: Fictional Expectations and Capitalist Dynamics (Harvard University Press, 2016). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1124-1125. Reviewed by Ivan ASCHER.

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68.2968 BENZ, Arthur — Constitutional Policy in Multilevel Government: The Art of Keeping the Balance (Oxford University Press, 2016). Per- spectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1173-1174. Reviewed by Michael KEATING.

68.2969 BERRY, Jeffrey M. ; SOBIERAJ, Sarah — The Outrage Industry: Political Opinion Media and the New Incivility (Oxford University Press, 2014). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1159-1160. Reviewed by Susan HERBST.

68.2970 BETANCUR, John J. ; SMITH, Janet L. — Claiming Neighborhood: New Ways of Understanding Urban Change (University of Illinois Press, 2016). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1144-1146. Reviewed by Vladimir KOGAN.

68.2971 BOUTÉ, Vanina ; PHOLSENA, Vatthana, eds. — Changing Lives in Laos: Society, Politics, and Culture in a Post-Socialist State (NUS Press, 2017). Contemporary Southeast Asia 39(3), Dec. 2017 : 583-586. Reviewed by Kearrin SIMS.

68.2972 BOZO, Frédéric — French Foreign Policy Since 1945: An Introduction (Berghahn Books, 2016). Modern and Contemporary France 25(4), Nov. 2017 : 451-452. Reviewed by J. F. V. KEIGER.

68.2973 BRENNER, Bjorn — Gaza Under Hamas: From Islamic Democracy to Islamist Governance, I. B. Tauris, 2017. Middle East Policy 24(4), Winter 2017 : 183-185. Reviewed by Georgios RIGAS.

68.2974 BROWN, Julian — _South Africa’s Insurgent Citizens: On Dissent and the Possibility of Politics (Books, 2015). Theoria 152, Sept. 2017 : 104-107. Reviewed by Lasse THOMASSEN.

68.2975 BROWNLEE, Jason ; MASOUD, Tarek ; REYNOLDS, Andrew — The Arab Spring: Pathways of Repression and Reform (Oxford Univer- sity Press, 2015). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1180-1182. Reviewed by Kristen KAO.

68.2976 BUNTAINE, Mark T. — Giving Aid Effectively: The Politics of Environmental Performance and Selectivity at Multilateral Development Banks (Oxford University Press, 2016). Global Environmental Politics 17(4), Nov. 2017 : 157-159. Reviewed by Jonathan ROSENBERG.

68.2977 CAĞAPTAY, Soner — The new Sultan: Erdogan and the crisis of modern Turkey (I.B. Tauris, 2017). Turkish Studies 18(4), Dec. 2017 : 752-753. Reviewed by Paul KUBICEK.

68.2978 CAVARI, Amnon — The Party Politics of Presidential Rhetoric (Cambridge University Press, 2017). Congress and the Presidency 44(3), 2017 : 396-397. Reviewed by Ken COLLIER.

68.2979 CHHIBBER, Pradeep K. ; SHASTRI, Sandeep — Religious Practice and Democracy in India (Cambridge University Press, 2014). Perspec- tives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1170-1171. Reviewed by Nandini DEO.

68.2980 CHUN, Allen — Forget Chineseness: On the Geopolitics of Cultural Identification_ (SUNY Press, 2017). China Quarterly 232, Dec. 2017 : 1116-1117. Reviewed by Kevin CARRICO.

68.2981 CLOWES, Edith W. ; JARRETT BROMBERG, Shelly, eds. — Area Studies in the Global Age. Community, Place, Identity (Northern Illinois University Press, 2016). Journal of Contemporary Asia 47(4), Sept. 2017 : 676-678. Reviewed by Kevin HEWISON.

68.2982 COCK, Andrew — Governing Cambodia’s Forests. The International Politics of Policy Reform (NIAS Press, 2016). Journal of Contempo- rary Asia 47(4), Sept. 2017 : 671-674. Reviewed by Frédéric BOURDIER.

68.2983 CONNELLY, William F., Jr. ; PITNEY, John J. ; SCHMITT, Gary J., eds. — Is Congress Broken? The Virtues and Defects of Partisanship and Gridlock (Brookings Institution Press, 2017). Congress and the Presidency 44(3), 2017 : 388-390. Reviewed by James I. WALLNER.

68.2984 COWIE, Jefferson — The Great Exception: The New Deal and the Limits of American Politics (Princeton University Press, 2016). Per- spectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1146-1147. Reviewed by Lane KENWORTHY.

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68.2985 DANIELE, Caramani — The Europeanization of Politics: The Formation of a European Electorate and Party System in Historical Per- spective (Cambridge University Press, 2015). Party Politics 24(1), Jan. 2018 : 90-91. Reviewed by Lorenzo DE SIO and Vincenzo EMANUELE.

68.2986 DAY, Alexander F. — The peasant in postsocialist China. History, politics, and capitalism (Cambridge University Press, 2015). Europe- Asia Studies 69(7), Sept. 2017 : 1130-1131. Reviewed by Gareth DAVEY.

68.2987 DENOON, David B. H. — China, the United States and the Future of Southeast Asia (New York University Press, 2017). Contemporary Southeast Asia 39(3), Dec. 2017 : 587-589. Reviewed by HUANG Chin-Hao.

68.2988 DILLON, Nara — Radical Inequalities: China’s Revolutionary Welfare State in Comparative Perspective (Harvard University Press, 2015). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1178-1180. Reviewed by Edmund J. MALESKY.

68.2989 DOW, Jay K. — Electing the House: The Adoption and Performance of the US Single-Member District Electoral System (University Press of Kansas, 2017). Congress and the Presidency 44(3), 2017 : 394-395. Reviewed by Charles S. BULLOCK, III.

68.2990 DOWNEY, Liam — Inequality, Democracy, and the Environment (New York University Press, 2015). Social Science Journal 54(4), Dec. 2017 : 478-479. Reviewed by Amelie SIMONS.

68.2991 DUBUISSON-QUELLIER, Sophie, ed. — Gouverner les Conduites (Presses de Sciences Po, 2016). Gouvernement et Action publique 6(4), Oct.-Dec. 2017 : 160-163. Reviewed by Matthieu ANSALONI.

68.2992 DZIMBANHETE, Jephias Andrew — Zimbabwe’s Fight for Independence: Aspects of ZANLA’s Guerrilla War (Booklove Publishers, 2014). Politikon (South African Journal of Political Studies) 44(3), Dec. 2017 : 468-470. Reviewed by Mediel HOVE.

68.2993 ENGSTROM, Erik J. — Partisan Gerrymandering and the Construction of American Democracy (University of Michigan Press, 2016). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1153-1154. Reviewed by Michael LATNER.

68.2994 FARICY, Christopher G. — Welfare for the Wealthy: Parties, Social Spending, and Inequality in the United States (Cambridge University Press, 2015). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1163-1165. Reviewed by Adam Seth LEVINE.

68.2995 FIELDS, Corey D. — Black Elephants in the Room: The Unexpected Politics of African American Republicans (University of California Press, 2016). British Journal of Sociology 68(4), Dec. 2017 : 791-793. Reviewed by James R. JONES.

68.2996 GITTERMAN, Daniel P. — Calling the Shots: The President, Executive Orders, and Public Policy (Brookings Institution Press, 2017). Congress and the Presidency 44(3), 2017 : 401-402. Reviewed by Andrew RUDALEVIGE.

68.2997 GORDY, Katherine A. — Living Ideology in Cuba: Socialism in Principle and Practice (University of Michigan Press, 2015). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1141-1142. Reviewed by Julie M. BUNCK.

68.2998 GORMLEY, Ken, ed. — The Presidents and the Constitution: A Living History (New York University Press, 2016). Congress and the Presidency 44(3), 2017 : 397-399. Reviewed by Ryan J. BARILLEAUX.

68.2999 GREEN, Michael J. — More Than Providence: Grand Strategy and American Power in the Asia-Pacific Since 1783 (Columbia University Press, 2017). Contemporary Southeast Asia 39(3), Dec. 2017 : 574-576. Reviewed by Allan GYNGELL.

68.3000 HAIRE, Susan B. ; MOYER, Laura P. — Diversity Matters: Judicial Policy Making in the US Courts of Appeals (University of Virginia Press, 2015). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1147-1148. Reviewed by Rachel Paine CAUFIELD.

68.3001 HAMILTON, Lawrence — Freedom Is Power: Liberty through Political Representation (Cambridge University Press, 2014). Theoria 152, Sept. 2017 : 104-107. Reviewed by Lasse THOMASSEN.

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68.3002 HAUGSGJERD, Allern Elin ; KNUT, Heidar ; RUNE, Karlsen — After the Mass Party: Continuity and Change in Political Parties and Rep- resentation in Norway (Lexington Books, 2015). Party Politics 24(1), Jan. 2018 : 94-95. Reviewed by Hilmar MJELDE.

68.3003 HECHT, Stacey Hunter ; SCHULTZ, David, eds. — Presidential Swing States: Why Only Ten Matter (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015). Perspec- tives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1156-1157. Reviewed by Helmut NORPOTH.

68.3004 HIRSCHL, Ran — Comparative Matters: The Renaissance of Comparative Constitutional Law (Oxford University Press, 2014). Perspec- tives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1167-1169. Reviewed by Heinz KLUG.

68.3005 HOBOLT, Sara ; TILLEY, James — Blaming Europe? Responsibility Without Accountability in the European Union (Oxford University Press, 2014). Gouvernement et Action publique 6(3), July-Sept. 2017 : 117-121. Reviewed by Céline BELOT.

68.3006 HOBSON, Christopher — The Rise of Democracy: Revolution, War and Transformations in International Politics Since 1776 (Edinburgh University Press, 2015). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1132-1134. Reviewed by Michael J. THOMPSON.

68.3007 HOLT, Maria ; JAWAD, Haifaa — Women, Islam, and Resistance in the Arab World (Lynne Rienner, 2013). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1174-1175. Reviewed by Alice J. KANG.

68.3008 JAKOBSON, Linda ; MELVIN, Neil, eds. — The New Arctic Governance. SIPRI Annual Report No.25 (Oxford University Press, 2016). Europe-Asia Studies 69(8), Oct. 2017 : 1325-1326. Reviewed by Steven J. MAIN.

68.3009 JENSEN, Jody ; MISZLIVETZ, Ferenc, eds. — Reframing Europe’s Future: Challenges and Failures of the European Construction (Rout- ledge, 2015). Society and Economy in Central and Eastern Europe 39(4), Dec. 2017 : 617-629. Reviewed by László TRAUTMANN.

68.3010 JOHNSON, Dennis W. — Democracy for Hire: A History of American Political Consulting (Oxford University Press). Congress and the Presidency 44(3), 2017 : 406-407. Reviewed by Matt GROSSMANN.

68.3011 JOHNSON, Tana — Organizational Progeny: Why Governments Are Losing Control over the Proliferating Structures of Global Govern- ance (Oxford University Press, 2014). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1202-1204. Reviewed by Gerald A. McDERMOTT.

68.3012 JUNEAU, Thomas — Squandered Opportunity: Neoclassical Realism and Iranian Foreign Policy (Stanford University Press, 2015). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1195-1196. Reviewed by Özgür ÖZDAMAR.

68.3013 KAMALOV, Ablet — Uyghur Nation: Reform and Revolution on the Russia-China Frontier (Harvard University Press, 2016). Central Asian Survey 36(4), Dec. 2017 : 585-588. Reviewed by Ablet KAMALOV.

68.3014 KASHWAN, Prakash — Democracy in the Woods: Environmental Conservation and Social Justice in India, Tanzania, and Mexico (Oxford University Press, 2017). Global Environmental Politics 17(4), Nov. 2017 : 155-157. Reviewed by Kimberly R. Marion SUISEEYA.

68.3015 KATHRYN, Pearson — Party Discipline in the US House of Representatives (University of Michigan Press, 2015). Party Politics 24(1), Jan. 2018 : 91-92. Reviewed by Daniel J. PALAZZOLO.

68.3016 KLEIBRINK, Aleksander — Political Elites and Decentralization Reforms in the Post-Socialist Balkans. Regional Patronage Networks in Serbia and Croatia (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015). Europe-Asia Studies 69(6), Aug. 2017 : 995-996. Reviewed by Tena PRELEC.

68.3017 KLENK, Tanja ; MAVOLINI, Emmanuele, eds. — Restructuring Welfare Governance, Marketisation, Managerialism and Welfare State Professionalism (Cheltenham, 2015). Gouvernement et Action publique 6(4), Oct.-Dec. 2017 : 157-160. Reviewed by Clémence LEDOUX.

68.3018 KOGER, Gregory ; LEBO, Matthew J. — Strategic Party Government: Why Winning Trumps Ideology (University of Chicago Press, 2017). Congress and the Presidency 44(3), 2017 : 387-388. Reviewed by Peter HANSON.

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68.3019 KONINGS, Martijn — The Emotional Logic of Capitalism: What Progressives Have Missed (Stanford University Press, 2015). Perspec- tives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1124-1125. Reviewed by Ivan ASCHER.

68.3020 KOPEČEK, Michal ; WCIŚLIK, Piotr, eds. — Thinking through Transition. Liberal Democracy, Authoritarian Pasts, and Intellectual His- tory in East Central Europe after 1989 (Central European University Press, 2015). Europe-Asia Studies 69(6), Aug. 2017 : 989-990. Reviewed by Rafał RIEDEL.

68.3021 KOSAŘ, David — Perils of Sloganised Constitutional Concepts Notably that of "Judicial Independence" (Cambridge University Press, 2016). European Constitutional Law Review 13(3), 2017 : 582-599. Reviewed by Bogdan IANCU.

68.3022 KRINER, Douglas L. ; REEVES, Andrew — The Particularistic President: Executive Branch Politics and Political Equality (Cambridge University Press, 2015). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1162-1163. Reviewed by David A. CROCKETT.

68.3023 KUSAK, Wataru — _Moral Politics in the Philippines: Inequality, Democracy and the Urban Poor_ (NUS Press, 2017). Contemporary Southeast Asia 39(3), Dec. 2017 : 577-579. Reviewed by Anna Marie A. KARAOS.

68.3024 LAKE, David A. — The Statebuilder’s Dilemma: On the Limits of Foreign Intervention (Cornell University Press, 2016). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1201-1202. Reviewed by Lee J. M. SEYMOUR.

68.3025 LALL, Marie — Understanding Reform in Myanmar: People and Society in the Wake of Military Rule (Hurts and Company, 2016). Na- tionalism and Ethnic Politics 23(4), Oct.-Dec. 2017 : 482-484. Reviewed by Cecilia DUCCI.

68.3026 LARUELLE, Marlene ; ENGVALL, Johan, eds. — Kyrgyzstan beyond "Democracy Island" and "Failing State". Social and Political Changes in a Post-Soviet Society (Lexington Books, 2015). Europe-Asia Studies 69(8), Oct. 2017 : 1331-1333. Reviewed by Aijan SHARSHENOVA.

68.3027 LESTER, Genevieve — When Should State Secrets Stay Secret? Accountability, Democratic Governance, and Intelligence (Cambridge University Press, 2015). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1149-1150. Reviewed by Joshua ROVNER.

68.3028 LIEBERT, Hugh — Plutarch’s Politics: Between City and Empire (Cambridge University Press, 2016). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1123-1124. Reviewed by Christian WENDT.

68.3029 LINDNER, Kolja — Die Hegemoniekämpfe in Frankreich. Laizismus, politische Repräsentation und Sarkozysmus (Argument, 2017). Raisons politiques 68, Nov. 2017 : 100-106. Reviewed by Niklas PLAETZER.

68.3030 LING, L. H. M., et al. — India China: Rethinking Borders and Security (University of Michigan Press, 2016). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1204-1205. Reviewed by John AGNEW.

68.3031 LOIS, María — Construir Galicia(s). Lugar, Elecciones y Política Nacionalista (Trama Editorial, 2015). Revista española de Ciencia política 45, Nov. 2017 : 223-227. Reviewed by Jerónimo RÍOS SIERRA.

68.3032 LOIZIDES, Neophytos — The Politics of Majority Nationalism: Framing Peace, Stalemates, and Crises (Stanford University Press, 2015). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1196-1198. Reviewed by Uriel ABULOF.

68.3033 MAHBUBANI, Kishore ; SNG, Jeffrey — The ASEAN Miracle: A Catalyst for Peace (Ridge Books/NUS Press, 2017). Contemporary South- east Asia 39(3), Dec. 2017 : 600-602. Reviewed by Johan SARAVANAMUTTU.

68.3034 MALONEY, Suzanne — Iran’s Political Economy since the Revolution (Cambridge University Press, 2015). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1169-1170. Reviewed by Payam MOHSENI.

68.3035 MARTIN, Janet M. ; BORRELLI, MaryAnne, eds. — The Gendered Executive: A Comparative Analysis of Presidents, Prime Ministers, and Chief Executives (Temple University Press, 2016). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1183-1185. Reviewed by Susan FRANCESCHET.

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68.3036 MARTINEZ FRANZONI, Juliana ; SANCHEZ-ANCOCHEA, Diego — The Quest for Universal Social Policy in the South: Actors, Ideas, and Architectures (Cambridge University Press, 2016). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1176-1178. Reviewed by Brian SHOUP.

68.3037 McAULEY, Mary — Human Rights in Russia. Citizens and the State from Perestroika to Putin (I. B. Tauris, 2016). Europe-Asia Studies 69(6), Aug. 2017 : 1000-1001. Reviewed by Ghasem TORABI.

68.3038 McCANN, Anthony J., et al. — Gerrymandering in America (Cambridge University Press, 2016). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1150-1152. Reviewed by Nicholas GOEDERT.

68.3039 McLAREN, Lauren M. — Immigration and Perceptions of National Political Systems in Europe (Oxford University Press, 2015). Perspec- tives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1186-1188. Reviewed by Patrick R. IRELAND.

68.3040 MECHAM, Quinn — Institutional Origins of Islamist Political Mobilization (Cambridge University Press, 2017). Middle Eastern Studies 54(1), Jan. 2018 : 160-163. Reviewed by Courtney FREER.

68.3041 MELAKOPIDES, Costas — Russia-Cyprus Relations: A Pragmatic Idealist Perspective (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016). Mediterranean Quar- terly 28(2), June 2017 : 146-148. Reviewed by Petros VAMVAKAS.

68.3042 MONTGOMERY, Evan Braden — In the Hegemon’s Shadow: Leading States and the Rise of Regional Powers (Cornell University Press, 2016). Strategic Analysis 41(5), Sept.-Oct. 2017 : 525-527. Reviewed by Rajesh RAJAGOPALAN.

68.3043 MORRISON, Kevin M. — Nontaxation and Representation: The Fiscal Foundations of Political Stability (Cambridge University Press, 2014). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1175-1176. Reviewed by Christopher J. COYNE.

68.3044 NAJOR, Piotr ; SHÖLL-MAZUREK, Kamila, eds. — Eastern chessboard. Geopolitical determinants and challenges in Eastern Europe and the South Caucasus (Ksi garnia Akademicka Kraków, 2015). Society and Economy in Central and Eastern Europe 39(1), March 2017 : 161-163. Reviewed by Marek CZAJKOWSKI.

68.3045 NELSON, Michael ; PERRY, Barbara A. ; RUSSELL, L. Riley, eds. — 42: Inside the Presidency of Bill Clinton (Cornell University Press, 2016). Congress and the Presidency 44(3), 2017 : 403-404. Reviewed by Patrick MANEY.

68.3046 NICHOLS, Mary P. — Thucydides and the Pursuit of Freedom (Cornell University Press, 2015). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1120-1121. Reviewed by Hugh LIEBERT.

68.3047 NOLAN, Peter — Understanding China: The Silk Road and the Communist Manifesto (Routledge, 2016). China Report 53(4), Nov. 2017 : 497-499. Reviewed by Jyotishman BHAGAWATI.

68.3048 NOLETTE, Paul — Federalism on Trial: State Attorneys General and National Policymaking in Contemporary America (University Press of Kansas, 2015). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1152-1153. Reviewed by Andrew KARCH.

68.3049 NOURSE, Victoria — Misreading Law, Misreading Democracy (Harvard University Press, 2016). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1134-1136. Reviewed by Kevin McGRAVEY.

68.3050 OGDEN, Chris — China and India: Asia’s emergent great powers (Cambridge Polity Press, 2017). China Report 53(4), Nov. 2017 : 492- 495. Reviewed by Vinod C. KHANNA.

68.3051 OMELICHEVA, Mariya Y. — Democracy in Central Asia: Competing Perspectives and Alternative Strategies (Kentucky University Press, 2015). Central Asian Survey 36(4), Dec. 2017 : 583-585. Reviewed by Aliya TSKHAY.

68.3052 ORCHARD, Phil — A Right to Flee: Refugees, States, and the Construction of International Cooperation (Cambridge University Press, 2016). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1200-1201. Reviewed by Justin SCHON. 301 Book reviews

68.3053 PARENS, Joshua — Leo Strauss and the Recovery of Medieval Political Philosophy (University of Rochester Press, 2016). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1121-1123. Reviewed by Miguel VATTER.

68.3054 PIEKE, Frank N. — Knowing China: A Twenty-First Century Guide (Cambridge University Press, 2016). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1192-1194. Reviewed by Jeffrey WASSERSTROM.

68.3055 POPKIN, Susan J. — No Simple Solutions: Transforming Public Housing in Chicago (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1144-1146. Reviewed by Vladimir KOGAN.

68.3056 PRIOR, Hélder — Esfera Pública e Escândalo Político: a Face Oculta do Poder (Porto Media, 2016). Análise social 225, 2017 : 910-912. Reviewed by Pedro Xavier MENDONÇA.

68.3057 QI Wang ; MIN Dongchao ; BO, Arenlund Sorense — Revisiting Gender Inequality: Perspectives from the People’s Republic of China (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016). China Report 53(4), Nov. 2017 : 505-506. Reviewed by Sanghamitra BORA.

68.3058 RACHMAN, Gideon — Easternization: Asia’s Rise and America’s Decline from Obama to Trump and beyond (Other Press, 2017). Politique étrangère 82(4), Winter 2017 : 188-191. Reviewed by John SEAMAN.

68.3059 RAHMAN, K. Sabeel — Democracy Against Domination (Oxford University Press, 2016). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1134- 1136. Reviewed by Kevin McGRAVEY.

68.3060 REICH, Rob ; CORDELLI, Chiara ; BERNHOLZ, Lucy, eds. — Philanthropy in Democratic Societies: History, Institutions, Values (Univer- sity of Chicago Press, 2016). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1160-1162. Reviewed by Leslie LENKOWSKY.

68.3061 RINGEN, Stein — The Perfect Dictatorship: China in the 21st Century (Hong Kong University Press, 2016). China Report 53(4), Nov. 2017 : 502-504. Reviewed by Bhim B. SUBBA.

68.3062 RINGEN, Stein — The Perfect Dictatorship: China in the 21st Century (Hong Kong University Press, 2016). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1192-1194. Reviewed by Jeffrey WASSERSTROM.

68.3063 ROLLAND, Nadège — China’s Eurasian Century? Political and Strategic Implications of the Belt and Road Initiative (National Bureau of Asian Research, 2017). Journal of Democracy 28(4), Oct. 2017 : 170-174. Reviewed by Shanthi KALATHIL.

68.3064 ROSICH, Gerard ; WAGNER, Peter, eds. — The Trouble with Democracy: Political Modernity in the 21st Century (Edinburgh University Press, 2016). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1132-1134. Reviewed by Michael J. THOMPSON.

68.3065 SAN-AKCA, Belgin, et al. — States in Disguise: Causes of State Support for Rebel Groups (Oxford University Press, 2016). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1209-1210. Reviewed by Ami PEDAHZUR.

68.3066 SCHWELLER, Randall L. — Maxwell’s Demon and the Golden Apple: Global Discord in the New Millennium (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1198-1200. Reviewed by Michael C. DESCH.

68.3067 SEABROOK, Nicholas R. — Drawing the Lines: Constraints on Partisan Gerrymandering in US Politics (Cornell University Press, 2017). Congress and the Presidency 44(3), 2017 : 392-394. Reviewed by Mark RUSH.

68.3068 SELWAY, Joel Sawat — Coalitions of the Well-Being: How Electoral Rules and Ethnic Politics Shape Health Policy in Developing Coun- tries (Cambridge University Press, 2015). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1176-1178. Reviewed by Brian SHOUP.

68.3069 SHIFFRIN, Steven H. — What Is Wrong with the First Amendment? (Cambridge University Press, 2016). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1129-1131. Reviewed by Judith Lynn FAILER.

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68.3070 SHOLAR, Megan — Getting Paid While Taking Time: The Women’s Movement and the Development of Paid Family Leave Policies in the United States (Temple University Press, 2016). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1165-1166. Reviewed by Natalie MASUOKA.

68.3071 SMITH, Jean Edward — Bush (Simon & Schuster, 2016). Congress and the Presidency 44(3), 2017 : 404-406. Reviewed by Stephen F. KNOTT.

68.3072 SMITH, Steven B. — Modernity and Its Discontents: Making and Unmaking the Bourgeois from Machiavelli to Bellow (Yale University Press, 2016). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1125-1127. Reviewed by Leslie Paul THIELE.

68.3073 SPIROU, Costas ; JUDD, Dennis R. — Building the City of Spectacle: Mayor Richard M. Daley and the Remaking of Chicago (Cornell University Press, 2016) Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1144-1146. Reviewed by Vladimir KOGAN.

68.3074 STEINER, Jürg, et al. — Deliberation across Deeply Divided Societies. Transformative Moments (Cambridge University Press, 2017). Revista de Estudios políticos 178, Oct.-Dec. 2017 : 197-200. Reviewed by Hugo MARCOS-MARNE.

68.3075 STONE, Clarence N. ; STOKER, Robert P., eds. — Urban Neighborhoods in a New Era: Revitalization Politics in the Postindustrial City (Chicago University Press, 2015). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1157-1159. Reviewed by Timothy WEAVER.

68.3076 SUBOTIĆ, Jelena — Hijacked Justice: Dealing with the Past in the Balkans (Cornell University Press, 2016). Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 23(4), Oct.-Dec. 2017 : 480-482. Reviewed by Taylor McCONNELL.

68.3077 SVETLANA, Tyulkina — Militant Democracy: Undemocratic Political Parties and Beyond (Routledge, 2015). Party Politics 24(1), Jan. 2018 : 95-96. Reviewed by Joanna RAK.

68.3078 TADROS, Mariz — Resistance, Revolt, and Gender Justice in Egypt, Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East (Syracuse Univer- sity Press, 2016). Journal of North African Studies 22(5), Dec. 2017 : 907-909. Reviewed by Ginger FEATHER.

68.3079 THOMSON, Susan — Whispering Truth to Power: Everyday Resistance to Reconciliation in Postgenocide Rwanda (University of Wis- consin Press, 2013). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1189-1190. Reviewed by Anuradha CHAKRAVARTY.

68.3080 TØNNESON, Stein — Explaining the East Asian Peace: A Research Story (NIAS Press, 2017). Contemporary Southeast Asia 39(3), Dec. 2017 : 597-599. Reviewed by Jim ROLFE.

68.3081 TOVAR RUIZ, Juan — La Doctrina en la Política Exterior de Estados Unidos. De Truman a Trump (Los Libros de la Catarata/Instituto Franklin, 2017). Revista española de Ciencia política 45, Nov. 2017 : 211-215. Reviewed by Javier MORALES.

68.3082 TRUEX, Rory — Making Autocracy Work: Representation and Responsiveness in Modern China (Cambridge University Press, 2016). China Quarterly 232, Dec. 2017 : 1118-1119. Reviewed by LÜ Xiaobo.

68.3083 VAMPA, Davide — The regional politics of welfare in Italy, Spain and Great Britain (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016). Public Administration 95(4), 2017 : 116-118. Reviewed by Emanuele MASSETTI.

68.3084 VATIKIOTIS, Michael — Blood and Silk: Power and Conflict in Modern Southeast Asia (Weidenfield & Nicholson, 2017). Contemporary Southeast Asia 39(3), Dec. 2017 : 580-582. Reviewed by Michael WESLEY.

68.3085 VELASCO, Alejandro — Barrio Rising: Urban Popular Politics and the Making of Modern Venezuela (University of California Press, 2015). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1182-1183. Reviewed by Daniel H. LEVINE.

68.3086 VILLORIA MENDIETA, Manuel ; IZQUIERDO SÁNCHEZ, Agustín — Ética Pública y Buen Gobierno. Regenerando la Democracia y Lu- chando contra la Corrupción desde el Servicio Público (Editorial Tecnos, 2016). Revista española de Ciencia política 45, Nov. 2017 : 217- 222. Reviewed by Jesús LIZCANO.

303 Book reviews

68.3087 VINSON, C. Danielle — Congress and the Media: Beyond Institutional Power (Oxford University Press, 2017). Congress and the Presi- dency 44(3), 2017 : 390-392. Reviewed by Ron ELVING.

68.3088 WALTON, David ; KAVALSKI, Emilian — Power Transition in Asia (Routledge, 2017). China Report 53(4), Nov. 2017 : 495-496. Reviewed by Suresh K. GOEL.

68.3089 WONG, S. H. W. — Electoral Politics in Post-1997 Hong Kong: Protest, Patronage, and the Media (Springer, 2015). American Journal of Chinese Studies 24(2), Oct. 2017 : 155-156. Reviewed by Karl HO.

68.3090 WRIGHT, Teresa — Party and State in Post-Mao China (Polity, 2015). Europe-Asia Studies 69(6), Aug. 2017 : 1004-1005. Reviewed by Falk HARTIG.

68.3091 YU Keping — Democracy in China: Challenge or Opportunity (World Scientific Publishing, 2016). China Quarterly 232, Dec. 2017 : 1119- 1121. Reviewed by Peitao JIA.

68.3092 ZAYANI, Mohamed — Networked Publics and Digital Contention: The Politics of Everyday Life in Tunisia (Oxford University Press, 2015). Mediterranean Politics 22(4), Dec. 2017 : 555-556. Reviewed by Ben WAGNER.

68.3093 ZAYANI, Mohamed ; MIRGHANI, Suzi, eds. — Bullets and Bulletins: Media and Politics in the Wake of the Arab Spring (Oxford Univer- sity Press, 2016). Middle East Policy 24(4), Winter 2017 : 186-188. Reviewed by William R. RUGH.

68.3094 ZIA-EBRAHIMI, Reza — The Emergence of Iranian Nationalism: Race and the Politics of Dislocation (Columbia University Press, 2016). Perspectives on Politics 15(4), Dec. 2017 : 1166-1167. Reviewed by Rudi MATTHEE.

68.3095 ZIBLATT, Daniel — Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy (Cambridge University Press, 2017). Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift 119(4), 2017 : 811-815. Reviewed by Jakob HEIDBRINK.

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