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. 296 Comptes rendus 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. 297 Book reviews 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