Political Science & Law 2008 press.princeton.edu contents general interest 1 • general interest 10 • american politics & policy 18 • international politics 26 • political economy 33 • political philosophy & theory 40 • law & legal theory 45 • political sociology 47 • comparative politics 50 • political methodology 52 • index/order form New New Unequal Democracy Great for freshman seminars The Political Economy of the Souled Out New Gilded Age Reclaiming Faith and Politics after the Larry M. Bartels Religious Right E. J. Dionne Jr. “No political scientist is more widely or rightly respected than Larry Bartels, and Unequal De- “Souled Out, by the respected political journalist mocracy is a brilliant book that only he could and progressive Catholic E. J. Dionne Jr., is a have written. The book proves beyond a reason- deeply personal and searchingly intelligent able doubt that the main fault for sizable socio- reflection on the noble history, recent travails, economic inequalities in America lies not in our and likely prospects of American liberalism.” economy but in our increasingly polarized and —R. Scott Appleby, New York Times Book Review partisan politics. With intellectual force, Unequal Democracy pulls back the sheets on Washington’s The religious and political winds are changing. pamper-the-rich policy process and offers ideas Tens of millions of religious Americans are re- about how we can do better by average citizens claiming faith from those who would abuse it for and the poor. It is Bartels at his very best.” narrow, partisan, and ideological purposes. And —John J. DiIulio, Jr., University of Pennsylvania more and more secular Americans are discover- ing common ground with believers on the great Unequal Democracy provides a deep and issues of social justice, peace, and the environ- searching analysis of the political causes and ment. In Souled Out, award-winning journalist consequences of America’s growing income and commentator E. J. Dionne explains why the gap, and a sobering assessment of the capacity era of the Religious Right—and the crude exploi- of the American political system to live up to its tation of faith for political advantage—is over. democratic ideals. E. J. Dionne Jr. is a syndicated columnist for the Larry M. Bartels is the Donald E. Stokes Professor Washington Post, a regular political analyst on of Public and International Affairs and director of National Public Radio, a senior fellow at the the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics at Brookings Institution, and a professor at George- Princeton University. town University. Copublished with the Russell Sage Foundation 2008. 254 pages. Cl: 978-0-691-13458-1 $24.95 | £14.95 2008. 344 pages. 4 halftones. 40 line illus. 65 tables. Cl: 978-0-691-13663-9 $29.95 | £17.95 For more information on books for course use please visit: press.princeton.edu/class.html Front cover artwork: istockphoto.com/Aaltazar press.princeton.edu 1 general interest New Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State Why Americans Vote the Way They Do Andrew Gelman “This impressive social science analysis stands much political punditry on its head. So far as voting goes, the question is less why poor Americans are victims of false consciousness than why affluent Americans in wealthy states are traitors to their class.” —Morris P. Fiorina, author of Culture War?: The Myth of a Polarized America Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State is a must-read for anyone seeking to make sense of today’s fractured American political landscape. Andrew Gelman is professor of statistics and political science at Columbia University. 2008. 248 pages. 11 color illus. 81 line illus. Cl: 978-0-691-13927-2 $27.95 | £16.95 New New The Art of the Public Grovel With a preface by George H. W. Bush Sexual Sin and Public Confession The China Diary of in America George H. W. Bush Susan Wise Bauer The Making of a Global President “This very fine book will enrich and deepen the Edited and introduced by conversation about religion and public life in Jeffrey A. Engel America. Bauer writes clearly and vividly and she “Engel’s historical editing is the perfect frame balances good storytelling with sound scholar- to this lucid window on late-Maoist China. In ship.” the Bush diary’s candid entries the reader can —Alan Jacobs, author of Original Sin: A Cultural ‘eavesdrop’ on a statesman educating himself for History the personal, pragmatic diplomacy that would Revealing the rhetoric, theology, and history change the world.” that lie behind every successful public plea —Walter A. McDougall, author of the Pulitzer for forgiveness, The Art of the Public Grovel will Prize-winning The Heavens and the Earth interest anyone who has ever wondered why Bill Jeffrey A. Engel teaches history and public policy Clinton is still popular while Jim Bakker fell out of at Texas A&M University’s Bush School of Govern- public view. ment & Public Service and is associate director of Susan Wise Bauer holds a PhD in American stud- the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs. ies from the College of William and Mary. 2008. 592 pages. 16 line illus. Cl: 978-0-691-13006-4 $29.95 | £17.95 2008. 352 pages. 10 halftones. Cl: 978-0-691-13810-7 $26.95 | £15.95 press.princeton.edu 1 general interest general interest New New Striking First The Rise of the Conservative Preemption and Prevention in Legal Movement International Conflict The Battle for Control of the Law Michael W. Doyle Steven M. Teles Edited and introduced by Stephen Macedo “In a terrific new book, The Rise of the Conserva- tive Legal Movement, professor Steven M. Teles “The arguments about whether or when to strike charts the success of the conservative legal first are passionate, dangerous, and critically establishment over the past several decades.” necessary. Michael Doyle brings to these argu- —Dahilia Lithwick, Slate ments a calm voice, vast knowledge, practical experience, and political wisdom. His book is Drawing from internal documents, as well as indispensable.” interviews with key conservative figures, The Rise —Michael Walzer, Institute for Advanced Study of the Conservative Legal Movement examines the sometimes fitful, and still only partially success- Michael W. Doyle is the Harold Brown Professor ful, conservative challenge to liberal domination of International Affairs, Law, and Political Science of the law and American legal institutions. at Columbia University and served as assistant secretary-general and special adviser to United Steven M. Teles is associate professor of public Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan. policy at the University of Maryland and visiting lecturer at Yale Law School. University Center for Human Values 2008. 200 pages. 1 table. Princeton Studies in American Politics Cl: 978-0-691-13658-5 $24.95 | £14.95 2008. 360 pages. 3 halftones. 1 line illus. 1 table. Cl: 978-0-691-12208-3 $35.00 | £19.95 New Economic Gangsters Corruption, Violence, and the Poverty of Nations Raymond Fisman & Edward Miguel “Economic Gangsters reveals the important connections between poverty, crime, and corruption, help- ing us to see what a small and intertwined world we live in.” —Dan Ariely, author of Predictably Irrational Raymond Fisman is the Lambert Family Professor of Social Enterprise and research director of the So- cial Enterprise Program at Columbia Business School. Edward Miguel is associate professor of econom- ics and director of the Center of Evaluations for Global Action at the University of California, Berkeley. 2008. 256 pages. 4 line illus. 1 table. Cl: 978-0-691-13454-3 $24.95 | £14.95 2 To receive notices about new books, subscribe for email at: press.princeton.edu/subscribe press.princeton.edu 3 general interest general interest Forthcoming The Case for Big Government Jeff Madrick “Jeff Madrick makes a convincing case for the active role of government in the growth of our modern economy and our shared prosperity.” —Senator Edward M. Kennedy A practical call to arms, The Case for Big Government sets aside ideology and proposes bold steps to ensure the nation’s vitality. Jeff Madrick is senior fellow at the New School’s Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis. The Public Square November 2008. 224 pages. 5 tables. Cl: 978-0-691-12331-8 $22.95 | £13.50 New Forthcoming The Subprime Solution The Crisis of American How Today’s Global Financial Crisis Foreign Policy Happened, and What to Do about It Wilsonianism for the Twenty-first Robert J. Shiller Century “Reading this exciting book is like watching a G. John Ikenberry, Thomas J. Knock, skilled surgeon at work. The diagnosis of the Anne-Marie Slaughter & Tony Smith subprime mortgage mess is biting in its inten- sity—the best I have seen—and encompasses In this timely book, four distinguished scholars the human tragedy as well as the economic and of American foreign policy discuss the relation- financial crisis. The recommended therapy devel- ship between the ideals of Woodrow Wilson ops logically from Shiller’s analysis and is unique and those of George W. Bush. They expose the in concept as well as powerful in application. The challenges resulting from Bush’s foreign policy crystal clear writing style makes his manifesto a and ponder America’s place in the international pleasure to read.” arena. —Peter L. Bernstein, author of Capital Ideas: The G. John Ikenberry is the Albert G. Milbank Improbable Origins of Modern Wall Street and Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Capital Ideas Evolving Princeton University. Thomas J. Knock is associ- Robert J. Shiller is the best-selling author of ate professor of history at Southern Methodist Irrational Exuberance and The New Financial Order University. Anne-Marie Slaughter is dean of the (both Princeton), among other books. He is the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and Interna- Arthur M.