Book Reviews: Comparative Politics
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.
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- 12 February 2009, pp. 197-199
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Making Political Choices: Canada and the United States. By Harold D. Clarke, Allan Kornberg, and Thomas J. Scotto. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2009. 302p. $37.95. - The Origins of Canadian and American Political Differences. By Jason Kaufman. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2009. 382p. $55.00.
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- 01 December 2009, pp. 978-980
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Preying on the State: The Transformation of Bulgaria after 1989. By Venelin I. Ganev. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2007. 222p. $39.95.
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- 15 May 2009, pp. 425-426
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Political Institutions under Dictatorship. By Jennifer Gandhi. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2008. 256 p. $85.00.
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- 19 August 2009, pp. 685-687
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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.
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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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Mexico Since 1980. By Stephen Haber, Herbert S. Klein, Noel Maurer, and Kevin J. Middlebrook. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 272p. $80 cloth, $23.99 paper.
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- 15 May 2009, pp. 426-427
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Postcommunist Welfare States: Reform Politics in Russia and Eastern Europe. By Linda J. Cook. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2007. 288p. $39.95.
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- 01 December 2009, pp. 980-981
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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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- 19 August 2009, pp. 688-689
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The Moral Force of Indigenous Politics: Critical Liberalism and the Zapatistas. By Courtney Jung. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 350p. $85.00 cloth, $29.99 paper. - Struggles of Voice: The Politics of Indigenous Representation in the Andes. By Jose Antonio Lucero. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2008. 236p. $65.00 cloth, $25.95 paper.
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Presidentialism, Parliamentarism, and Democracy. By José Antonio Cheibub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. 202p. $80.00 cloth, $24.99 paper.
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Economic Liberalism and Its Rivals: The Formation of International Institutions among the Post-Soviet States. By Keith A. Darden. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. 366p. $83.00.
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- 01 December 2009, pp. 981-982
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Killing Neighbors: Webs of Violence in Rwanda. By Lee Ann Fujii. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2009. 224p. $29.95.
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- 01 December 2009, pp. 982-983
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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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- 19 August 2009, pp. 689-691
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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.
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China's Changing Political Landscape: Prospects for Democracy. Edited by Cheng Li. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 2008. 342 p. $29.95 paper.
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- 15 May 2009, pp. 429-430
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Development, Democracy, and Welfare States: Latin America, East Asia, and Eastern Europe. By Stephan Haggard and Robert R. Kaufman. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2008. 502p. $80.00 cloth, $29.95 paper.
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- 01 December 2009, pp. 984-985
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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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- 19 August 2009, pp. 691-693
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Controlling Governments: Voters, Institutions, and Accountability. Edited by José María Maravall and Ignatio Sánchez-Cuenca. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 326p. $85.00 cloth, $25.99 paper. - Party Competition between Unequals: Strategies and Electoral Fortunes in Western Europe. By Bonnie Meguid. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 334p. $95.00 cloth.
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- 15 May 2009, pp. 430-432
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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.
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- 12 February 2009, pp. 203-204
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