American Political Science Review articles from March 2000

American Political Science Review archives from March 2000

The Competence of Political Science: "Progress in Political Research" Revisited Presidential Address, American Political Science Association, 1999.
March 1, 2000... Political science is two realms, the intellectual and the organizational, and the task is to consider how the organizational realm might be adapted to the highest improvement of the intellectual realm. Political science has a certain competence...

Improving Quantitative Studies of International Conflict: A Conjecture.
March 1, 2000... We address a well-known but infrequently discussed problem in the quantitative study of international conflict: Despite immense data collections, prestigious journals, and sophisticated analyses, empirical findings in the literature on...

Coordination, Moderation, and Institutional Balancing in American Presidential and House Elections.
March 1, 2000... Voters have been coordinating their choices for president and House of Representatives in recent presidential election years, with each voter using a strategy that features policy moderation. Coordination is defined as a noncooperative rational...

Senate Representation and Coalition Building in Distributive Politics.
March 1, 2000... The Senate's equal representation of states shapes coalition building in distributive politics. The great variation in state population means that some states have far greater need for federal funds than others, but all senators have equal...

A Bargaining Model of Collective Choice.
March 1, 2000... We provide a general theory of collective decision making, one that relates social choices to the strategic incentives of individuals, by generalizing the Baron-Ferejohn (1989) model of bargaining to the multidimensional spatial model. We prove...

The Supreme Court and Local Public Opinion.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Most research suggests that the mass public knows very little about the Supreme Court and, consequently, that decisions do not affect attitudes toward the Court. I argue that where there is sufficient access to information about Court cases and...

Strategic Auditing in a Political Hierarchy: An Informational Model of the Supreme Court's Certiorari Decisions.
March 1, 2000... We examine how the Supreme Court uses signals and indices from lower courts to determine which cases to review. In our game theoretic model, a higher court cues from publicly observable case facts, the known preferences of a lower court, and...

Presidential Pork: Executive Veto Power and Distributive Politics.
March 1, 2000... It is often argued that executive powers such as the veto serve to reduce particularistic spending by the legislature. I argue that the effect of the executive veto depends strongly on assumptions about both the nature of executive preferences...

Issues, Economics, and the Dynamics of Multiparty Elections: The British 1987 General Election.
March 1, 2000... We offer a model of multiparty, elections that combines voters' retrospective economic evaluations with consideration of parties' issue positions and the issue preferences of voters. We show that both policy issues and the state of the economy...

Political Parties and Foreign Aid.
March 1, 2000... The influence of partisan politics on public policy is a much debated issue of political science. With respect to for policy, often considered as above parties, the question appears even more problematic. This comparison of foreign aid policies...

Action and Contemplation: Studies in the Moral and Political Thought of Aristotle.(Brief Article)(Review)
March 1, 2000... Action and Contemplation: Studies in the Moral and Political Thought of Aristotle. Edited by Robert C. Bartlett and Susan D. Collins. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1999. 333p. $24.95 paper. Inspired by the recent resurgence of...

Community and Tradition: Conservative Perspectives on the American Experience. & Community and Political Thought Today.(Brief Article)(Review)
March 1, 2000... Community and Tradition: Conservative Perspectives on the American Experience. Edited by George W. Carey and Bruce Frohnen. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1998. 206p. $53.00 cloth, $22.95 paper. Community and Political Thought Today....

Machiavelli's Romans: Liberty and Greatness in The Discourses on Livy.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Machiavelli's Romans: Liberty and Greatness in The Discourses on Livy. By J. Patrick Coby. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 1999. 267p. $65.00 cloth, $23.95 paper. The laudable aim of Coby's study is to rescue the Discourses from undeserved...

Eric Voegelin and the Foundations of Modern Political Science. & The Politics of Truth and Other Untimely Essays: The Crisis of Civic Consciousness.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Eric Voegelin and the Foundations of Modern Political Science. By Barry Cooper. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1999. 478p. $44.95. The Politics of Truth and Other Untimely Essays: The Crisis of Civic Consciousness. By Ellis...

Ethics of Consumption: The Good Life, Justice, and Global Stewardship.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Ethics of Consumption: The Good Life, Justice, and Global Stewardship. Edited by David A. Cracker and Toby Linden. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1998. 585p. $84.50 cloth, $27.95 paper. In this century alone, the world's population has...

Justice and the Environment: Conceptions of Environmental Sustainability and Dimensions of Social Justice. & Capitalism, Democracy, and Ecology: Departing from Marx. & Environmentalism for a New Millennium: The Challenge of Coevolution.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Justice and the Environment: Conceptions of Environmental Sustainability and Dimensions of Social Justice. By Andrew Dobson. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. 280p. $55.00 cloth, $29.95 paper. Capitalism, Democracy, and Ecology:...

John Dewey: America's Philosopher of Democracy. & The Political Philosophy of John Dewey.(Review)
March 1, 2000... John Dewey: America's Philosopher of Democracy. By David Fott. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1998. 166p. $58.00 cloth, $19.95 paper. The Political Philosophy of John Dewey. By Terry Hoy. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1998. 141p. $49.95. ...

The Ticking Tenure Clock: An Academic Novel.(Review)
March 1, 2000... The Ticking Tenure Clock: An Academic Novel. By Blaire French. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998. 256p. $24.50. Put together all the worst stories you have ever heard about academia, and you have the Department of Political...

The Rule of the Rich?: Adam Smith's Argument Against Political Power.(Review)
March 1, 2000... The Rule of the Rich?: Adam Smith's Argument against Political Power. By Susan E. Gallagher. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1998. l4lp. $28.50. The Rule of the Rich? is a provocative, interesting, and clearly written...

In Defense of Natural Law.(Review)
March 1, 2000... In Defense of Natural Law. By Robert P. George. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. 343p. $65.00. Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton, brings together a series of important essays linked by their common...

Democratic Choice and Taxation: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Democratic Choice and Taxation: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis. By Walter Hettich and Stanley L. Winer. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999. 344p. $59.95. In Democratic Choice and Taxation, Walter Hettich and Stanley Winer...

Religious Toleration: "The Variety of Rites" from Cyrus to Defoe.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Religious Toleration: "The Variety of Rites" from Cyrus to Defoe. Edited by John Christian Laursen. New York: St. Martin's, 1999. 252p. $45.00. John Christian Laursen is a man with a mission. In fact, he is a man with two missions. The...

The Condition of England Question: Carlyle, Mill, Engels. & Morality and the Market in Victorian Britain.(Review)
March 1, 2000... The Condition of England Question: Carlyle, Mill, Engels. By Michael Levin. London: Macmillan, 1998. l94p. $65.00. Morality and the Market in Victorian Britain. By G. R. Searle. Oxford: Clarendon, 1998. 300p. $85.00. Writing in 1866...

Early Modern Skepticism and the Origins of Toleration.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Early Modern Skepticism and the Origins of Toleration. Edited by Alan Levine. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 1999. 282p. $60.00 cloth, $22.95 paper. Until quite recently, the history of religious toleration in Europe was a dreary narrative...

The Noblest Minds: Fame, Honor, and the American Founding.(Review)
March 1, 2000... The Noblest Minds: Fame, Honor, and the American Founding. Edited by Peter McNamara. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1999. 256p. $60.00 cloth, $22.95 paper. In Federalist 72, Hamilton characterized "the love of fame" as "the ruling...

The Political Institution of Private Property.(Review)
March 1, 2000... The Political Institution of Private Property. By Itai Sened. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997. 204p. $54.95. A friend of mine once characterized rational choice theory as "slash and burn political science," arguing it tries to...

Democratic Justice.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Democratic Justice. By Ian Shapiro. New Haven, CT, and London: Yale University Press, 1999. 333p. $29.95. This well-written and engaging book sits at the intersection of political theory and public policy. It lays down and applies...

The Promise of Green Politics: Environmentalism and the Public Sphere.(Review)
March 1, 2000... The Promise of Green Politics: Environmentalism and the Public Sphere. By Douglas Torgerson. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1999. 218p. $49.95 cloth, $17.95 paper. There is now a blossoming of literature that explores the relationship...

Law and Disagreement.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Law and Disagreement. By Jeremy Waldron. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. 332p. $65.00. I once attended a lecture in which a famous law professor declared that the time had arrived to abandon critiques of judicial...

Constitutional Construction: Divided Powers and Constitutional Meaning.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Constitutional Construction: Divided Powers and Constitutional Meaning. By Keith E. Whittington. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1999. 295p. $49.50. This is a superb, pathbreaking book that demonstrates the dual nature of...

Neighborhoods, Family, and Political Behavior in Urban America.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Neighborhoods, Family, and Political Behavior in Urban America. By Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh. New York: Garland, 1998. 197p. $50.00. Over the last decade or so, scholars of political behavior have increasingly turned their attention to the...

The Puzzle of Judicial Behavior.(Review)
March 1, 2000... The Puzzle of Judicial Behavior. By Lawrence Baum. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1998. 2l5p. $42.50 cloth, $18.95 paper. Lawrence Baum provides a much-needed reflection on the state of the discipline. This book surveys the scope...

The New Liberalism: The Rising Power of Citizen Groups.(Review)
March 1, 2000... The New Liberalism: The Rising Power of Citizen Groups. By Jeffrey M. Berry. Washington, DC: Brookings, 1999. l92p. $24.95. Sometime during the late years of the Reagan administration a colleague in the discipline remarked: "I have been...

The Unions and the Democrats: An Enduring Alliance.(Review)
March 1, 2000... The Unions and the Democrats: An Enduring Alliance. By Taylor E. Dark. Ithaca, NY: ILR Press/Cornell University Press, 1999. 233p. $37.50. The coalition between unions and the Democratic Party is stronger than ever, according to Taylor...

Oh, Say, Can You See: The Semiotics of the Military in Hawai'i.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Oh, Say, Can You See: The Semiotics of the Military in Hawai'i. By Kathy E. Ferguson and Phyllis Turnbull. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1999. 270p. $49.95 cloth, $19.95 paper. On many levels, this is a book about what we see...

The American Dream in Black and White: The Clarence Thomas Hearings.(Review)
March 1, 2000... The American Dream in Black and White: The Clarence Thomas Hearings. By Jane Flax. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1998. l70p. $27.50 cloth, $15.95 paper. Jane Flax is a psychoanalytically trained political scientist at Howard...

Congress and the Presidency: Institutional Politics in a Separated System.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Congress and the Presidency: Institutional Politics in a Separated System. By Michael Foley and John E. Owens. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1996. 432p $74.95 cloth, $24.95 paper. This well-written and informative book by these...

Spinning Wheels: The Politics of Urban School Reform.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Spinning Wheels: The Politics of Urban School Reform. By Frederick M. Hess. Washington, DC: Brookings, 1999. 2l0p. $39.95 cloth, $16.95 paper. Frederick Hess seeks both evidence and answers to a troubling puzzle in urban education: the...

Perception and Prejudice: Race and Politics in the United States.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Perception and Prejudice: Race and Politics in the United States. Edited by Jon Hurwitz and Mark Peffley. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998. 272p. $30.00. This collection of articles on the racial views of white Americans is based...

The Tourist City.(Review)
March 1, 2000... The Tourist City. Edited by Dennis R. Judd and Susan S. Fainstein. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1999. 340p. $40.00 cloth, $17.95 paper. Diversity is one hallmark of a federal system. Conventional wisdom suggests that state and...

Pivotal Politics: A Theory of U.S. Lawmaking.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Pivotal Politics: A Theory of U.S. Lawmaking. By Keith Krehbiel. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1998. 258p. $50.00 cloth, $17.00 paper. The conventional wisdom that divided government causes policy gridlock has proven...

Chalk Lines: The Politics of Work in a Managed University.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Chalk Lines: The Politics of Work in a Managed University. Edited by Randy Martin. Durham, NC, and London: Duke University Press. 3O3p. $17.95 paper. Even the most insouciant tenured professor living high in the most comfortable Ivory...

The Governor as Party Leader: Campaigning and Governing.(Review)
March 1, 2000... The Governor as Party Leader: Campaigning and Governing. By Sarah McCally Morehouse. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1998. 322p. $47.50. In the 1960s, upon entering his Florida hotel room with his family to start a vacation in the...

Sports, Jobs, and Taxes: The Economic Impact of Sports Teams and Stadiums.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Sports, Jobs, and Taxes: The Economic Impact of Sports Teams and Stadiums. Edited by Roger G. Noll and Andrew Zimbalist. Washington, DC:, Brookings, 1997. 508p. $49.95 cloth, $22.95 paper. The verdict is now clearly in. The resources used...

The Making of Telecommunications Policy.(Review)
March 1, 2000... The Making of Telecommunications Policy. By Dick W. Olufs III. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 1999. 213p. $49.95. Telephone rates increased when the U.S. government assumed control of the telephone industry during World War I. Government was...

Tales of the State: Narrative in Contemporary U.S. Politics and Public Policy.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Tales of the State: Narrative in Contemporary U.S. Politics and Public Policy. Edited by Sanford F. Schram and Philip T. Neisser. New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 1997. 270p. $65.00 cloth, $22.95 paper. Tales of the State offers interesting...

The Congressional Black Caucus: Racial Politics in the U.S. Congress.(Review)
March 1, 2000... The Congressional Black Caucus: Racial Politics in the U.S. Congress. By Robert Singh. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1999. 240p. $54.00 cloth, $24.95 paper. Robert Singh introduces his study with a review of three perspectives on why the...

The Reagan Effect: Economics and Presidential Leadership.(Review)
March 1, 2000... The Reagan Effect: Economics and Presidential Leadership. By John W. Sloan. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1999. 3llp. $35.00. This book is aptly titled because, while it is a study of the politics of economic policy, it is also an...

Desegregation in Boston and Buffalo: The Influence of Local Leaders.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Desegregation in Boston and Buffalo: The Influence of Local Leaders. By Steven J. L. Taylor. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998. 259p. $54.95 cloth, $19.95 paper. This craftsmanlike analysis, rich in detail, will serve as a...

The Sound of Money: How Political Interests Get What They Want.(Review)
March 1, 2000... The Sound of Money: How Political Interests Get What They Want. By Darrell M. West and Burdett A. Loomis. New York: W.W. Norton, 1998. 220p. $15.00 paper. For decades scholars have debated the degree of influence wielded by interest groups...

Legislative Politics in the Arab World: The Resurgence of Democratic Institutions.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Legislative Politics in the Arab World: The Resurgence of Democratic Institutions. By Abdo Baaklimi, Guilain Denoeux, and Robert Springborg. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 1999. 278p. $59.95 cloth, $22.50 paper. Amid the growing literature on...

Party Discipline and Parliamentary Government.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Party Discipline and Parliamentary Government. Edited by Shaun Bowler, David M. Farrell, and Richard S. Katz. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1999. 304p. $59.95 cloth, $22.50 paper. Parliamentary systems are typically investigated...

Reinventing Russia: Russian Nationalism and the Soviet State, 1953-1991.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Reinventing Russia: Russian Nationalism and the Soviet State, 1953-1991. By Yitzhak M. Brudny. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1998. 352p. $45.00. Nationalism is one of the most important topics in both international and...

The War in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Ethnic Conflict and International Intervention.(Review)
March 1, 2000... The War in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Ethnic Conflict and International Intervention. By Steven L. Burg and Paul S. Shoup. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1999. 520p. $49.95. The Bosnian war is over for all intents and purposes. The implementation...

Restructuring Political Power in China: Alliances and Opposition, 1978-1998.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Restructuring Political Power in China: Alliances and Opposition, 1978-1998. By An Chen. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 1999. 279p. $59.95. This is an important book. The author's central argument is that, since the 1970s, political reform in...

The Basques, the Catalans, and Spain: Alternative Routes to Nationalist Mobilization.(Review)
March 1, 2000... The Basques, the Catalans, and Spain: Alternative Routes to Nationalist Mobilization. By Daniele Conversi. Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1997. 3l2p. $44.95. Daniele Conversi has written an intricate, interesting book about the...

Democratic Politics in Latin America and the Caribbean.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Democratic Politics in Latin America and the Caribbean. By Jorge I. Dominguez. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998. 253p. $59.95 cloth, $19.95 paper. This is a compilation of insightful chapters penned by Dominguez for...

Coalition Government, Subnational Style: Multiparty Politics in Europe's Regional Parliaments.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Coalition Government, Subnational Style: Multiparty Politics in Europe's Regional Parliaments. By William M. Downs. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1998. 3l6p. $50.00 cloth, $19.95 paper. William Downs does what coalition analysts...

The Entrepreneurial State in China: Real Estate and Commerce Departments in Reform Era Tianjin.(Review)
March 1, 2000... The Entrepreneurial State in China: Real Estate and Commerce Departments in Reform Era Tianjin. By Jane Duckett. New York: Routledge, 1998. 273p. $49.95 cloth, $17.95 paper. Since 1982, whenever China's leaders have tried to trim the...

The Rights Revolution: Lawyers, Activists, and Supreme Courts in Comparative Perspective.(Review)
March 1, 2000... The Rights Revolution: Lawyers, Activists, and Supreme Courts in Comparative Perspective. By Charles R. Epp. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998. 326p. $45.00 cloth, $17.00 paper. The Rights Revolution is an important book that is...

Namibia's Post-Apartheid Regional Institutions: The Founding Year.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Namibia's Post-Apartheid Regional Institutions: The Founding Year. By Joshua Forrest. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 1998. 4O8p. $49.95. Over the last decade, dozens of African countries have sought to make a transition from...

Rendering unto Caesar: The Catholic Church and the State in Latin America.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Rendering unto Caesar: The Catholic Church and the State in Latin America. By Anthony Gill. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1998. 204p. $41.00 cloth, $15.95 paper. The allocation of social science research to the issues...

The Emergence of Insurgency in El Salvador: Ideology and Political Will.(Review)
March 1, 2000... The Emergence of Insurgency in El Salvador: Ideology and Political Will. By Yvon Grenier. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1999. 222p. $40.00. Yvon Grenier has written a critique of what he calls the "dominant paradigm"...

Democracy and Civil Society in the Third World: Politics and New Political Movements.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Democracy and Civil Society in the Third World: Politics and New Political Movements. By Jeff Haynes. Cambridge: Polity, 1997. 2llp. $26.95 paper. The emergence of the two contradictory forces of economic integration and cultural...

Booty Capitalism: The Politics of Banking in the Philippines.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Booty Capitalism: The Politics of Banking in the Philippines. By Paul D. Hutchcroft. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1998. 278p. $39.95. Paul Hutchcroft seeks to explain the Philippines' longstanding "development bog." He attributes...

Women and Democracy: Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Women and Democracy: Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe. Edited by Jane S. Jaquette and Sharon L. Wolchik. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998. 250p. $49.00 cloth, $16.95 paper. In Prague recently, the director of...

The Transition from Communism to Capitalism: Ruling Elites from Gorbachev to Yeltsin.(Review)
March 1, 2000... The Transition from Communism to Capitalism: Ruling Elites from Gorbachev to Yeltsin. By David Lane and Cameron Ross. New York: St. Martin's, 1999. 259p. $55.00. Lane and Ross offer a study of elite circulation and renewal in the late...

The Sudan: Contested National Identities.(Review)
March 1, 2000... The Sudan: Contested National Identities. By Ann Mosely Lesch. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1998. 336p. $39.95 cloth, $19.95 paper. Africa's largest country has produced and reproduced contested political arrangements ever since...

Comparative Politics: Rationality, Culture, and Structure.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Comparative Politics: Rationality, Culture, and Structure. Edited by Mark Irving Lichbach and Alan S. Zuckerman. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. 321p. $59.95 cloth, $18.95 paper. This edited volume provides an excellent...

For la Patria: Politics and the Armed Forces in Latin America.(Review)
March 1, 2000... For la Patria: Politics and the Armed Forces in Latin America. By Brian Loveman. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 1999. 33lp. $60.00 cloth, $23.95 paper. Have military institutions in Latin America accepted subordination to civilian...

Making Race and Nation: A Comparison of the United States, South Africa, and Brazil.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Making Race and Nation: A Comparison of the United States, South Africa, and Brazil. By Anthony W. Marx. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. 408p. $29.95. Anthony Marx has produced an ambitious work. It poses significant questions...

The Evolution of Inequality: War, State Survival, and Democracy in Comparative Perspective.(Review)
March 1, 2000... The Evolution of Inequality: War, State Survival, and Democracy in Comparative Perspective. By Manus Midlarsky. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1999. 349p. $45.00. Manus Midlarsky undertakes an ambitious effort to investigate the...

Electoral Systems and Democratization in Southern Africa.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Electoral Systems and Democratization in Southern Africa. By Andrew Reynolds. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. 341p. $80.00. Andrew Reynolds makes a welcome and useful contribution to the literature of comparative politics from...

Behind East Asian Growth: The Political and Social Foundations of Prosperity.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Behind East Asian Growth: The Political and Social Foundations of Prosperity. Edited by Henry S. Rowen. London: Routledge, 1998. 358p. $90.00 cloth, $24.95 paper. For the last two decades East Asia has dominated international debates about...

Armed Struggle and the Search for State: The Palestinian National Movement, 1949-1993.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Armed Struggle and the Search for State: The Palestinian National Movement, 1949 -1993. By Yezid Sayigh. Oxford: Clarendon, 1997. 953p. $99.00 cloth, $39.95 paper. Yezid Sayigh provides the most comprehensive examination to date of the...

The Politics of Lawmaking in Post-Mao China: Institutions, Processes, and Democratic Prospects.(Review)
March 1, 2000... The Politics of Lawmaking in Post-Mao China: Institutions, Processes, and Democratic Prospects. By Murray Scot Tanner. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. 286p. $75.00. Since the post-Mao reforms began in the late 1970s, law reforms,...

Poverty and Inequality in Latin America.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Poverty and Inequality in Latin America. Edited by Victor E. Tokman and Guillermo O'Donnell. Notre Dame, IN: Notre Dame University Press, 1998. 245p. $40.00. As the title indicates, this collection of essays discusses the growing poverty...

Money Unmade: Barter and the Fate of Russian Capitalism.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Money Unmade: Barter and the Fate of Russian Capitalism. By David Woodruff. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1999. 218p. $29.95. Nothing demonstrates the importance of money like its absence. In this pathbreaking book, David Woodruff...

Political Change in Eastern Europe since 1989: Prospects for Liberal Democracy and a Market Economy.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Political Change in Eastern Europe since 1989: Prospects for Liberal Democracy and a Market Economy. By Robert Zuzowski. Westport, CT, and London: Praeger, 1998. 176p. $57.95. In five core chapters, preceded by an introduction and followed...

Asian Security Practice: Material and Identional Influences.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Asian Security Practice: Material and Identional Influences. Edited by Muthiah Alagappa. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1998. 85lp. $75.00 cloth, $29.95 paper. The center of gravity of the international system has shifted in...

Coercive Military Strategy.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Coercive Military Strategy. By Stephen Cimbala. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1998. 229p. $39.95. Stephen Cimbala describes a world faced with low-intensity conflicts among subnational groups. In this world, the United States...

The Myth of "Ethnic Conflict": Politics, Economics, and Cultural Violence.(Review)
March 1, 2000... The Myth of "Ethnic Conflict": Politics, Economics, and Cultural Violence. Edited by Beverly Crawford and Ronnie D. Lipschutz. Berkeley: University of California at Berkeley (International Area Studies), 1999. 580p. $28.50. The chapters in...

Economic Interdependence in Ukrainian-Russian Relations.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Economic Interdependence in Ukrainian-Russian Relations. By Paul J. D'Anieri. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1999. 278p. $24.95. D'Anieri's monograph is an ambitious and, by and large, successful attempt to apply modem...

Forging an Integrated Europe.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Forging an Integrated Europe. Edited by Barry Eichengreen and Jeffry Frieden. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1998. 340p. $45.00. In the 1990s, Europeans have had to address issues of deep integration that affect almost every...