Political Science Quarterly

 

Issue 113, No. 3 (Fall 1998)

Abstract

• Courting Disaster: An Expanded NATO vs. Russia and China

  Bruce Russett and Allan C. Stam examine the recent decision to expand NATO to include former Soviet satellites. They argue that the further inclusion of Russia would allow NATO to become a most effective tool in managing security threats in the next century.

• Creating a Disaster: NATO’s Open Door Policy

  Robert J. Art takes issue with the policies proposed by Russett and Stam in this issue and argues that an open door membership policy will destroy NATO and that there is a better alternative to create a security structure for Europe.

• Jimmy Carter’s Public Policy Ex-Presidency

  John Whiteclay Chambers II analyzes Jimmy Carter’s post-presidential career. He concludes that Carter’s most important post-White House legacy may be his creation of a Public Policy Ex-Presidency.

• Racism, Drug Policy, and AIDS

  Cathy Lisa Schneider analyzes the reasons for the increasing concentration of HIV/AIDS among African Americans and Latinos. She challenges the assumptions and evidence of those who cite underclass use of illegal drugs and promiscuity, and argues that high HIV/AIDS rates among blacks and Latinos are a consequence of the racial bias in the war against drugs.

• Corruption in a Paternalistic Society: Lessons from Italy for Latin America

  Silvia Colazingari and Susan Rose-Ackerman show how in post World War II Italy corruption and democracy coexisted. They apply their insights to Latin American democracies with similar characteristics.

• Bob Dole’s Age and Health in the 1996 Election: Did the Media Let Us Down?

  Herbert L. Abrams and Richard Brody examine the issue of Robert Dole’s age and health in the 1996 election and its impact on the vote of the electorate. They conclude that among the voters for whom age was an important consideration, most believed that age was a potential obstacle to Dole having a successful presidency. They fault the media for not seriously discussing the possibility that Dole might not last out his term because of illness, disability or death.

• From Our Archives: A New Look at the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

  Michael Les Benedict’s interpretation of the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson destroys the conventional textbook wisdom which portrays Johnson as a martyred president unjustifiably pilloried by a vindictive Congress. Benedict shows that the decision to impeach was made reluctantly after a series of presidential actions over the years convinced even the most conservative members of Congress that impeachment was the only means left for defending their constitutional prerogatives.

   

  Book Reviews

• Snyder, Glenn H., Alliance Politics
  Reviewed by Randall L. Schweller

• Hirschbein, Ron, What if They Gave a Crisis and Nobody Came?
  Reviewed by Robert Jervis

• Birkland, Thomas, After Disaster: Agenda Setting, Public Policy, and Focusing Events
  Reviewed by Frank R. Baumgartner

• Vertzberger, Yaacov Y.I., Risk Taking and Decisionmaking: Foreign Military Intervention Decisions
  Reviewed by T.V. Paul

• Von Vorys, Karl, American Foreign Policy: Consensus at Home, Leadership Abroad
  Reviewed by Walter LeFeber

• Trubowitz, Peter, Defining the National Interest: Conflict and Change in American Foreign Policy
  Reviewed by Andrew D. Grossman

• White, John Kenneth, Still Seeing Red
  Reviewed by Gary Wasserman

• Rosenau, James N., Along the Domestic–Foreign Frontier: Exploring Governance in a Turbulent World Reviewed by Craig N. Murphy

• Farnham, Barbara Readen, Roosevelt and the Munich Crisis: A Study of Political Decision-Making
  Reviewed by Richard Ned Lebow

• Milner, Helen V., Interests, Institutions, and Information: Domestic Politics and International Relations
  Reviewed by Mark R. Brawley

• Schaeffer, Robert K., Power to the People: Democratization Around the World
  Reviewed by Tony Smith

• Donahue, John, Disunited States: What’s at Stake as Washington Fades and the States Take the Lead
  Reviewed by Susan B. Hanson

• Ferejohn, John and Weingast, Barry R., The New Federalism: Can the States Be Trusted?
  Reviewed by Steve Solnick

• Maltzman, Forrest, Competing Principles: Committees, Parties, and the Organization of Congress
  Reviewed by L. Sandy Maisel

• Blakely, Edward J., and Snyder, Mary Gail, Fortress America: Gates Communities in the United States
  Reviewed by Evan McKenzie

• Lublin, David, The Paradox of Representation: Racial Gerrymandering and Minority Interests in Congress
  Reviewed by Frank J. Macchiarola

• Goddard, Taegan D., and Riback, Christopher, You Won—Now What? How Americans Can Make Demcoracy Work from City hall to the White House
  Reviewed by John J. Smee

• Rosenthal, Alan, The Decline of Representative Democracy: Process, Participation, and Power in State Legislatures Reviewed by Kim Quaile Hill

• Nordin, Dennis S., The New Deal’s Black Congressman: A Life of Arthur Wergs Mitchell
  Reviewed by Dianne M. Pinderhughes

• Robnett, Belinda, How Long? How Long? African–American Women in the Struggle for Civil Rights
  Reviewed by Yvette Alex–Assenoh

• Rejai, Mostafa and Phillips, Kay, Leaders and Leadership: An Appraisal of Theory and Research
  Reviewed by Patrick J. Wolf

• Thernstrom, Stephan and Abigail, America in Black and White: One Nation, Indivisible
  Reviewed by Mack Jones

• Shipan, Charles R., Designing Judicial Review: Interest Groups, Congress, and Communications Policy
  Reviewed by R. Shep Melnick

• Koistinen, Paul A.C., Mobilizing for Modern War: The Political Economy of American Warfare, 1865–1919
  Reviewed by Michal Hershkovitz

• Scheberle, Denise, Federalism and Environmental Policy: Trust and the Politics of Implementation
  Reviewed by William R. Lowry

• Richardson, Bradley, Japanese Democracy: Power, Coordination, and Performance
  Reviewed by Nathaniel B. Thayer

• Cumings, Bruce, Korea’s Place in the Sun: A Modern History
  Reviewed by Victor D. Cha

• Nathan, Andrew J., and Ross, Robert S., Great Wall, Empty Fortress: China’s Search for Security
  Reviewed by John W. Garver

• Ruane, Joseph and Todd, Jennifer, The Dynamics of Conflict in Northern Ireland
  Reviewed by Robert W.White

• Parikh, Sunita, The Politics of Preference: Democratic Institutions and Affirmative Action in the United States and India
  Reviewed by Michael F. Thies

• Butler, David and Kavanagh, Dennis, The British General Election of 1997
  Reviewed by Leon D. Epstein

• King, Anthony, New Labour Triumphs: Britain at the Polls
  Reviewed by Leon D. Epstein

• Rochlin, James F., Redefining “Mexican Security”: Society, State, and Region after NAFTA
  Reviewed by Peter Andreas

• Poulton, Hugh, Top Hat, Grey Wolf and Crescent: Turkish Nationalism and the Turkish Republic
  Reviewed by Ben Lombardi

• Bratton, Michael and van de Walle, Nicolas, Democratic Experiments in Africa: Regime Transitions in Comparative Perspective
  Reviewed by Jeffrey Herbst

• Hasenclever, Andreas; Mayer, Peter; and Rittberger, Volker, Theories of International Regimes
  Reviewed by Joseph Lepgold

• Ziegler, J. Nicholas, Governing Ideas: Strategies for Innovation in France and Germany
  Reviewed by Richard R. Nelson

• Maxfield, Sylvia and Schneider, Ben Ross, eds., Business and the State in Developing Countries
  Reviewed by David Waldner

• Lantis, Jeffrey S., Domestic Constraints and the Breakdown of International Agreements
  Reviewed by Brigitte L. Nacos