CIAO DATE: 11/2012
Volume: 127, Issue: 3
Fall 2012
From Cold War to Hot Peace: The Habit of American Force (PDF)
Richard K. Betts
RICHARD K. BETTS considers the discrepancy between ambition and cost tolerance that has led the United States to use force too often but also too indecisively since the Cold War. He argues that Washington should use American primacy not to attempt dominance on the cheap but to manage a transition to a global balance of power.
Sympathetic States: Explaining the Russian and Chinese Responses to September 11
Todd Hall
TODD HALL examines the responses of the Russian Federation (RF) and People's Republic of China (PRC) to the September 11 attacks on the United States. He argues that the sudden shift in RF and PRC policies toward the United States following the attacks poses a puzzle for existing IR theories. In order to comprehend RF and PRC behavior, he claims that we need to recognize the role of implicit norms of sympathy.
From Litigation to Legislation in Tobacco Politics: The Surrender of Philip Morris
Martha Derthick
MARTHA DERTHICK asks why it was possible for Congress to enact regulation of tobacco manufacture in 2009 after many years of indulging the industry. She finds the explanation in the rise of opposition to the industry in the Democratic Party and the embrace of regulation by Philip Morris, the major manufacturer, which was seeking safety and stability after repeated assaults from an array of public and private actors in legislatures, courts, and the media.
Making Migrant–Government Partnerships Work: Insights from the Logic of Collective Action
Gustavo A. Macías
GUSTAVO A. FLORES-MACÍAS analyzes government efforts to attract collective remittances for development. Building on insights from the literature on collective action and illustrating with the cases of Mexico and El Salvador, he concludes that leadership incentives, positive inducements in the form of private good, and certain trust-enhancing rules play a key role in the success of government–migrant partnerships.
Do Presidents Control Bureaucracy? The Federal Housing Administration during the Truman–Eisenhower Era
Charles M. Lamb, Adam W. Nye
CHARLES M. LAMB and ADAM W. NYE show how the Federal Housing Administration continued to permit racial segregation in its mortgage insurance program for years after the Truman administration indicated that it must alter that policy. They argue that the case once again illustrates that presidential control has its limits as bureaucracy successfully defied presidential preferences and continued on a policy trajectory opposed by the president.
Remedy and Reaction: The Peculiar American Struggle over Health Care Reform, Paul Starr
Theodore Marmor
Hegemony in International Society, Ian Clark (PDF)
Carla Norrlof
Liberal Leviathan: The Origins, Crisis, and Transformation of the American World Order, G. John Ikenberry
Michael H. Hunt
Partisan Balance: Why Political Parties Don't Kill the U.S. Constitutional System, David R. Mayhew (PDF)
Paul Frymer
Intelligence and U.S. Foreign Policy: Iraq, 9/11, and Misguided Reform, Paul R. Pillar
Bruce W. Jentleson
Eyes on Spies: Congress and the United States Intelligence Community, Amy B. Zegart
James J. Wirtz
The Submerged State: How Invisible Government Policies Undermine American Democracy, Suzanne Mettler
Christopher Howard
Breaking Through the Noise: Presidential Leadership, Public Opinion, and the News Media, Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha and Jeffey S. Peake
Robert Y. Shapiro
Terror, Security, and Money: Balancing the Risks, Benefits, and Costs of Homeland Security, John Mueller and Mark G. Stewart
Mark Tushnet
Chasing Phantoms: Reality, Imagination and Homeland Security Since 9/11, Michael Barkun
Peter Romaniuk
Controlling Institutions: International Organizations and the Global Economy, Randall W. Stone
Cindy Cheng
Global Warming Gridlock: Creating More Effective Strategies for Protecting the Planet, David G. Victor
Jonathan M. Crystal
Montague Kern
Soundbitten: The Perils of Media-Centered Political Activism, Sarah Sobieraj
Michael P. Boyle
Tax Havens: How Globalization Really Works, Ronen Palan, Richard Murphy and Christian Chavagneux
Patrick Leblond
Tocqueville and His America: A Darker Horizon, Arthur Kaledin
Susan McWilliams
Constitutional Originalism: A Debate, Lawrence B. Solum and Robert W. Bennett
Steven D. Schwinn
The New Global Rulers: The Privatization of Regulation in the World Economy, Tim Büthe and Walter Mattli
Anastasia Xenias
A Convenient Hatred: The History of Anti-Semitism, Phyllis Goldstein
Ralph Da Costa Nunez
Testing the National Covenant: Fears and Appetites in American Politics, William F. May
Andrew P. Hogue
Hollywood Left and Right: How Movie Stars Shaped American Politics, Steven J. Ross
Patricia F. Phalen
One Nation Under AARP: The Fight Over Medicare, Social Security, and America's Future, Frederick Lynch
Edward D. Berkowitz
Beyond Our Means: Why America Spends While the World Saves, Sheldon Garon
David C. John
Importing Democracy: Ideas from Around the World to Reform and Revitalize American Politics and Government, Raymond A. Smith
Jason Kosnoski
"At This Defining Moment": Barack Obama's Presidential Candidacy and the New Politics of Race, Enid Logan
Charles P. Henry
The Freedom to Be Racist? How the United States and Europe Struggle to Preserve Freedom and Combat Racism, Erik Bleich
Alexander Tsesis
National Security Intelligence, Loch Johnson and David F. Aarons
Arthur H. Mills II
Program Budgeting and the Performance Movement: The Elusive Quest for Efficiency in Government, William F. West
Francois Melese
The Politics of the President's Wife, Mary Anne Borrelli
Molly Wertheimer