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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: Comparative Politics

Symbolism and Regime Change in Russia. By Graeme Gill. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013. 326p. $104.99.
Allen C. Lynch
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15 December 2015, pp. 1181-1182
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Agenda Setting, Policies, and Political Systems: A Comparative Approach. Edited by Christoffer Green-Pedersen and Stefaan Walgrave. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2014. 272p. $85.00 cloth, $27.50 paper.
Katerina Linos
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15 December 2015, pp. 1182-1183
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Putin’s Energy Agenda: The Contradictions of Russia’s Resource Wealth. By Stefan Hedlund. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2014. 262p. $65.00.
John S. Duffield
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15 December 2015, pp. 1183-1184
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Ethnonationalist Conflict in Postcommunist States: Varieties of Governance in Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Kosovo. By Maria Koinova. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013. 328p. $69.95.
Jelena Džankić
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15 December 2015, pp. 1184-1186
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Varieties of Governance in China: Migration and Institutional Change in Chinese Villages. By Jie Lu. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. 312p. $74.00. - Cities and Stability: Urbanization, Redistribution, and Regime Survival in China. By Jeremy L. Wallace. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. 266p. $105.00 cloth, $31.95 paper.
Yue Zhang
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15 December 2015, pp. 1186-1188
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China’s Futures: PRC Elites Debate Economics, Politics, and Foreign Policy. By Daniel C. Lynch. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2015. 352p. $90.00 cloth, $27.95 paper. - State and Agents in China: Disciplining Government Officials. By Yongshun Cai. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2014. 264p. $90.00 cloth, $27.95 paper.
Scott Wilson
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15 December 2015, pp. 1188-1190
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Reinventing State Capitalism: Leviathan in Business, Brazil and Beyond. By Aldo Musacchio and Sergio G. Lazzarini. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2014. 368p. $55.00.
Ryan Saylor
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15 December 2015, pp. 1190-1191
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The Rise and Fall of Neoliberal Capitalism. By David Kotz. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2015. 288p. $39.95. - The Making of Global Capitalism: The Political Economy of American Empire. By Leo Panitch and San Gindin. London: Verso, 2012. 464p. $29.95 cloth, $13.96 paper.
Jeffry Frieden
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15 December 2015, pp. 1191-1193
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Transitional and Retrospective Justice in the Baltic States. By Eva-Clarita Pettai and Vello Pettai. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. 390p. $120.00.
Jelena Subotic
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15 December 2015, pp. 1193-1194
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The Land of Too Much: American Abundance and the Paradox of Poverty. By Monica Prasad. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2012. 344p. $39.95.
Marc A. Eisner
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15 December 2015, pp. 1194-1196
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The Strong State in Russia: Development and Crisis. By Andrei P. Tsygankov. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. 272p. $99.00 cloth, $29.95 paper. - Can Russia Modernise? Sistema, Power Networks and Informal Governance. By Alena V. Ledeneva. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. 332p. $99.99 cloth, $34.99
Thomas F. Remington
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15 December 2015, pp. 1196-1198
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The Muslim Brotherhood: Evolution of an Islamist Movement. By Carrie Rosefsky Wickham. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013. 384p. $29.95.
Tarek Masoud
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15 December 2015, pp. 1198-1199
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The Power of Inaction: Bank Bailouts in Comparison. By Cornelia Woll. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2014. 224p. $32.50.
Waltraud Schelkle
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15 December 2015, pp. 1199-1201
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The Postcolonial State in Africa: Fifty Years of Independence, 1960–2010. By Crawford Young. Madison, WI: The University of Wisconsin Press, 2012. 488p. $31.95 paper.
Irving Leonard Markovitz
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15 December 2015, pp. 1201-1203
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Book Reviews: International Relations

Violence after War: Explaining Instability in Post-Conflict States. By Michael J. Boyle. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014. 448p. $69.95.
Lise Morjé Howard
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15 December 2015, pp. 1203-1204
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Contesting International Society in East Asia. Edited By Barry Buzan and Yongjin Zhang. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. 288p. $95.00 cloth.
Terence Roehrig
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15 December 2015, pp. 1204-1206
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Inside the Politics of Self-Determination. By Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. 304p. $105.00 cloth, $31.95 paper.
Adrian Florea
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15 December 2015, pp. 1206-1208
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Rivalry and Alliance Politics in Cold War Latin America. By Christopher Darnton. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014. 304p. $44.95.
Renata Keller
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15 December 2015, pp. 1208-1209
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New Constitutionalism and World Order. Edited By Stephen Gill and A. Claire Cutler. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. 388p. $99.00 cloth, $39.99 paper.
Mark Tushnet
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15 December 2015, pp. 1209-1211
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Hazard or Hardship: Crafting Global Norms on the Rights to Refuse Unsafe Work. By Jeffrey Hilgert. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2013. 224p. $45.00.
Genevieve LeBaron
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15 December 2015, pp. 1211-1212
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Book Reviews: Comparative Politics

Symbolism and Regime Change in Russia. By Graeme Gill. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013. 326p. $104.99.

Agenda Setting, Policies, and Political Systems: A Comparative Approach. Edited by Christoffer Green-Pedersen and Stefaan Walgrave. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2014. 272p. $85.00 cloth, $27.50 paper.

Putin’s Energy Agenda: The Contradictions of Russia’s Resource Wealth. By Stefan Hedlund. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2014. 262p. $65.00.

Ethnonationalist Conflict in Postcommunist States: Varieties of Governance in Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Kosovo. By Maria Koinova. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013. 328p. $69.95.

Reinventing State Capitalism: Leviathan in Business, Brazil and Beyond. By Aldo Musacchio and Sergio G. Lazzarini. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2014. 368p. $55.00.

The Rise and Fall of Neoliberal Capitalism. By David Kotz. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2015. 288p. $39.95. - The Making of Global Capitalism: The Political Economy of American Empire. By Leo Panitch and San Gindin. London: Verso, 2012. 464p. $29.95 cloth, $13.96 paper.

Transitional and Retrospective Justice in the Baltic States. By Eva-Clarita Pettai and Vello Pettai. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. 390p. $120.00.

The Land of Too Much: American Abundance and the Paradox of Poverty. By Monica Prasad. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2012. 344p. $39.95.

The Muslim Brotherhood: Evolution of an Islamist Movement. By Carrie Rosefsky Wickham. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013. 384p. $29.95.

The Power of Inaction: Bank Bailouts in Comparison. By Cornelia Woll. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2014. 224p. $32.50.

The Postcolonial State in Africa: Fifty Years of Independence, 1960–2010. By Crawford Young. Madison, WI: The University of Wisconsin Press, 2012. 488p. $31.95 paper.

Book Reviews: International Relations

Violence after War: Explaining Instability in Post-Conflict States. By Michael J. Boyle. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014. 448p. $69.95.

Contesting International Society in East Asia. Edited By Barry Buzan and Yongjin Zhang. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. 288p. $95.00 cloth.

Inside the Politics of Self-Determination. By Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. 304p. $105.00 cloth, $31.95 paper.

Rivalry and Alliance Politics in Cold War Latin America. By Christopher Darnton. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014. 304p. $44.95.

New Constitutionalism and World Order. Edited By Stephen Gill and A. Claire Cutler. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. 388p. $99.00 cloth, $39.99 paper.

Hazard or Hardship: Crafting Global Norms on the Rights to Refuse Unsafe Work. By Jeffrey Hilgert. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2013. 224p. $45.00.

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