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CIAO DATE: 05/02
Volume 116 No. 3 (Fall 2001)
Abstracts
Hegemon on the Offensive: Chinese Perspectives on U.S. Global Strategy
Yong Deng examines Chinese perceptions of and reactions to the U.S. global power status and grand security strategy after the cold war. He shows that conflict between the United States and China is structural and has been on the rise. The author believes there is a real danger of an escalation of balancing and counterbalancing unless a mechanism of peaceful change is devised
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Family Homelessness in New York City: A Case Study
Rarlph Nunez examines the recent rise in family homelessness in New York City and details the underlying causes and characteristics of family homelessness and its effect on children. He discusses political trends affecting affordable housing and new strategies for transitional housing.
Dissonant Politics in Iran and Indonesia
Daniel Brumberg offers alternative concepts of state building, ideological change, and transitions in Islamic polities. Dissonant states, he argues, institutionalize competing visions of political community in ways that promote interelite competition, bargaining, and ideological innovation. He illustrates his argument by exploring the evolution of dissonant politics in Iran and Indonesia.
The Earned Income Tax Credit: Knowledge Is Money
Katherine Ross Phillips examines demographic differences in knowledge about the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) among parents. Using data from the National Survey of America's Families, she finds that almost two-thirds of low-income parents have heard about the EITC, but low-income Hispanic parents are less than half as likely as low-income non-Hispanic parents to know about the tax credit.
Rethinking Media Politics and Public Opinion: Reactions to the Clinton-Lewinsky Scandal
Regina G. Lawrence and W. Lance Bennett offer an alternative interpretation of public opinion during the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Rejecting the "prosperity" explanation, they explore four dimensions of public reactions to the Clinton impeachment that are not well explained by simpler models.
Radical Change in Israel: A Review Essay
Myron J. Aronoff discusses social, economic, cultural, and political changes that have dramatically transformed Israel. He critically evaluates recent publications on the relationship between the liberalization of the economy and the peace process, public policy and electoral reform, and consensus and dissent on central issues relating to democracy and peace.
Book Reviews
Xiaobo Lü, Cadres and Corruption: The Organizational Involution of the Chinese Communist Party
Reviewed by Patricia M. Thornton
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Haider K. Nizamani, The Roots of Rhetoric: Politics of Nuclear Weapons in India and Pakistan
Reviewed by Timothy D. Hoyt
H. Michael Erisman, Cuba's Foreign Relations in a Post-Soviet World
Reviewed by Jorge I. Dominguez
[Full Text, PDF Format, 3 pages, 51kb]
Merilee S. Grindle, Audacious Reforms: Institutional Invention and Democracy in Latin America
Reviewed by Elisabeth Jay Friedman
Mark Ensalaco, Chile Under Pinochet: Recovering the Truth
Reviewed by Tony Spanakos
Barry Ames, The Deadlock of Democracy in Brazil
Reviewed by Octavio Amorim Neto
Kenneth P. Serbin, Secret Dialogues: Church-State Relations, Torture, and Social Justice in Authoritarian Brazil
Reviewed by Jeanne A. K. Hey
Daniel S. Treisman, After the Deluge: Regional Crises and Political Consolidation in Russia
Reviewed by Leonid Polishchuk
Robert G. Moser, Unexpected Outcomes: Electoral Systems, Political Parties, and Representation in Russia
Reviewed by Olga Shvetsova
Padma Desai and Todd Idson, Work Without Wages: Russia's Nonpayment Crisis
Reviewed by Joseph Debra Javeline
Roman Solchanyk, Ukraine and Russia: The Post-Soviet Transition
Reviewed by Paul Kubicek
Paul Hollander, Political Will and Personal Belief: The Decline and Fall of Soviet Communism
Reviewed by Judith Kullberg
Robert J. Guttman, ed., Europe in the New Century: Visions of an Emerging Superpower
Reviewed by Alison M. S. Watson
Max Otte, A Rising Middle Power? German Foreign Policy in Transformation, 1989-1999
Reviewed by John S. Duffield
Steven Heydemann, Ed., War, Institutions, and Social Change in the Middle East
Reviewed by Kenneth W. Stein
Herbert Druks, The Uncertain Friendship: The U.S. and Israel from Roosevelt to Kennedy
Reviewed by Dalia Dassa Kaye
Robert Mann, A Grand Delusion: America's Descent Into Vietnam
Reviewed by Derek Chollet
Gordon R. Mitchell, Strategic Deception: Rhetoric, Science, and Politics in Missile Defense Advocacy
Reviewed by Barbara Farnham
Jan Aart Scholte, Globalization: A Critical Introduction
Reviewed by Daniel W. Drezner
James W. Davis, Jr., Threats and Promises: The Pursuit of International Influence
Reviewed by Rose McDermott
Avery Goldstein, Deterrence and Security in the 21st Century: China, Britain, France and the Enduring Legacy of the Nuclear Revolution
Reviewed by Glenn H. Snyder
Michael J. Gerhardt, The Federal Appointments Process: A Constitutional and Historical Analysis
Reviewed by Sheldon Goldman
Milton J. Esman, Government Works: Why Americans Need the Feds
Reviewed by James W. Davis
[Full Text, PDF Format, 3 pages, 51kb]
Harriet Woods, Stepping Up to Power: The Political Journey of American Women
Reviewed by Susan Levine
Sue Tolleson-Rinehart and Jyl J. Josephson, eds., Gender and American Politics: Women, Men, and the Political Process
Reviewed by Susan B. Hansen
Marissa Martino Golden, What Motivates Bureaucrats? Politics and Administration During the Reagan Years
Reviewed by William F. West
Jeffrey Stonecash, Class and Party in American Politics
Reviewed by Nicol Rae