VII Book Reviews /Comptes Rendus

VII Book Reviews /Comptes Rendus

73.7026 ALICAN, Necip Fikri — One over Many: The Unitary Pluralism of Plato’s World (State University of New York Press, 2021). Review of Politics 85(2), Spring 2023 : 265-267.

Reviewed by Francis GRABOWSKI III.

73.7027 ANGELO, Anaïs — Power and the Presidency in Kenya: the Jomo Kenyatta Years (Cambridge U. P., 2020). Commonwealth and Comparative Politics 61(2), 2023 : 217-219.

Reviewed by Eric OTENYO.

73.7028 ANSUÁTEGUI ROIG, Francisco Javier — Norme, giudici, Stato costitizionale. Frammenti di un modelo giuridico (Giappichelli Ed., 2020). Derechos y Libertades 48, Jan. 2023 : 261-269.

Reviewed by Fernando H. LLANO ALONSO.

73.7029 BARTLEY, Paula — Labour Women in Power: Cabinet Ministers in the Twentieth Century (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019). Journal of Contemporary History 58(1), Jan. 2023 : 207-208.

Reviewed by Helen GLEW.

73.7030 BATURO, Alexander ; ELKINK, Jos — The New Kremlinology: Understanding Regime Personalization in Russia (Oxford U. P., 2021). East European Politics 39(1), 2023 : 170-171.

Reiewed by Megi KARTSIVADZE.

73.7031 BEOKU-BETTS, Josephine ; M’CORMACK-HALE, Fredline, eds. — War, Women and Post-Conflict Empowerment: Lessons from Sierra Leone (Zed Books, 2022). Commonwealth and Comparative Politics 61(2), 2023 : 219-222.

Reviewed by Luisa ENRIA.

73.7032 BERTRAND, Jacques — Democracy and Nationalism in Southeast Asia. From Secessionist Mobilization to Conflict Resolution (Cambridge U. P., 2021). Democratization 30(4), 2023 : 762-763.

Reviewed by Zerrin TORUN.

73.7033 BLEAKLEY, Paul — Under a Bad Sun: Police, Politics and Corruption in Australia (Michigan State U. P., 2021). Australian Journal of Politics and History 69(1), 2023 : 163-164.

Reviewed by Tim PRENZLER.

73.7034 BOBB, Giuliano ; HUBÉ, Nicolas, eds. — Populism and the Politicization of the COVID-19 Crisis in Europe (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021). Party Politics 29(2), March 2023 : 408.

Reviewed by ZHANG Jing and LI Zhipeng.

73.7035 BRYDAN, David ; REINISCH, Jessica, eds. — Internationalists in European History: Rethinking the Twentieth Century (Bloomsbury, 2021). Journal of Contemporary History 58(1), Jan. 2023 : 203-205.

Reviewed by Haakon A. IKONOMOU.

73.7036 CEVA, Emanuela ; FERRETTI, Maria Paola — Political Corruption: The Internal Enemy of Public Institutions (Oxford U. P., 2021). Review of Politics 85(2), Spring 2023 : 241-258.

Introduction by the authors. Articles by Chiara DESTRI; Alice el-WAKIL; Paul M. HEYWOOD; Emanuela CEVA and Maria Paola FERRETTI.

73.7037 CHUNG Kuyoun ; CHO Wonbin, eds. — New Democracy and Autocratization in Asia (Routledge, 2023). Democratization 30(5), 2023 : 960-961.

Reviewed by Carmen WINTERGERST.

73.7038 CLAEYS, Gregory — Utopianism for a Dying Planet: Life after Consumerism (Princeton U. P., 2022). Environmental Politics 32(4), 2023 : 750-752.

Reviewed by David HARNESK.

73.7039 COX, Robert — Broken Spear: The Untold Story of Black Tom Birch, The Man who Sparked Australia’s Bloodiest War (Wakefield Press, 2021). Australian Journal of Politics and History 69(1), 2023 : 156-157.

Reviewed by Libby CONNORS.

73.7040 DALY, Samuel — A History of the Republic of Biafra: Law, Crime and the Nigerian Civil War (Cambridge U. P., 2020). Journal of Contemporary History 58(1), Jan. 2023 : 214-215.

Reviewed by Egodi UCHENDU.

73.7041 DAMIANI, Marco — Sinistra senza classi (Mondadori, 2022). Contemporary Italian Politics 15(3), 2023 : 382-383.

Reviewed by Marco ALMAGISTI.

73.7042 DEITRICK, Sabina E. ; MURTAZASHVILI, Ilia, eds. — When Fracking Comes to Town: Governance, Planning, and Economic Impacts of the US Shale Boom (Cornell U. P., 2022). Environmental Politics 32(5), 2023 : 933-935.

Reviewed by Jonathan M. FISK.

73.7043 DIETZE, Gabriele ; ROTH, Julia, eds. — Right-Wing Populism and Gender: European Perspectives and Beyond (Verlag, 2020). Politics and Gender 19(1), March 2023 : 321-326.

Reviewed by Jennifer THOMSON.

73.7044 DISCH, Lisa Jane — Making Constituencies: Representation as Mobilization in Mass Democracy (University of Chicago Press, 2021). Review of Politics 85(2), Spring 2023 : 272-275.

Reviewed by Lucia RUBINELLI.

73.7045 DOHERTY, David ; DOWLING, Conor M. ; MILLER, Michael G. — Small Power: How Local Parties Shape Elections (Oxford U. P., 2022). Party Politics 29(2), March 2023 : 406-407.

Reviewed by Casey B. K. DOMINGUEZ.

73.7046 DOUG, Munro — History Wars. The Peter Ryan-Manning Clark Controversy (Australian National U. P., 2021). Australian Journal of Politics and History 69(1), 2023 : 164-165.

Reviewed by Andrew G. BONNELL.

73.7047 ECKERT, Astrid M. — West Germany and the Iron Curtain: Environment, Economy, and Culture in the Borderlands (Oxford U. P., 2019). Journal of Contemporary History 58(1), Jan. 2023 : 210-212.

Reviewed by Stefanie EISENHUTH.

73.7048 FATHI, Romain, eds. et al.— Exiting War: The British Empire and the 1918-20 Moment (Manchester U. P., 2022). Australian Journal of Politics and History 69(1), 2023 : 165-166.

Reviewed by Douglas NEWTON.

73.7049 FITZMAURICE, Andrew — King Leopold’s Ghostwriter: The Creation of Persons and States in the Nineteenth Century (Princeton U. P., 2021). Journal of Interdisciplinary History 53(3), Winter 2023 : 509-515.

Reviewed by Robert I. ROTBERG.

73.7050 FLORIDIA, Antonio — Un partito da rifare? Le ragioni di una crisi (Castelvecchi, 2022). Contemporary Italian Politics 15(3), 2023 : 380-381.

Reviewed by Gianfranco PASQUINO.

73.7051 GAMPER-RABINDRA, Shanti — America’s Energy Gamble: People, Economy and Planet (Cambridge U. P., 2022). Environmental Politics 32(5), 2023 : 937-939.

Reviewed by Geoffrey HENDERSON.

73.7052 GHOSH, Amitav — The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis (Penguin Allen Lane, 2021). Environmental Politics 32(4), 2023 : 747-750.

Reviewed by Saswat Samay DAS, Ananya Roy PRATIHAR and Dipra SARKHEL.

73.7053 GILL, Graeme — Bridling Dictators: Rules and Authoritarian politics (Oxford U. P., 2021). Democratization 30(5), 2023 : 964-966.

Reviewed by Junhyoung LEE.

73.7054 GRAEBER, David ; WENGROW, David — The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity (Allen Lane, 2021). Australian Journal of Politics and History 69(1), 2023 : 168-169.

Reviewed by Amy WAY.

73.7055 GREEN, Lesley — Rock | water | life: Ecology and Humanities for a Decolonial South Africa (Duke U. P., 2020). Environmental Politics 32(5), 2023 : 940-942.

Reviewed by Synne MOVIK.

73.7056 HAN Byung-Chul — Infocracia, la digitalización y la crisis de ma democracua (Taurus, 2022). Derechos y Libertades 48, Jan. 2023 : 299-308.

Reviewed by Rodolfo MARCONE LO PRESTI.

73.7057 HARDER, Lois — Canadian Club: Birthright Citizenship and National Belonging (University of Toronto Press, 2022). Canadian Journal of Political Science 56(2), June 2023 : 494-495.

Reviewed by Félix LÉVESQUE.

73.7058 HARRIS, Adam S. — Everyday Identity and Electoral Politics: Race, Ethnicity, and Bloc Voting in South Africa and Beyond (Oxford U. P., 2022). Commonwealth and Comparative Politics 61(2), 2023 : 225-227.

Reviewed by Robert NYENHUIS.

73.7059 HENDRICKSON, Burleigh — Decolonizing 1968: Transnational Student Activism in Tunis, Paris, and Dakar (Cornell U. P., 2022). Commonwealth and Comparative Politics 61(2), 2023 : 227-230.

Reviewed by Pedro MONAVILLE.

73.7060 HINOJOSA, Magda ; KITTILSON, Miki Caul — Seeing Women, Strengthening Democracy: How Women in Politics Foster Connected Citizens (Oxford U. P., 2020). Politics and Gender 19(1), March 2023 : 318-320.

Reviewed by Malliga OCH.

73.7061 HIRUTA, Kei — Hannah Arendt and Isaiah Berlin: Freedom, Politics and Humanity (Princeton U. P., 2021). Review of Politics 85(2), Spring 2023 : 275-278.

Reviewed by Richard SHORTEN.

73.7062 HORNER, David — The War Game: Australia’s War Leadership from Gallipoli to Iraq (Allen & Unwin, 2022). Australian Journal of Politics and History 69(1), 2023 : 161-163.

Reviewed by John MOSES.

73.7063 JACOBS, Lawrence R. — Democracy Under Fire: Donald Trump and the Breaking of American History (Oxford U. P., 2022). Party Politics 29(2), March 2023 : 405.

Reviewed by Robert G. BOATRIGHT.

73.7064 JENSEN, Steffen Bo ; HAPAL, Karl — Communal Intimacy and the Violence of Politics: Understanding the War on Drugs in Bagong Silang (Cornell U. P., 2022). Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs 42(1), Apr. 2023 : 138-140.

Reviewed by Peter KREUZER.

73.7065 JESSOULA, M. ; PAVOLINI, E. — La mano invisibile dello stato sociale. Il welfare fiscale in Italia (Il Mulino, 2022). Contemporary Italian Politics 15(3), 2023 : 385-386.

Reviewed by Igor GUARDIANCICH.

73.7066 KAUFFMAN, Craig M. ; MARTIN, Pamela L. — The Politics of Rights of Nature: Strategies for Building a More Sustainable World (MIT Press, 2021). Environmental Politics 32(4), 2023 : 745-747.

Reviewed by Mihnea TÁNÁSESCU.

73.7067 KHOJA-MOOLJI, Shenila — Sovereign Attachments: Masculinity, Muslimness, and Affective Politics in Pakistan (University of California Press, 2021). Politics and Gender 19(1), March 2023 : 308-310.

Reviewed by Faria A. NASRUDDIN.

73.7068 KIM Suk-kyoon — Maritime Disputes in Northeast Asia: Regional Challenges and Cooperation (Brill-Nijhoff, 2017). Asian Politics and Policy 15(2), Apr. 2023 : 339-34.

Reviewed by JO Kyu-hyun.

73.7069 KOGELMANN, Brian — Secret Government: The Pathologies of Publicity (Cambridge U. P., 2022). Review of Politics 85(2), Spring 2023 : 262-264.

Reviewed by Mark FENSTER.

73.7070 KOLB, Anjuli Fatima Raza — Epidemic Empire: Colonialism, Contagion, and Terror, 1817-2020 (Chicago U. P., 2021). Journal of Contemporary History 58(1), Jan. 2023 : 200-201.

Reviewed by Edna BONHOMME.

73.7071 KOMPOROZOS-ATHANASIOU, Aris — Speculative Communities: Living with Uncertainty in a Financialized World (Chicago U. P., 2022). New Political Science 45(1), 2023 : 190-191.

Reviewed by SAMUEL BECKENHAUER.

73.7072 KRIZSÁN, Andrea ; ROGGEBAND, Conny — Politicizing Gender and Democracy in the Context of the Istanbul Convention (Palgrave, 2021). Democratization 30(5), 2023 : 966-968.

Reviewed by Büke BOŞNAK.

73.7073 KUMAH-ABIWU, Felix ; ABIDDE, Sabella Ogbobode, eds. — Jerry John Rawlings: Leadership and Legacy: A Pan-African Perspective (Springer, 2022). Democratization 30(4), 2023 : 763-765.

Reviewed by Jeffrey HAYNES.

73.7074 LACHAPELLE, Guy, ed. — René Lévesque. Un homme et son siècle (Presses de l’Université Laval, 2022). Canadian Journal of Political Science 56(2), June 2023 : 496-497.

Reviewed by Yves LABERGE.

73.7075 LAURENCE, Ben — Agents of Change: Political Philosophy in Practice (Harvard U. P., 2021). Review of Politics 85(2), Spring 2023 : 278-280.

Reviewed by David WIENS.

73.7076 LI, Amy H. — The Language of Political Incorporation: Chinese Migrants in Europe (Temple U. P., 2021). East European Politics 39(2), 2023 : 366-367.

Reviewed by Ana BRACIC.

73.7077 LIVINGSTONE SMITH, David — Making Monsters: The Uncanny Power of Dehumanization (Harvard U. P., 2021). New Political Science 45(1), 2023 : 196-197.

Reviewed by Caroline ALPHIN.

73.7078 LOZANO, Nina Maria — Not One More! Feminicidio on the Border (Ohio State University Press, 2019). Politics and Gender 19(1), March 2023 : 311-312.

Reviewed by José M. FLORES SANCHEZ.

73.7079 LUKE, Timothy W. — The Travails of Trumpification (Telos Press, 2021). New Political Science 45(1), 2023 : 193-196.

Reviewed by Zachariah WHEELER.

73.7080 LUNA, Juan Pablo, eds. et al.— Diminished Parties: Democratic Representation in Contemporary Latin America (Cambridge U. P., 2021). Party Politics 29(2), March 2023 : 404.

Reviewed by Virginia OLIVEROS.

73.7081 LUTHFA, Samina ; KHAN, Mohammad Tanzimuddin ; KAMAL, Munasir — The Bangladesh Environmental Humanities Reader (Lexinton Books, 2022). Environmental Politics 32(4), 2023 : 752-754.

Reviewed by Samia ZAMAN.

73.7082 MacINTYRE, Stuart — The Party: The Communist Party of Australia from Heyday to Reckoning (Allen & Unwin, 2022). Australian Journal of Politics and History 69(1), 2023 : 157-159.

Reviewed by Jeff RICKERTT.

73.7083 MARLAND, Alex ; GIASSON, Thierry, eds. — Inside the Local Campaign: Constituency Elections in Canada (UBC Press, 2022). Canadian Journal of Political Science 56(2), June 2023 : 497-498.

Reviewed by Marc-Antoine MARTEL.

73.7084 McCARGO, Duncan — Future Forward: The Rise and Fall of a Thai Political Party (NIAS Press, 2020). Asian Politics and Policy 15(2), Apr. 2023 : 336-338.

Reviewed by Mark S. COGAN.

73.7085 McKEAN, Benjamin — Disorienting Neoliberalism: Global Justice and the Outer Limit of Freedom (Oxford U. P., 2020). New Political Science 45(1), 2023 : 192-193.

Reviewed by Tracy LIGHTCAP.

73.7086 MILLER, Cherry — Gendering the Everyday in the UK House of Commons (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022). Politics and Gender 19(1), March 2023 : 316-317.

Reviewed by Zahra RUNDERKAMP.

73.7087 MILLMOW, Alex — The Gypsy Economist: The Life and Times of Colin Clark (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021). Australian Journal of Politics and History 69(1), 2023 : 159-161.

Reviewed by John QUIGGIN.

73.7088 MUFTI, Mariam ; SHAFQAT, Sahar ; SIDDIQUI, Niloufer, eds. — Pakistan’s Political Parties: Surviving between Dictatorship and Democracy (Georgetown U. P., 2020). Canadian Journal of Political Science 56(2), June 2023 : 492-494.

Reviewed by Mashail MALIK.

73.7089 MUINZER, Thomas L., ed. — National Climate Change Acts: The Emergence, Form and Nature of National Framework Climate Legislation (Hart Publishing, 2020). Environmental Politics 32(5), 2023 : 945-947.

Reviewed by LI Zhu and ZHU Ya-Ru.

73.7090 NASEEMULLAH, Adnan — Patchwork States: The Historical Roots of Subnational Conflict and Competition in South Asia (Cambridge U. P., 2022). Commonwealth and Comparative Politics 61(2), 2023 : 230-233.

Reviewed by Erin McDONNELL.

73.7091 NYBERG, Daniel ; WRIGHT, Christopher ; BOWDEN, Vanessa — Organising Responses to Climate Change: The Politics of Mitigation, Adaptation and Suffering (Cambridge U. P., 2022). Environmental Politics 32(5), 2023 : 935-937.

Reviewed by David L. LEVY.

73.7092 OLSON, Laura Katz — Ethically Challenged: Private Equity Storms Health Care (Johns Hopkins U. P., 2022). New Political Science 45(1), 2023 : 198-200.

Reviewed by Peter A. SWENSON.

73.7093 OSTERMANN, Christian F. — Between Containment and Rollback: The United States and the Cold War in Germany (Stanford U. P., 2021). Journal of Contemporary History 58(1), Jan. 2023 : 205-207.

Reviewed by Laura FASANARO.

73.7094 PAMUK, Zeynep — Politics and Expertise: How to Use Science in a Democratic Society (Princeton U. P., 2021). Review of Politics 85(2), Spring 2023 : 259-262.

Reviewed by Matthew Benjamin COLE.

73.7095 PATEL, Kiran Klaus — Project Europe: A History (Cambridge U. P., 2020). Journal of Contemporary History 58(1), Jan. 2023 : 208-210.

Reviewed by Katja SEIDEL.

73.7096 PAYNE, Leigh A. ; PEREIRA, Gabriel ; BERNAL-BERMÚDEZ, Laura — Justicia transicional y rendición de cuentas de actores económicos, desde abajo: desplegando la palanca de arquímedes (Dejusticia, 2021). Derechos y Libertades 48, Jan. 2023 : 309-314.

Reviewed by Javier GONZÁLEZ-ARELLANO.

73.7097 PEARS, Emily — Cords of Affection: Constructing Constitutional Union in Early American History (University Press of Kansas, 2021). Review of Politics 85(2), Spring 2023 : 281-283.

Reviewed by James R. ZINK.

73.7098 PERRY, Luke, ed. — The 2020 Presidential Election: Key Issues and Regional Dynamics (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022). Party Politics 29(2), March 2023 : 409.

Reviewed by HONG Lei.

73.7099 PRICE, Richard — Empire and Indigeneity: Histories and Legacies (Routledge, 2021). Australian Journal of Politics and History 69(1), 2023 : 166-168.

Reviewed by Harry HOBBS.

73.7100 REINGOLD, Beth ; HAYNIE, Kerry L. ; WIDNER, Kirsten — Race, Gender, and Political Representation: Toward a More Intersectional Approach (Oxford U. P., 2020). Politics and Gender 19(1), March 2023 : 313-315.

Reviewed by Katelyn E. STAUFFER.

73.7101 ROBERTS OGLE, Veronica — Politics and the Earthly City in Augustine’s “City of God.” (Cambridge U. P., 2021). Review of Politics 85(2), Spring 2023 : 269-272.

Reviewed by Michael LAMB.

73.7102 ROSANOVICH, Damián J. — Hegel y el Iusnaturalismo Moderno (G. Escolar, 2021). Derechos y Libertades 48, Jan. 2023 : 281-286.

Reviewed by Carlota ATANDA BUGALLO.

73.7103 SHOIKHEDBROD, Igor — Revisiting Marx’s Critique of Liberalism: Rethinking Justice, Legality and Rights (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019). Canadian Journal of Political Science 56(2), June 2023 : 490-491.

Reviewed by Paul Christopher GRAY.

73.7104 SHUE, Henry — The Pivotal Generation: Why We Have a Moral Responsibility to Slow Climate Change Right Now (Princeton U. P., 2022). Environmental Politics 32(5), 2023 : 931-933.

Reviewed by Francisco GARCIA-GIBSON.

73.7105 SIM, Stuart — A Call to Dissent: Defending Democracy Against Extremism and Populism (Edinburgh U. P. 2022). Terrorism and Political Violence 35(3), 2023 : 731-732.

Reviewed by Keeley TOWNSEND.

73.7106 SOKPHEA, Young — Strategies of Authoritarian Survival and Dissensus in Southeast Asia: Weak Men Versus Strongmen (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021). Asian Politics and Policy 15(2), Apr. 2023 : 331-335.

Reviewed by Im SOKSAMPHOAS.

73.7107 SWENSON, Peter A. — Disorder: A History of Reform, Reaction, and Money in American Medicine (Yale U. P., 2021). New Political Science 45(1), 2023 : 202-204.

Reviewed by Laura Katz OLSON.

73.7108 TÃNÃSESCU, Mihnea — Understanding the Rights of Nature: A Critical Introduction (Verlag, 2022). Environmental Politics 32(4), 2023 : 743-745.

Reviewed by Ramon VAN DER DOES.

73.7109 THALER, Mathias — No Other Planet: Utopian Visions for a Climate-Changed World (Cambridge U. P., 2022). Environmental Politics 32(5), 2023 : 942-944.

Reviewed by Joe P. L. DAVIDSON.

73.7110 THOMAS, George — The (Un)Written Constitution (Oxford U. P., 2022). Review of Politics 85(2), Spring 2023 : 267-269.

Reviewed by Amanda HOLLIS-BRUSKY.

73.7111 TOHA, Risa J. — Rioting for Representation: Local Ethnic Mobilization in Democratizing Countries (Cambridge U. P., 2022). Democratization 30(4), 2023 : 765-767.

Reviewed by Marzia RAZA.

73.7112 TOTH, Federico — Comparative Health Systems: A New Framework (Cambridge U. P., 2021). Contemporary Italian Politics 15(3), 2023 : 386-388.

Reviewed by Paola MATTEI.

73.7113 VILLIERS, Bertus de — Navigating the Unknown: Essays on Selected Case Studies about the Rights of Minorities (Brill, 2022). Commonwealth and Comparative Politics 61(2), 2023 : 222-224.

Reviewed by Roger SOUTHALL.

73.7114 WANG Ban — China in the World: Culture, Politics, and World Vision (Duke U. P., 2022). American Journal of Chinese Studies 29(2), Oct. 2022 : 181-182.

Reviewed by LI Yi-Jhan.

73.7115 WARD, Stuart ; RASCH, Astrid, eds. — Embers of Empire in Brexit Britain (Bloomsbury, 2019). Journal of Contemporary History 58(1), Jan. 2023 : 215-217.

Reviewed by David KILLINGRAY.

73.7116 WEBSTER, David — Challenge the Strong Wind: Canada and East Timor, 1975-99 (UBC Press, 2020). Asian Politics and Policy 15(2), Apr. 2023 : 343-345.

Reviewed by CHONG Wu-Ling.

73.7117 WIEGRATZ, Jörg ; MARTINIELLO, Giuliano ; GRECO, Elisa — Uganda: The Dynamics of Neoliberal Transformation (ZedBooks, 2018). Africa Spectrum 57(3), Dec. 2022 : 343-345.

Reviewed by Tom GOODFELLOW.

73.7118 WITT, Antonia — Undoing Coups. The African Union and Post-coup Intervention in Madagascar (ZED Books, 2020). Africa Spectrum 57(3), Dec. 2022 : 340-342.

Reviewed by Christof HARTMANN.

73.7119 ZAMBERNARDI, Lorenzo — Life, Death, and the Western Way of War (Oxford U. P., 2022). Contemporary Italian Politics 15(3), 2023 : 383-385.

Reviewed by Davide FAMMENGHI.

73.7120 ZHANG Changdong — Governing and Ruling: The Political Logic of Taxation in China (University of Michigan Press, 2021). Democratization 30(5), 2023 : 962-963.

Reviewed by Erik H. WANG.