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Front Cover (OFC, IFC) and matter

 
 

PPS volume 7 issue 1 Cover and Front matter

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp f1-f8
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090744 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Editor's Note

 
 

Introduction and Comments

James Johnson

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 1-2
doi:10.1017/S153759270909001X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Presidential Address

 
 

The Challenge of Democracy: Explorations in American Racial Politics

Dianne Pinderhughes

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 3-11
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090021 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Symposium

 
 

The Politics of International Regime Complexity

Karen J. Alter and Sophie Meunier

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 13-24
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090033 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Overlapping Institutions in Trade Policy

Christina L. Davis

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 25-31
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090045 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

The Power Politics of Regime Complexity: Human Rights Trade Conditionality in Europe

Emilie M. Hafner-Burton

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 33-37
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090057 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Regime Shifting in the International Intellectual Property System

Laurence R. Helfer

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 39-44
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090069 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Overlapping Institutions in the Realm of International Security: The Case of NATO and ESDP

Stephanie C. Hofmann

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 45-52
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090070 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Institutional Proliferation and the Global Refugee Regime

Alexander Betts

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 53-58
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090082 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

The More the Merrier? The Effects of Having Multiple International Election Monitoring Organizations

Judith Kelley

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 59-64
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090094 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

The Power and Peril of International Regime Complexity

Daniel W. Drezner

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 65-70
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090100 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Research Articles

 
 

Liberal Internationalism 3.0: America and the Dilemmas of Liberal World Order

G. John Ikenberry

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 71-87
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090112 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

The Politics of Intercountry Adoption: Explaining Variation in the Legal Requirements of Sub-Saharan African Countries

Marijke Breuning and John Ishiyama

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 89-101
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090124 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Homo Politicus and Argument (Nearly) All the Way Down: Persuasion in Politics

Neta C. Crawford

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 103-124
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090136 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Longing, Nostalgia, and Golden Age Politics: The American Jeremiad and the Power of the Past

Andrew R. Murphy

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 125-141
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090148 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Review Editor's Introduction

 
 

Review Editor's Introduction

Jeffrey C. Isaac

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 143-144
doi:10.1017/S153759270909015X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Review Symposium

 
 

Perspectives on Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age

Jennifer Hochschild

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 145-147
doi:10.1017/S1537592709210164 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Perspectives on Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age

Benjamin I. Page

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 148-151
doi:10.1017/S1537592709220160 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Perspectives on Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age

James A. Stimson

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 151-153
doi:10.1017/S1537592709230167 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Critical Dialogues

 
 

Why Cooperate? The Incentive to Supply Global Public Goods. By Scott Barrett. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. 280p. $45.00.

Kerry Whiteside

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 155-156
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090173 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Response to Kerry Whiteside's review of Why Cooperate? The Incentive to Supply Global Public Goods

Scott Barrett

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 156-157
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090185 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Precautionary Politics: Principle and Practice in Confronting Environmental Risk. By Kerry Whiteside. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2006. 198p. $50.00 cloth, $21.00 paper.

Scott Barrett

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 157-158
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090197 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Response to Scott Barrett's review of Precautionary Politics: Principle and Practice in Confronting Environmental Risk

Kerry H. Whiteside

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 158-159
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090203 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Cultural Contestation in Ethnic Conflict. By Marc Howard Ross. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. 384p. $91.00 cloth, $34.99 paper.

John T. Sidel

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 159-161
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090215 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Response to John T. Sidel's review of Cultural Contestation in Ethnic Conflict

Marc Howard Ross

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 161-161
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090227 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Riots, Pogroms, Jihad: Religious Violence in Indonesia. By John T. Sidel. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press. 304p. $57.95 cloth, $21.00 paper.

Marc Howard Ross

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 161-163
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090239 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Response to Marc Howard Ross's review of Riots, Pogroms, Jihad: Religious Violence in Indonesia

John T. Sidel

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 163-164
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090240 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Ruling Oneself Out: A Theory of Collective Abdications. By Ivan Ermakoff. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2008. 440p. $99.95 cloth, $27.95 paper.

Ioannis D. Evrigenis

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 164-165
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090252 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Response to Ioannis D. Evrigenis's review of Ruling Oneself Out: A Theory of Collective Abdications

Ivan Ermakoff

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 165-165
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090264 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Fear of Enemies and Collective Action. By Ioannis D. Evrigenis. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. 256p. $85.00.

Ivan Ermakoff

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 165-167
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090276 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Response to Ivan Ermakoff's review of Fear of Enemies and Collective Action

Ioannis D. Evrigenis

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 167-167
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090288 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Book Reviews: Political Theory

 
 

Beyond Liberal Democracy: Political Thinking for an East Asian Context. By Daniel A. Bell. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006. 408p. $67.50 cloth, $25.95 paper.

Multiculturalism in Asia. Edited by Will Kymlicka and Baogang He. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. 376p. $125.00 cloth, $55.50 paper.

Leigh K. Jenco

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 169-170
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090306 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

The Future of Gender. Edited by Jude Browne. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. 288p. $85.00 cloth, $29.99 paper.

Imagining Transgender: An Ethnography of a Category. By David Valentine. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2007. 320p. $79.95 cloth, $22.95 paper.

Penny A. Weiss

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 170-172
doi:10.1017/S153759270909029X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

French Political Thought from Montesquieu to Tocqueville: Liberty in a Levelled Society? By Annelien de Dijn. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 230p. $99.00.

Jeremy Jennings

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 172-173
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090318 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

The Philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir: Ambiguity, Conversion, Resistance. By Penelope Deutscher. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 222p. $90.00.

Lori Marso

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 173-174
doi:10.1017/S153759270909032X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Gender and Justice in Multicultural Liberal States. By Monique Deveaux. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. 265p. $99.00 cloth, $37.95 paper.

Multiculturalism and Political Theory. Edited by Anthony Simon Laden and David Owen. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007 419p. $91.00 cloth, $34.99 paper.

Georgia Warnke

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 174-176
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090331 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Lessons from a Materialist Thinker: Hobbesian Reflections on Ethics and Politics. By Samantha Frost. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2008. 232p. $65.00 cloth, $21.95 paper.

Subverting the Leviathan: Reading Thomas Hobbes as a Radical Democrat. By James R. Martel. New York: Columbia University Press, 2007. 240p. $34.50.

Deborah Baumgold

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 176-178
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090343 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Ownership, Authority, and Self-Determination: Moral Principles and Indigenous Rights Claims. By Burke A. Hendrix. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008. 232p. $55.00.

Jeff Spinner-Halev

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 178-179
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090355 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

The Politics of Sincerity: Plato, Frank Speech and Democratic Judgment. By Elizabeth Markovits. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008. 248p. $45.00.

S. Sara Monoson

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 179-180
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090367 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Frederick Douglass: Race and the Rebirth of American Liberalism. By Peter C. Myers. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2008. 272p. $34.95.

Bill E. Lawson

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 180-181
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090379 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

The Nature of Rights at the American Founding and Beyond. Edited by Barry Alan Shain. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2008. 352p. $45.00.

Michael P. Zuckert

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 181-182
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090380 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Rousseau's Platonic Enlightenment. By David Lay Williams. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2007. 344p. $25.00.

James Miller

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 182-184
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090392 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

A Philosophical Theory of Citizenship: Obligation, Authority, and Membership. By Steven J. Wulf. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2008. 162p. $60.00.

George Klosko

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 184-185
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090409 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Book Reviews: American Politics

 
 

Media Concentration and Democracy: Why Ownership Matters. By C. Edwin Baker. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2006. 272p. $73.00 cloth, $24.99 paper.

Post-Broadcast Democracy: How Media Choice Increases Inequality in Political Involvement and Polarizes Elections. By Markus Prior. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2007. 336p. $89.00 cloth, $27.99 paper.

Michael W. Wagner

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 185-187
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090410 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Redistricting and Representation: Why Competitive Elections Are Bad for America. By Thomas L. Brunell. New York: Routledge, 2008. 160p. $130.00 cloth, $29.95 paper.

Michael H. Crespin

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 187-188
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090422 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

The Cult of True Victimhood: From the War on Welfare to the War on Terror. By Alyson M. Cole. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2006. 256p. $55.00 cloth, $21.95 paper.

Anna Kirkland

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 188-189
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090434 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

In the Shadow of Race: Jews, Latinos, and Immigrant Politics in the United States. By Victoria Hattam. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007. 288p. $47.50 cloth, $19.00 paper.

Stephen Steinberg

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 189-191
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090446 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Equality and Transparency: A Strategic Perspective on Affirmative Action in American Law. By Daniel Sabbagh. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. 268p. $79.95.

Robert C. Lieberman

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 191-193
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090458 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

The Samaritan's Dilemma: Should Government Help Your Neighbor? By Deborah Stone. New York: Nation Books, 2008. 304p. $25.95.

William A. Galston

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 193-194
doi:10.1017/S153759270909046X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

The Realities of Redistricting: Following the Rules and Limiting Gerrymandering in State Legislative Redistricting. By Jonathan Winburn. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2008. 258p. $65.00.

Thomas L. Brunell

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 194-195
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090471 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Book Reviews: Comparative Politics

 
 

Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy. By Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. 416p. $35 cloth.

Miriam A. Golden

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 195-197
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090483 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

The Judicial Response to Police Killings in Latin America: Inequality and the Rule of Law. By Daniel M. Brinks. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 289p. $85.00 cloth.

Judging Policy: Courts and Policy Reform in Democratic Brazil. By Matthew M. Taylor. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2008. 227p. $ 55.00 cloth.

Javier A. Couso

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 197-199
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090495 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Urban Protest in Mexico and Brazil. By Kathleen Bruhn. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 212p. $85.00.

Cycles of Conflict, Centuries of Change: Crisis, Reform, and Revolution in Mexico. Edited by Elisa Servín, Leticia Reina, and John Tutino. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2007. 405p. $89.95 cloth, $24.95 paper.

Fabrice Lehoucq

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 199-201
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090501 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Presidentialism, Parliamentarism, and Democracy. By José Antonio Cheibub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. 202p. $80.00 cloth, $24.99 paper.

Robert Elgie

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 201-202
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090513 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

The Economic Vote: How Political and Economic Institutions Condition Election Results. By Raymond M. Duch and Randolph T. Stevenson. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 416p. $45.00 cloth, $19.00 paper.

Mark N. Franklin

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 202-203
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090525 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Democracy and the State in the New Southern Europe. Edited by Richard Gunther, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, and Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. 464p. $110.00 cloth, $45.00 paper.

Martin Brusis

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 203-204
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090537 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Politics and Volunteering in Japan: A Global Perspective. By Mary Alice Haddad. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. 236p. $92.00.

Sherry L. Martin

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 205-206
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090549 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Terrorism, Economic Development and Political Openness. Edited by Philip Keefer and Norman Loayza. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 326p. $75.00.

The Faces of Terrorism: Social and Psychological Dimensions. By Neil J. Smelser. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007. 292p. $29.95.

Ami Pedahzur

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 206-207
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090550 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

What Makes a Terrorist: Economics and the Roots of Terrorism. By Alan B. Krueger. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007. 192p. $24.95.

Leaderless Jihad: Terror Networks in the Twenty-First Century. By Marc Sageman. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008. 208p. $24.95.

Jeff Goodwin

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 207-209
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090562 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Creating European Citizens. By Willem Maas. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007. 190p. $76.00 cloth, $25.95.

Democracy in Europe: The EU and National Polities. By Vivien A. Schmidt. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. 328p. $35.00.

Europe as Empire: The Nature of the Enlarged European Union. By Jan Zielonka. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. 304p. $99.00 cloth, $45.00 paper.

Robert Frith

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 209-211
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090574 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

The Logic and Politics of Post-WWII Migration to Western Europe. By Anthony M. Messina. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. 290p. $25.99.

Maarten Vink

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 211-212
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090586 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Distrusting Democrats: Outcomes of Participatory Constitution Making. By Devra C. Moehler. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2008. 244p. $70.00 cloth, $24.95 paper.

Renske Doorenspleet

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 212-214
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090598 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Social Foundations of Limited Dictatorship: Networks and Private Protection During Mexico's Early Industrialization. By Armando Razo. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2008. 246p. $65.00.

William R Keech

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 214-215
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090604 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Berlusconi's Italy: Mapping Contemporary Italian Politics. By Michael E. Shin and John A. Agnew. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2008. 169p. $21.95.

Joseph LaPalombara

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 215-216
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090616 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Organizations at War in Afghanistan and Beyond. By Abdulkader H. Sinno. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2007. 352p. $39.95 cloth.

Barnett R. Rubin

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 216-217
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090628 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Book Reviews: International Relations

 
 

Crafting Cooperation: Regional International Institutions in Comparative Perspectives. Edited by Amitav Acharya and Alastair Iain Johnston. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. 330p. $90.00 cloth, $34.99 paper.

Xinyuan Dai

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 217-218
doi:10.1017/S153759270909063X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

World out of Balance: International Relations and the Challenge of American Primacy. By Stephen G. Brooks and William C. Wohlforth. Princeton: Princeton University Press 2008. 226p. $65.00 cloth, $22.95 paper.

Robert Jervis

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 219-220
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090641 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Why Not Kill Them All? The Logic and Prevention of Mass Political Murder. By Daniel Chirot and Clark McCauley. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006. 288p. $25.95.

Alan J. Kuperman

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 220-221
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090653 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

The UN Security Council and the Politics of International Authority. Edited by Bruce Cronin and Ian Hurd. New York: Routledge, 2008. 264p. $150.00 cloth, $42.95 paper.

The United States and the Security Council: Collective Security since the Cold War. By Brian Frederking. New York: Routledge, 2007. 208p. $140.00 cloth, $37.95 paper.

Alexander Thompson

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 221-222
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090665 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

The Shadows of Consumption: Consequences for the Global Environment. By Peter Dauvergne. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2008. 328p. $24.95.

Steve Vanderheiden

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 223-224
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090677 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Great Powers and Geopolitical Change. By Jakub J. Grygiel. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. 258p. $47.00.

Randall L. Schweller

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 224-225
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090689 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

The Politics of Secularism in International Relations. By Elizabeth Shakman Hurd. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008. 247p. $50.00 cloth, $22.95 paper.

Scott M. Thomas

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 225-227
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090690 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

States, Nations, and the Great Powers: The Source of Regional War and Peace. By Benjamin Miller. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. 526p. $110.00 cloth, $42.00 paper.

Kristian Skrede Gleditsch

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 227-228
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090707 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

The Voluntary Environmentalists: Green Clubs, ISO 14001, and Voluntary Environmental Regulations. By Aseem Prakash and Matthew Potoski. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2006. 211p. $95.00 cloth, $30.99 paper.

David Konisky

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 228-229
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090719 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

Foreign Aid as Foreign Policy. By Jeffrey F. Taffet. New York: Routledge, 2007. 328p. $125.00 cloth, $28.95 paper.

Carol Lancaster

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 229-230
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090720 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
 

The Nuclear Taboo: The United States and the Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons since 1945. By Nina Tannenwald. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. 472p. $85.00 cloth, $34.99 paper.

Matthew Kroenig

Perspectives on Politics, Volume 7, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 230-231
doi:10.1017/S1537592709090732 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009
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