Book Reviews: Political Theory
Rousseau's Platonic Enlightenment. By David Lay Williams. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2007. 344p. $25.00.
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A Philosophical Theory of Citizenship: Obligation, Authority, and Membership. By Steven J. Wulf. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2008. 162p. $60.00.
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Book Reviews: American Politics
Media Concentration and Democracy: Why Ownership Matters. By C. Edwin Baker. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2006. 272p. $73.00 cloth, $24.99 paper. - Post-Broadcast Democracy: How Media Choice Increases Inequality in Political Involvement and Polarizes Elections. By Markus Prior. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2007. 336p. $89.00 cloth, $27.99 paper.
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Redistricting and Representation: Why Competitive Elections Are Bad for America. By Thomas L. Brunell. New York: Routledge, 2008. 160p. $130.00 cloth, $29.95 paper.
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The Cult of True Victimhood: From the War on Welfare to the War on Terror. By Alyson M. Cole. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2006. 256p. $55.00 cloth, $21.95 paper.
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- 12 February 2009, pp. 188-189
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In the Shadow of Race: Jews, Latinos, and Immigrant Politics in the United States. By Victoria Hattam. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007. 288p. $47.50 cloth, $19.00 paper.
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- 12 February 2009, pp. 189-191
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Equality and Transparency: A Strategic Perspective on Affirmative Action in American Law. By Daniel Sabbagh. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. 268p. $79.95.
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- 12 February 2009, pp. 191-193
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The Samaritan's Dilemma: Should Government Help Your Neighbor? By Deborah Stone. New York: Nation Books, 2008. 304p. $25.95.
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The Realities of Redistricting: Following the Rules and Limiting Gerrymandering in State Legislative Redistricting. By Jonathan Winburn. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2008. 258p. $65.00.
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Book Reviews: Comparative Politics
Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy. By Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. 416p. $35 cloth.
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The Judicial Response to Police Killings in Latin America: Inequality and the Rule of Law. By Daniel M. Brinks. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 289p. $85.00 cloth. - Judging Policy: Courts and Policy Reform in Democratic Brazil. By Matthew M. Taylor. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2008. 227p. $ 55.00 cloth.
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Urban Protest in Mexico and Brazil. By Kathleen Bruhn. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 212p. $85.00. - Cycles of Conflict, Centuries of Change: Crisis, Reform, and Revolution in Mexico. Edited by Elisa Servín, Leticia Reina, and John Tutino. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2007. 405p. $89.95 cloth, $24.95 paper.
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Presidentialism, Parliamentarism, and Democracy. By José Antonio Cheibub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. 202p. $80.00 cloth, $24.99 paper.
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The Economic Vote: How Political and Economic Institutions Condition Election Results. By Raymond M. Duch and Randolph T. Stevenson. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 416p. $45.00 cloth, $19.00 paper.
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Democracy and the State in the New Southern Europe. Edited by Richard Gunther, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, and Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. 464p. $110.00 cloth, $45.00 paper.
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Politics and Volunteering in Japan: A Global Perspective. By Mary Alice Haddad. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. 236p. $92.00.
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Terrorism, Economic Development and Political Openness. Edited by Philip Keefer and Norman Loayza. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 326p. $75.00. - The Faces of Terrorism: Social and Psychological Dimensions. By Neil J. Smelser. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007. 292p. $29.95.
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What Makes a Terrorist: Economics and the Roots of Terrorism. By Alan B. Krueger. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007. 192p. $24.95. - Leaderless Jihad: Terror Networks in the Twenty-First Century. By Marc Sageman. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008. 208p. $24.95.
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Creating European Citizens. By Willem Maas. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007. 190p. $76.00 cloth, $25.95. - Democracy in Europe: The EU and National Polities. By Vivien A. Schmidt. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. 328p. $35.00. - Europe as Empire: The Nature of the Enlarged European Union. By Jan Zielonka. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. 304p. $99.00 cloth, $45.00 paper.
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- 12 February 2009, pp. 209-211
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The Logic and Politics of Post-WWII Migration to Western Europe. By Anthony M. Messina. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. 290p. $25.99.
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