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Volume 13 - Issue 4 - December 2015

Perspectives on Politics Volume 13 - Issue 4 -

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Cover Art: Berlin, 1918. Returning troops and crowd at the Brandenburg Gate after a meeting (Photo by DHM/Kaiserpanorama/Ullstein via Getty Images).

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Book Reviews: American Politics

Managing Disasters through Public–Private Partnerships. By Ami J. Abou-Bakr. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2013. 248p. $29.95. - Disasters and the American State: How Politicians, Bureaucrats, and the Public Prepare for the Unexpected. By Patrick S. Roberts. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013. 232p. $90.00.
Daniel P. Aldrich
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15 December 2015, pp. 1152-1154
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Latino Politics en Ciencia Política: The Search for Latino Identity and Racial Consciousness. By Tony Affigne, Evelyn Hu-DeHart, and Marion Orr, eds. New York: New York University Press, 2014. 320p. $89.00 cloth, $30.00 paper.
Benjamin Marquez
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15 December 2015, pp. 1154-1155
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Secrecy in the Sunshine Era: The Promise and Failures of U.S. Open Government Laws. By Jason Ross Arnold. Lawrence, KA: University Press of Kansas, 2014. 560p. $39.95.
Joseph E. Uscinski
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15 December 2015, pp. 1155-1156
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Democracy More or Less: America's Political Reform Quandary. By Bruce E. Cain. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. 257p. $75.00 cloth, $27.99 paper.
William Crotty
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15 December 2015, pp. 1156-1158
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Too Weak to Govern: Majority Party Power and Appropriations in the U.S. Senate. By Peter Hanson. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. 206p. $80.00 cloth, $29.99 paper.
Matthew N. Green
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15 December 2015, pp. 1158-1159
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A Storm over This Court: Law, Politics, and Supreme Court Decision Making in Brown v. Board of Education. By Jeffrey Hockett. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012. 267p. $39.50.
Stephen L. Wasby
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15 December 2015, pp. 1160-1161
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Fighting for the Speakership: The House and the Rise of Party Government. By Jeffery A. Jenkins and Charles Stewart III. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013. $88.00 cloth, $38.95 paper.
Richard Bensel
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15 December 2015, pp. 1161-1162
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Deliberation, Democracy, and Civic Forums: Improving Equality and Publicity. By Christopher F. Karpowitz and Chad Raphael. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. 409p. $99.00.
John Barry Ryan
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15 December 2015, pp. 1162-1164
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The Political Economy of the American Frontier. By Ilia Murtazashvili. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013. 282p. $90.00.
Robert Holahan
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15 December 2015, pp. 1164-1165
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Collaborative Governance for Urban Revitalization: Lessons from Empowerment Zones. By Michael J. Rich and Robert P. Stoker. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2014. 283p. $77.50 cloth, $26.95 paper.
Eric Zeemering
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15 December 2015, pp. 1165-1166
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Deliberating American Monetary Policy: A Textual Analysis. By Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2013. 536p. $55.00.
Sandra L. Suarez
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15 December 2015, pp. 1166-1168
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The Senate Syndrome: The Evolution of Procedural Warfare in the Modern U.S. Senate. By Steven S. Smith. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2014. 410p. $34.95.
Andrew J. Taylor
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15 December 2015, pp. 1168-1169
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The Presidential Expectations Gap: Public Attitudes Concerning the Presidency. By Richard Waterman, Carol L. Silva, and Hank Jenkins-Smith. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2014. 216p. $65.00.
Nancy Kassop
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15 December 2015, pp. 1169-1170
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Metaracism: Explaining the Persistence of Racial Inequality. By Carter A. Wilson. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2015. 304p. $68.50.
Matthew Hayes
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15 December 2015, pp. 1170-1172
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Book Reviews: Comparative Politics

Skills and Inequality: Partisan Politics and the Political Economy of Education Reforms in Western Welfare States. By Marius R. Busemeyer. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. 326p. $99.00.
Alexandra Hennessy
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15 December 2015, pp. 1172-1174
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The Transformation of Governance in Rural China: Market, Finance, and Political Authority. By An Chen. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. 406p. $99.00.
Hiroki Takeuchi
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15 December 2015, pp. 1174-1175
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We Created Chávez: A People’s History of the Venezuelan Revolution. By George Ciccariello-Maher. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2013. 352p. $94.95 cloth, $25.95 paper.
Maxwell A. Cameron
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15 December 2015, pp. 1175-1176
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The Rise of Global Corporate Social Responsibility. Mining and the Spread of Global Norms. By Hevina Dashwood. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. 336p. $114.99 cloth, $34.99 cloth.
Christian R. Thauer
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15 December 2015, pp. 1176-1178
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Crafting Policies to End Poverty in Latin America: The Quiet Transformation. By Ana Lorena De La O. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. 194p. $84.99.
Wendy Hunter
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15 December 2015, pp. 1178-1179
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Religion and Politics in the European Union: The Secular Canopy. By François Foret. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. 338p. $95.00.
H. Zeynep Bulutgil
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15 December 2015, pp. 1179-1181
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Book Reviews: American Politics

Latino Politics en Ciencia Política: The Search for Latino Identity and Racial Consciousness. By Tony Affigne, Evelyn Hu-DeHart, and Marion Orr, eds. New York: New York University Press, 2014. 320p. $89.00 cloth, $30.00 paper.

Secrecy in the Sunshine Era: The Promise and Failures of U.S. Open Government Laws. By Jason Ross Arnold. Lawrence, KA: University Press of Kansas, 2014. 560p. $39.95.

Democracy More or Less: America's Political Reform Quandary. By Bruce E. Cain. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. 257p. $75.00 cloth, $27.99 paper.

Too Weak to Govern: Majority Party Power and Appropriations in the U.S. Senate. By Peter Hanson. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. 206p. $80.00 cloth, $29.99 paper.

A Storm over This Court: Law, Politics, and Supreme Court Decision Making in Brown v. Board of Education. By Jeffrey Hockett. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012. 267p. $39.50.

Fighting for the Speakership: The House and the Rise of Party Government. By Jeffery A. Jenkins and Charles Stewart III. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013. $88.00 cloth, $38.95 paper.

Deliberation, Democracy, and Civic Forums: Improving Equality and Publicity. By Christopher F. Karpowitz and Chad Raphael. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. 409p. $99.00.

The Political Economy of the American Frontier. By Ilia Murtazashvili. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013. 282p. $90.00.

Collaborative Governance for Urban Revitalization: Lessons from Empowerment Zones. By Michael J. Rich and Robert P. Stoker. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2014. 283p. $77.50 cloth, $26.95 paper.

Deliberating American Monetary Policy: A Textual Analysis. By Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2013. 536p. $55.00.

The Senate Syndrome: The Evolution of Procedural Warfare in the Modern U.S. Senate. By Steven S. Smith. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2014. 410p. $34.95.

The Presidential Expectations Gap: Public Attitudes Concerning the Presidency. By Richard Waterman, Carol L. Silva, and Hank Jenkins-Smith. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2014. 216p. $65.00.

Metaracism: Explaining the Persistence of Racial Inequality. By Carter A. Wilson. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2015. 304p. $68.50.

Book Reviews: Comparative Politics

Skills and Inequality: Partisan Politics and the Political Economy of Education Reforms in Western Welfare States. By Marius R. Busemeyer. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. 326p. $99.00.

The Transformation of Governance in Rural China: Market, Finance, and Political Authority. By An Chen. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. 406p. $99.00.

We Created Chávez: A People’s History of the Venezuelan Revolution. By George Ciccariello-Maher. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2013. 352p. $94.95 cloth, $25.95 paper.

The Rise of Global Corporate Social Responsibility. Mining and the Spread of Global Norms. By Hevina Dashwood. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. 336p. $114.99 cloth, $34.99 cloth.

Crafting Policies to End Poverty in Latin America: The Quiet Transformation. By Ana Lorena De La O. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. 194p. $84.99.

Religion and Politics in the European Union: The Secular Canopy. By François Foret. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. 338p. $95.00.

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