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Volume 15 - Issue 4 - December 2017

Perspectives on Politics Volume 15 - Issue 4 -

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Cover Art: Photo by Jan Banning, courtesy of Fontana Gallery, Amsterdam. From series Bureaucratics: Yemen-14. Ali Abdulmalik Shuga (b. 1964) is responsible for the archives of the Ministry of Trade and Commerce governorates office in the city of Taizz, Taizz Governorate. Monthly salary: 30,500 rial ($171, euro 117).

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Book Reviews: Political Theory

Solidarity Across Divides: Promoting the Moral Point of View. By George Vasilev. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2015. 256p. $120.00 cloth.
Sally J. Scholz
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20 November 2017, pp. 1136-1137
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Beautiful Data: A History of Vision and Reason since 1945. By Orit Halpern. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2015. 352p. $99.95 cloth, $27.95 paper.
Maurice Meilleur
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20 November 2017, pp. 1137-1139
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Damn Great Empires! William James and the Politics of Pragmatism. By Alexander Livingston. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. 264p. $99.00 cloth, $24.95 paper.
Matthew Festenstein
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20 November 2017, pp. 1139-1141
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Living Ideology in Cuba: Socialism in Principle and Practice. By Katherine A. Gordy. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2015. 284p. $80.00 cloth, $40.95 paper.
Julie M. Bunck
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20 November 2017, pp. 1141-1142
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Election Administration in the United States: The State of Reform after Bush v. Gore . By R. Michael Alvarez and Bernard Grofman. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. 247p. $88.00 cloth, $30.99 paper, $24.00 ebook.
Barry C. Burden
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20 November 2017, pp. 1142-1144
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Claiming Neighborhood: New Ways of Understanding Urban Change. By John J. Betancur and Janet L. Smith. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2016. 270p. $95.00 cloth, $28.00 paper. - No Simple Solutions: Transforming Public Housing in Chicago. By Susan J. Popkin. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2016. 160p. $40.00 cloth. - Building the City of Spectacle: Mayor Richard M. Daley and the Remaking of Chicago. By Costas Spirou and Dennis R. Judd. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2016. 264p. $27.95 cloth.
Vladimir Kogan
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20 November 2017, pp. 1144-1146
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The Great Exception: The New Deal and the Limits of American Politics. By Jefferson Cowie. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016. 273p. $27.95 cloth, $19.95 paper.
Lane Kenworthy
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20 November 2017, pp. 1146-1147
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Diversity Matters: Judicial Policy Making in the U.S. Courts of Appeals. By Susan B. Haire and Laura P. Moyer. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2015. 200p. $45.00.
Rachel Paine Caufield
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20 November 2017, pp. 1147-1148
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When Should State Secrets Stay Secret? Accountability, Democratic Governance, and Intelligence. By Genevieve Lester. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. 252p. $33.99.
Joshua Rovner
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20 November 2017, pp. 1149-1150
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Gerrymandering in America. By Anthony J. McCann, Charles Anthony Smith, Michael Latner, and Alex Keena. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2016. 272p. $34.99 paper.
Nicholas Goedert
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20 November 2017, pp. 1150-1152
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Federalism on Trial: State Attorneys General and National Policymaking in Contemporary America. By Paul Nolette. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2015. 296p. $39.95 cloth.
Andrew Karch
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20 November 2017, pp. 1152-1153
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Partisan Gerrymandering and the Construction of American Democracy. By Erik J. Engstrom. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2016. 236p. $75.00 cloth, $34.95 paper.
Michael Latner
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20 November 2017, pp. 1153-1154
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How Policy Shapes Politics: Rights, Courts, Litigation, and the Struggle Over Injury Compensation. By Jeb Barnes and Thomas F. Burke. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015. 272p. $39.95 cloth.
Ken I. Kersch
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20 November 2017, pp. 1154-1156
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Presidential Swing States: Why Only Ten Matter. Edited by Stacey Hunter Hecht and David Schultz. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015. 386p. $115.00 cloth, $49.99 paper.
Helmut Norpoth
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20 November 2017, pp. 1156-1157
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Urban Neighborhoods in a New Era: Revitalization Politics in the Postindustrial City. Edited by Clarence N. Stone and Robert P. Stoker. Chicago: Chicago University Press, 2015. 304p. $90.00 cloth, $30.00 paper.
Timothy Weaver
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20 November 2017, pp. 1157-1159
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The Outrage Industry: Political Opinion Media and the New Incivility. By Jeffrey M. Berry and Sarah Sobieraj. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. 288p. $33.95 cloth, $23.95 paper.
Susan Herbst
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20 November 2017, pp. 1159-1160
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Philanthropy in Democratic Societies: History, Institutions, Values. Edited by Rob Reich, Chiara Cordelli, and Lucy Bernholz. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016. 344p. $90.00 cloth, $30.00 paper.
Leslie Lenkowsky
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20 November 2017, pp. 1160-1162
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The Particularistic President: Executive Branch Politics and Political Equality. By Douglas L Kriner and Andrew Reeves. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. 237p. $81.84 cloth, $25.25 paper.
David A. Crockett
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20 November 2017, pp. 1162-1163
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Welfare for the Wealthy: Parties, Social Spending, and Inequality in the United States. By Christopher G. Faricy. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. 268p. $99.99 cloth, $29.99 paper.
Adam Seth Levine
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20 November 2017, pp. 1163-1165
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Getting Paid While Taking Time: The Women’s Movement and the Development of Paid Family Leave Policies in the United States. By Megan Sholar. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2016. 252p. $94.50 cloth, $29.95 paper.
Natalie Masuoka
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20 November 2017, pp. 1165-1166
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Book Reviews: Political Theory

Solidarity Across Divides: Promoting the Moral Point of View. By George Vasilev. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2015. 256p. $120.00 cloth.

Beautiful Data: A History of Vision and Reason since 1945. By Orit Halpern. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2015. 352p. $99.95 cloth, $27.95 paper.

Damn Great Empires! William James and the Politics of Pragmatism. By Alexander Livingston. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. 264p. $99.00 cloth, $24.95 paper.

Living Ideology in Cuba: Socialism in Principle and Practice. By Katherine A. Gordy. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2015. 284p. $80.00 cloth, $40.95 paper.

Book Reviews: American Politics

Election Administration in the United States: The State of Reform after Bush v. Gore . By R. Michael Alvarez and Bernard Grofman. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. 247p. $88.00 cloth, $30.99 paper, $24.00 ebook.

The Great Exception: The New Deal and the Limits of American Politics. By Jefferson Cowie. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016. 273p. $27.95 cloth, $19.95 paper.

Diversity Matters: Judicial Policy Making in the U.S. Courts of Appeals. By Susan B. Haire and Laura P. Moyer. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2015. 200p. $45.00.

When Should State Secrets Stay Secret? Accountability, Democratic Governance, and Intelligence. By Genevieve Lester. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. 252p. $33.99.

Gerrymandering in America. By Anthony J. McCann, Charles Anthony Smith, Michael Latner, and Alex Keena. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2016. 272p. $34.99 paper.

Federalism on Trial: State Attorneys General and National Policymaking in Contemporary America. By Paul Nolette. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2015. 296p. $39.95 cloth.

Partisan Gerrymandering and the Construction of American Democracy. By Erik J. Engstrom. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2016. 236p. $75.00 cloth, $34.95 paper.

How Policy Shapes Politics: Rights, Courts, Litigation, and the Struggle Over Injury Compensation. By Jeb Barnes and Thomas F. Burke. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015. 272p. $39.95 cloth.

Presidential Swing States: Why Only Ten Matter. Edited by Stacey Hunter Hecht and David Schultz. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015. 386p. $115.00 cloth, $49.99 paper.

Urban Neighborhoods in a New Era: Revitalization Politics in the Postindustrial City. Edited by Clarence N. Stone and Robert P. Stoker. Chicago: Chicago University Press, 2015. 304p. $90.00 cloth, $30.00 paper.

The Outrage Industry: Political Opinion Media and the New Incivility. By Jeffrey M. Berry and Sarah Sobieraj. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. 288p. $33.95 cloth, $23.95 paper.

Philanthropy in Democratic Societies: History, Institutions, Values. Edited by Rob Reich, Chiara Cordelli, and Lucy Bernholz. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016. 344p. $90.00 cloth, $30.00 paper.

The Particularistic President: Executive Branch Politics and Political Equality. By Douglas L Kriner and Andrew Reeves. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. 237p. $81.84 cloth, $25.25 paper.

Welfare for the Wealthy: Parties, Social Spending, and Inequality in the United States. By Christopher G. Faricy. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. 268p. $99.99 cloth, $29.99 paper.

Getting Paid While Taking Time: The Women’s Movement and the Development of Paid Family Leave Policies in the United States. By Megan Sholar. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2016. 252p. $94.50 cloth, $29.95 paper.

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