Book Reviews: American Politics
The Constitution of Electoral Speech Law: The Supreme Court and Freedom of Expression in Campaigns and Elections. By Brian K. Pinaire. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2008. 368p. $60.00.
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Because of Race: How Americans Debate Harm and Opportunity in Our Schools. By Mica Pollock. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008. 304p. $29.95. - Dangerous Frames: How Ideas about Race and Gender Shape Public Opinion. By Nicholas J.G. Winter. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008. 224p. $45.00 cloth, $18.00 paper.
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The Democratic Virtues of the Christian Right. By Jon A. Shields. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009. 216p. $29.95.
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- 19 August 2009, pp. 673-675
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Girls on the Stand: How Courts Fail Pregnant Minors. By Helena Silverstein. New York: New York University Press. 2007. 256p. $40.00 cloth, $22.00 paper.
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Politics in the Parish: The Political Influence of Catholic Priests. By Gregory Allen Smith. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2008. 272p. $26.95. - Pews, Prayers, and Participation: Religion and Civic Responsibility in America. By Corwin E. Smidt, Kevin R. den Dulk, James M. Penning, Stephen V. Monsma, and Douglas L. Koopman. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2008. 296p. $44.95 cloth, $26.95 paper.
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- 19 August 2009, pp. 676-677
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Race Relations: A Critique. By Stephen Steinberg. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2007. 208p. $45.00 cloth, $17.95 paper.
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Book Reviews: Comparative Politics
Brokering Democracy in Africa: The Rise of Clientelist Democracy in Senegal. By Linda J. Beck. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. 280p. $79.95. - No-Party Democracy? Ugandan Politics in Comparative Perspective. By Giovanni Carbone. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2008. 259p. $58.50. - Kenya's Quest for Democracy: Taming Leviathan. By Makau Mutua. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2008. 331p. $65.00.
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- 19 August 2009, pp. 679-681
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Taxation and State-Building in Developing Countries: Capacity and Consent. Edited by Deborah Bräutigam, Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, and Mick Moore. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 304 p. $90.00 cloth, $32.99 paper. - Representation Through Taxation: Revenue, Politics, and Development in Postcommunist States. By Scott Gehlback. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 214 p. $80.00.
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- 19 August 2009, pp. 681-683
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Legislative Voting and Accountability. By John M. Carey. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. 199p. $24.99.
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- 19 August 2009, pp. 683-684
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Palestinian Civil Society: Foreign Donors and the Power to Promote and Exclude. By Benoît Challand. New York: Routledge, 2009. 266p. $140.00.
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- 19 August 2009, pp. 684-685
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Political Institutions under Dictatorship. By Jennifer Gandhi. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2008. 256 p. $85.00.
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Courting Social Justice: Judicial Enforcement of Social and Economic Rights in the Developing World. Edited by Varun Gauri and Daniel M. Brinks. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 384p. $90.00.
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- 19 August 2009, pp. 687-688
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Rule by Law: The Politics of Courts in Authoritarian Regimes. Edited by Tom Ginsberg and Tamir Moustafa. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 378p. $90.00 cloth, $34.99 paper.
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Institutions and the Path to the Modern Economy: Lessons from Medieval Trade. By Avner Greif. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. 526p. $36.99 paper. - The Origins of Capitalism and the “Rise of the West.” By Eric H. Mielants. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2007. 241p. $64.50 cloth, $25.95 paper.
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A World of Gangs: Armed Young Men and Gangsta Culture. By John Hagedorn. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2008. 216 p. $24.95 cloth. - Urban Outcasts: A Comparative Sociology of Advanced Marginality. By Loic Wacquant. Cambridge, UK and Malden, MA: Polity Press, 2008. 360p. $79.95 cloth, $25.95 paper.
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The Globalizers: Development Workers in Action. By Jeffrey T. Jackson. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. 393p. $55.00 cloth, $35.00 paper. - Promoting Democracy in the Americas. Edited by Thomas Legler, Sharon F. Lean, and Dexter S. Boniface. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. 360p. $60.00 cloth, $24.95 paper.
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The Coordination of the European Union: Exploring the Capacities of Networked Governance. By Andrew Jordan and Adriaan Schout. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. 311p. $39.95
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- 19 August 2009, pp. 695-696
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West European Politics in the Age of Globalization. By Hanspeter Kriesi, Edgar Grande, Romain Lachat, Martin Dolezal, Simon Bornshier, and Timotheos Frey. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2008. 468p. $99.00 cloth, $39.99 paper.
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Decentralized Authoritarianism in China. By Pierre Landry. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 293p. $85.00 cloth. - The Search for Deliberative Democracy in China. Edited by Ethan J. Leib and Baogang He. New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2006. 288p. $79.95 cloth.
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Justice as Prevention: Vetting Public Employees in Transitional Societies. By Alexander Mayer-Rieckh and Pablo de Greiff. New York: Social Science Research Council, 2008. 566 p. $35.00. - Unsettling Accounts: Neither Truth nor Reconciliation in Confessions of State Violence. By Leigh A. Payne. Durham: Duke University Press, 2007. 392 p. $84.95 Cloth. $23.95 paper.
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- 19 August 2009, pp. 699-701
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