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Volume 17 - Issue 4 - December 2019

Perspectives on Politics Volume 17 - Issue 4 -

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Retrato de V.I Lenin en el Estilo de Jackson Pollock VII-1980 (Portrait of V.I. Lenin in the Style of Jackson Pollock VII). Author: Art & Language. Location: Galeria Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid, Spain. Credit: Permission granted by the gallery and the artists.

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Book Reviews: Comparative Politics

Thirsty Cities: Social Contracts and Public Goods Provision in China and India. By Selina Ho. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. 306p. $105.00 cloth.
Mark W. Frazier
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13 November 2019, pp. 1216-1217
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Strategic Frames: Europe, Russia, and Minority Inclusion in Estonia and Latvia. By Jennie L. Schulze. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2018. 416p. $31.95 paper.
Erin Jenne
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13 November 2019, pp. 1217-1219
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Palestinians in Israel: The Politics of Faith after Oslo. By As’ad Ghanem and Mohanad Mustafa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 206p. $105.00 cloth.
Ilan Peleg
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13 November 2019, pp. 1219-1220
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Escaping the Energy Poverty Trap: When and How Governments Power the Lives of the Poor. By Michaël Aklin, Patrick Bayer, S. P. Harish, and Johannes Urpelainen. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2018. 328p. $90.00 cloth, $35.00 paper.
Elizabeth Chatterjee
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13 November 2019, pp. 1220-1222
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Uneven Social Policies: The Politics of Subnational Variation in Latin America. By Sara Niedzwiecki. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 272p. $99.99 cloth.
Natasha Borges Sugiyama
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13 November 2019, pp. 1222-1223
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Muslim Democratic Parties in the Middle East: Economy and Politics of Islamist Moderation. By A. Kadir Yildirim. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2016. 279p. $85.00 cloth, $35.00 paper.
Tarek Masoud
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13 November 2019, pp. 1223-1226
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Life after Dictatorship: Authoritarian Successor Parties Worldwide. Edited by James Loxton and Scott Mainwaring. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 405p. $105.00 cloth, $36.99 paper.
John T. Ishiyama
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13 November 2019, pp. 1226-1227
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Lost and Found: The “Missing Girls” in Rural China. By John James Kennedy and Yaojiang Shi. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. 240p. $99.99 cloth, $29.95 paper.
Christina Maags
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13 November 2019, pp. 1227-1229
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Jordan and the Arab Uprisings: Regime Survival and Politics Beyond the State. By Curtis R. Ryan. New York: Columbia University Press, 2018. 296p. $90.00 cloth, $30.00 paper.
Jason Brownlee
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13 November 2019, pp. 1229-1230
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Emigrants Get Political: Mexican Migrants Engage Their Home Towns. By Michael S. Danielson. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018. 264p. $78.00 cloth. - Specters of Belonging: The Political Life Cycle of Mexican Migrants. By Adrián Félix. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019. 200p. $99.00 cloth, $26.95 paper.
Alexandra Délano Alonso
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13 November 2019, pp. 1230-1232
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Regime Support Beyond the Balance Sheet: Participation and Policy Performance in Latin America. By Matthew Rhodes-Purdy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. 278p. $105.00 cloth.
Kirk A. Hawkins
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13 November 2019, pp. 1232-1234
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Why Alliances Fail: Islamist and Leftist Coalitions in North Africa. By Matt Buehler. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2018. 304p. $75.00 cloth, $39.95 paper.
Jean Lachapelle
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13 November 2019, pp. 1234-1235
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Religion and Nationalism in Global Perspective. By J. Christopher Soper and Joel S. Fetzer. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 280p. $105.00 cloth, $29.99 paper.
Paul A. Djupe
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13 November 2019, pp. 1235-1237
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Borderland Battles: Violence, Crime, and Governance at the Edges of Colombia’s War. By Annette Idler. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019. 496p. $99.00 cloth, $34.95 paper.
Abbey Steele
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13 November 2019, pp. 1237-1238
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State Expansion and Conflict: In and Between Israel/Palestine and Lebanon. By Oren Barak. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017, 292p. $105.00 cloth.
James Worrall
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13 November 2019, pp. 1238-1240
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Parliaments in Time: The Evolution of Legislative Democracy in Western Europe, 1866–2015. By Michael Koß. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. 336p. $85.00 cloth.
Amie Kreppel
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13 November 2019, pp. 1240-1241
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Contesting Authoritarianism: Labor Challenges to the State in Egypt. By Dina Bishara. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 204p. $82.99 cloth, $29.99 paper.
Lisa Blaydes
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13 November 2019, pp. 1241-1242
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Envy in Politics. By Gwyneth H. McClendon. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2018. 248p. $29.95 cloth.
George E. Marcus
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13 November 2019, pp. 1242-1244
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Religious Statecraft: The Politics of Islam in Iran. By Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar. New York: Columbia University Press, 2018. 392p. $60.00 cloth, $29.99 paper.
Shabnam Holliday
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13 November 2019, pp. 1244-1245
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When Political Transitions Work: Reconciliation as Interdependence. By Fanie du Toit. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018. 312p. $74.00 cloth. - Performances of Injustice: The Politics of Truth, Justice and Reconciliation in Kenya. By Gabrielle Lynch. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 352p. $99.99 cloth, $29.99 paper. - Truth Without Reconciliation: A Human Rights History of Ghana. By Abena Ampofoa Asare. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018. 256p. $79.95 cloth.
Sebastian Elischer
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13 November 2019, pp. 1245-1247
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Thirsty Cities: Social Contracts and Public Goods Provision in China and India. By Selina Ho. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. 306p. $105.00 cloth.

Strategic Frames: Europe, Russia, and Minority Inclusion in Estonia and Latvia. By Jennie L. Schulze. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2018. 416p. $31.95 paper.

Palestinians in Israel: The Politics of Faith after Oslo. By As’ad Ghanem and Mohanad Mustafa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 206p. $105.00 cloth.

Escaping the Energy Poverty Trap: When and How Governments Power the Lives of the Poor. By Michaël Aklin, Patrick Bayer, S. P. Harish, and Johannes Urpelainen. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2018. 328p. $90.00 cloth, $35.00 paper.

Uneven Social Policies: The Politics of Subnational Variation in Latin America. By Sara Niedzwiecki. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 272p. $99.99 cloth.

Muslim Democratic Parties in the Middle East: Economy and Politics of Islamist Moderation. By A. Kadir Yildirim. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2016. 279p. $85.00 cloth, $35.00 paper.

Life after Dictatorship: Authoritarian Successor Parties Worldwide. Edited by James Loxton and Scott Mainwaring. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 405p. $105.00 cloth, $36.99 paper.

Lost and Found: The “Missing Girls” in Rural China. By John James Kennedy and Yaojiang Shi. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. 240p. $99.99 cloth, $29.95 paper.

Jordan and the Arab Uprisings: Regime Survival and Politics Beyond the State. By Curtis R. Ryan. New York: Columbia University Press, 2018. 296p. $90.00 cloth, $30.00 paper.

Regime Support Beyond the Balance Sheet: Participation and Policy Performance in Latin America. By Matthew Rhodes-Purdy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. 278p. $105.00 cloth.

Why Alliances Fail: Islamist and Leftist Coalitions in North Africa. By Matt Buehler. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2018. 304p. $75.00 cloth, $39.95 paper.

Religion and Nationalism in Global Perspective. By J. Christopher Soper and Joel S. Fetzer. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 280p. $105.00 cloth, $29.99 paper.

Borderland Battles: Violence, Crime, and Governance at the Edges of Colombia’s War. By Annette Idler. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019. 496p. $99.00 cloth, $34.95 paper.

State Expansion and Conflict: In and Between Israel/Palestine and Lebanon. By Oren Barak. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017, 292p. $105.00 cloth.

Parliaments in Time: The Evolution of Legislative Democracy in Western Europe, 1866–2015. By Michael Koß. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. 336p. $85.00 cloth.

Contesting Authoritarianism: Labor Challenges to the State in Egypt. By Dina Bishara. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 204p. $82.99 cloth, $29.99 paper.

Envy in Politics. By Gwyneth H. McClendon. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2018. 248p. $29.95 cloth.

Religious Statecraft: The Politics of Islam in Iran. By Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar. New York: Columbia University Press, 2018. 392p. $60.00 cloth, $29.99 paper.

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