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Volume 51 - Winter 2009

Book Reviews

Nita Rudra, Globalization and the Race to the Bottom in Developing Countries: Who Really Gets Hurt? New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Tables, figures, appendix, bibliography, index, 294 pp.; hardcover $90, paperback $29.99.

Thad Dunning, Crude Democracy: Natural Resource Wealth and Political Regimes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Figures, table, appendix, notes, bibliography, index, 321 pp.; hardcover $90, paperback $29.99.

Donna Lee Van Cott, Radical Democracy in the Andes. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Tables, acronyms, bibliography, index, 278 pp.; hardcover $85, paperback $24.99.

Julian Go, American Empire and the Politics of Meaning: Elite Political Cultures in the Philippines and Puerto Rico During U.S. Colonialism. Durham: Duke University Press, 2008. Appendix, bibliography, index, 377 pp.; hardcover $84.95, paperback $23.95.

Merike Blofield, The Politics of Moral Sin: Abortion and Divorce in Spain, Chile, and Argentina. New York: Routledge, 2006. Tables, figures, notes, bibliography, index, 264 pp.; hardcover $110.

Silvina Gvirtz and Jason Beech, eds., Going to School in Latin America. The Global School Room series. Westport: Greenwood, 2008. Tables, notes, bibliography, index, 346 pp; hardcover $65, e-book, n.p.

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Brian Wampler, Participatory Budgeting in Brazil: Contestation, Cooperation, and Accountability. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2007. Maps, tables, figures, appendix, notes, bibliography, index, 312 pp.; hardcover $55, paperback $28.

Lisa Hilbink, Judges Beyond Politics in Democracy and Dictatorship: Lessons from Chile. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Appendixes, bibliography, index, 299 pp.; hardcover $88, e-book $64.

John A. Booth and Mitchell A. Seligson, The Legitimacy Puzzle in Latin America: Political Support and Democracy in Eight Nations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Figures, tables, appendixes, bibliography, index, 376 pp.; hardcover $80, paperback $24.99, e-book $20.

Yanna P. Yannakakis, The Art of Being In-between: Native Intermediaries, Indian Identity, and Local Rule in Colonial Oaxaca. Durham: Duke University Press, 2008. Illustrations, maps, bibliography, index, 320 pp.; hardcover $79.95, paperback $22.95.

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Vicente Palermo, Sal en las heridas. Las Malvinas en la cultura argentina contemporánea. Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 2007. Bibliography, 480 pp.; paperback.

Patricio Silva, In the Name of Reason: Technocrats and Politics in Chile. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2009. Tables, bibliography, index, 272 pp.; hardcover $65.

Ivani Vassoler, Urban Brazil: Visions, Afflictions, and Governance Lessons. Amherst, NY: Cambria Press, 2007. Illustrations, tables, figures, acronyms, appendixes, bibliography, index, 244 pp.; hardcover $99.95.

Santiago Levy, Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes: Social Policy, Informality, and Economic Growth in Mexico. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2008. Appendixes, bibliography, index, 357 pp.; paperback $27.95.

Michelle A. Saint-Germain and Cynthia Chávez Metoyer, Women Legislators in Central America: Politics, Democracy, and Policy. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2008. Photographs, map, tables, figures, notes, appendix, glossary, index, 356 pp.; hardcover $65, paperback $27.95.

Steve Ellner, Rethinking Venezuelan Politics: Class, Conflict, and the Chávez Phenomenon. Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2008. Bibliography, index, 255 pp.; hardcover $55, paperback $25.

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