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Volume 18 - Issue 1 - March 2020

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Book Reviews: American Politics

Rock of Ages: Subcultural Religious Identity and Public Opinion among Young Evangelicals. By Jeremiah J. Castle. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2019. 236p. $104.50 cloth, $34.95 paper.
Ryan L. Claassen
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17 February 2020, pp. 275-277
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In Defense of Public Lands: The Case against Privatization and Transfer. By Steven Davis. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2018. 294p. $94.50 cloth, $29.95 paper.
Tomas M. Koontz
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17 February 2020, pp. 277-278
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Inconsistency and Indecision in the United States Supreme Court. By Matthew P. Hitt. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2019. 234p. $75.00 cloth.
Pamela C. Corley
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17 February 2020, pp. 278-279
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The Rise of the Representative: Lawmakers and Constituents in Colonial America. By Peverill Squire. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2017. 344p. $85.00 cloth.
Garrison Nelson
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17 February 2020, pp. 279-281
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Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States. By James C. Scott. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017. 336p. $26.00 cloth, $18.00 paper.
Francis Fukuyama
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17 February 2020, pp. 281-282
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Forging the Franchise: The Political Origins of the Women’s Vote. By Dawn Langan Teele. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2018. 240p. $29.95 cloth.
Lee Ann Banaszak
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17 February 2020, pp. 282-283
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Revolution and Reaction: The Diffusion of Authoritarianism in Latin America. By Kurt Weyland. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. 320p. $99.99 cloth, $34.99 paper.
Andreas Schedler
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17 February 2020, pp. 283-285
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Empire of Hope: The Sentimental Politics of Japanese Decline. By David Leheny. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2018. 246p. $39.95 cloth.
Robin M. LeBlanc
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17 February 2020, pp. 285-286
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Doomed Interventions: The Failure of Global Responses to AIDS in Africa. By Kim Yi Dionne. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 208p. $93.99 cloth, $29.99 paper.
Robert L. Ostergard, Jr.
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17 February 2020, pp. 286-288
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Compulsion in Religion: Saddam Hussein, Islam, and the Roots of Insurgencies in Iraq. By Samuel Helfont. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. 304p. $34.95 cloth.
Ann Wainscott
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17 February 2020, pp. 288-289
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Protest State: The Rise of Everyday Contention in Latin America. By Mason W. Moseley. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018. 241p. $74.00 cloth.
Mariela Daby
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17 February 2020, pp. 289-290
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Gambling with Violence: State Outsourcing of War in Pakistan and India. By Yelena Biberman. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019. 240p. $99.00 cloth, $29.95 paper.
Neil J. Mitchell
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17 February 2020, pp. 290-292
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Transitional Justice and the Former Soviet Union: Reviewing the Past, Looking toward the Future. Edited by Cynthia M. Horne and Lavinia Stan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 438p. $125.00 cloth, $41.99 paper.
Monika Nalepa
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17 February 2020, pp. 292-293
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Hybrid Regimes within Democracies: Fiscal Federalism and Subnational Rentier States. By Carlos Gervasoni. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 308p. $105.00 cloth.
Jonathan Rodden
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17 February 2020, pp. 293-295
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Immigration and the Politics of Welfare Exclusion: Selective Solidarity in Western Democracies. By Edward Anthony Koning. Toronto: Toronto University Press, 2019. 307p. $67.50 cloth, $29.96 paper.
Markus M. L. Crepaz
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17 February 2020, pp. 295-296
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When Democracies Deliver: Governance Reform in Latin America. By Katherine Bersch. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. 236p. $100.00 cloth. - Movement-Driven Development: The Politics of Health and Democracy in Brazil. By Christopher L. Gibson. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2019. 328p. $90.00 cloth, $30.00 paper.
Sara Niedzwiecki
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17 February 2020, pp. 296-298
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Inequality After the Transition: Political Parties, Party Systems, and Social Policy in Southern and Postcommunist Europe. By Ekrem Karakoç. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. 352p. $95.00 cloth.
Linda J. Cook
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17 February 2020, pp. 298-299
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Tough on Crime: The Rise of Punitive Populism in Latin America. By Michelle D. Bonner. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2019. 220p. $40.00 cloth.
Sebastián Sclofsky
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17 February 2020, pp. 299-301
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The Politics of the Core Leader in China: Culture, Institution, Legitimacy, and Power. By Xuezhi Guo. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. 434p. $120.00 cloth.
Christopher Carothers
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17 February 2020, pp. 301-302
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LGBTI Rights in Turkey: Sexuality and the State in the Middle East. By Fait Muedini. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 274p. $105.00 cloth, $27.99 paper.
Koen Slootmaeckers
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17 February 2020, pp. 302-304
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Volume 18 - Issue 1 - March 2020

Book Reviews: American Politics

Rock of Ages: Subcultural Religious Identity and Public Opinion among Young Evangelicals. By Jeremiah J. Castle. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2019. 236p. $104.50 cloth, $34.95 paper.

In Defense of Public Lands: The Case against Privatization and Transfer. By Steven Davis. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2018. 294p. $94.50 cloth, $29.95 paper.

Inconsistency and Indecision in the United States Supreme Court. By Matthew P. Hitt. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2019. 234p. $75.00 cloth.

The Rise of the Representative: Lawmakers and Constituents in Colonial America. By Peverill Squire. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2017. 344p. $85.00 cloth.

Book Reviews: Comparative Politics

Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States. By James C. Scott. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017. 336p. $26.00 cloth, $18.00 paper.

Forging the Franchise: The Political Origins of the Women’s Vote. By Dawn Langan Teele. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2018. 240p. $29.95 cloth.

Revolution and Reaction: The Diffusion of Authoritarianism in Latin America. By Kurt Weyland. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. 320p. $99.99 cloth, $34.99 paper.

Empire of Hope: The Sentimental Politics of Japanese Decline. By David Leheny. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2018. 246p. $39.95 cloth.

Doomed Interventions: The Failure of Global Responses to AIDS in Africa. By Kim Yi Dionne. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 208p. $93.99 cloth, $29.99 paper.

Compulsion in Religion: Saddam Hussein, Islam, and the Roots of Insurgencies in Iraq. By Samuel Helfont. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. 304p. $34.95 cloth.

Protest State: The Rise of Everyday Contention in Latin America. By Mason W. Moseley. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018. 241p. $74.00 cloth.

Gambling with Violence: State Outsourcing of War in Pakistan and India. By Yelena Biberman. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019. 240p. $99.00 cloth, $29.95 paper.

Transitional Justice and the Former Soviet Union: Reviewing the Past, Looking toward the Future. Edited by Cynthia M. Horne and Lavinia Stan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 438p. $125.00 cloth, $41.99 paper.

Hybrid Regimes within Democracies: Fiscal Federalism and Subnational Rentier States. By Carlos Gervasoni. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 308p. $105.00 cloth.

Immigration and the Politics of Welfare Exclusion: Selective Solidarity in Western Democracies. By Edward Anthony Koning. Toronto: Toronto University Press, 2019. 307p. $67.50 cloth, $29.96 paper.

Inequality After the Transition: Political Parties, Party Systems, and Social Policy in Southern and Postcommunist Europe. By Ekrem Karakoç. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. 352p. $95.00 cloth.

Tough on Crime: The Rise of Punitive Populism in Latin America. By Michelle D. Bonner. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2019. 220p. $40.00 cloth.

The Politics of the Core Leader in China: Culture, Institution, Legitimacy, and Power. By Xuezhi Guo. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. 434p. $120.00 cloth.

LGBTI Rights in Turkey: Sexuality and the State in the Middle East. By Fait Muedini. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 274p. $105.00 cloth, $27.99 paper.

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