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CIAO DATE: 03/05/07
Volume 121 No. 3 (Fall 2006)
Articles
The Geneva Conventions and New Wars (PDF, 250 KB)
RENÉE DE NEVERS explores how "new" wars—ranging from civil wars to asymmetric war—and new warriors, including warlords, private security companies, and children, fit within the Geneva Conventions. Although the nature of warfare and warriors has changed from the time the Conventions were adopted in 1949, she challenges the view that the Conventions should be abandoned. Rather, she argues, the Conventions should be revitalized to address a broader spectrum of war, because this will generate greater international support for U.S. efforts to combat terrorism.
“I’m Changing the Climate, Ask Me How!”: The Politics of the Anti-SUV Campaign
SARAH PRALLE examines the politics of the anti-SUV campaign in light of its similarities to and differences from other moral reform movements in the United States. She argues that the campaign confronts fundamental tensions in American political culture around issues of consumption and the role of the automobile but that it fails to fully resolve them.
In Like a Lamb, Out Like a Lion: The Political Conversion of Jimmy Carter
YAEL S. ARONOFF analyzes the political conversion of Jimmy Carter from dove to hawk in his relations with the Soviet Union, particularly in the wake of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. She concludes that Carter’s transformation can be better understood by examining a combination of Carter’s religious beliefs, his personality characteristics, and the influence of his advisers. This case illuminates the broader question of what makes some leaders more likely than others to transform their foreign policy.
“Dear Mr. President”:The Institutionalization and Politicization of Public Opinion Mail in the White House
BRANDON ROTTINGHAUS looks at an important but untold story of the origins, adaptations, and utility of public opinion mail sent to the White House as a political tool. He concludes that the apparatus for gauging public opinion by the mail predates but largely mirrors the institutionalization of opinion polling in the West Wing and serves as a valuable measure of opinion for presidents interested in understanding and managing public opinion.
Islamist New Thinking in Turkey: A Model for Political Learning?
GAMZE ÇAVDAR discusses the factors behind the political learning of the Justice and Development party (Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi [AKP]) in Turkey. She challenges the view that the AKP’s political learning can be replicated by Islamist political parties in the Muslim Middle East.
Book Reviews
Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor, Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq (PDF, 133KB)
Reviewed by Robert Jervis
Robert Lieber, The American Era: Power and Strategy for the 21st Century; Michael Mandelbaum, The Case for Goliath: How America Acts as the World’s Government in the Twenty-first Century (PDF, 98KB)
Reviewed by Patrice McMahon
Ami Pedahzur, Suicide Terrorism
Reviewed by Mia Bloom
Tal Becker, Terrorism and the State: Rethinking the Rules of State Responsibility
Reviewed by Eric A. Posner
Hendrik Spruyt, Ending Empire: Contested Sovereignty and Territorial Partition
Reviewed by Peter Liberman
Daniel Brook, Modern Revolution: Social Change and Cultural Continuity in Czechoslovakia and China
Reviewed by Thomas P. Bernstein
Peter J. Katzenstein, A World of Regions: Asia and Europe in the American Imperium
Reviewed by Norrin M. Ripsman
Nelson W. Polsby, How Congress Evolves: Social Bases of Institutional Change (PDF, 100KB)
Reviewed by Alan Ware
Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson, Off Center: The Republican Revolution and the Erosion of American Democracy
Reviewed by Todd L. Belt
Ted Brader, Campaigning for Hearts and Minds: How Emotional Appeals in Political Ads Work
Reviewed by Glenn W. Richardson, Jr.
Bryan D. Jones and Frank R. Baumgartner, The Politics of Attention: How Government Prioritizes Problems
Reviewed by Scott E. Robinson
David Hill, American Voter Turnout: An Institutional Perspective
Reviewed by Michael P. McDonald
Richard Davis, Politics Online: Blogs, Chatrooms and Discussion Groups in American Democracy
Reviewed by Henry Farrell
Andrew Rudalevige, The New Imperial Presidency: Renewing Presidential Power after Watergate
Reviewed by Russell Muirhead
David A. Welch, Painful Choices: A Theory of Foreign Policy Change
Reviewed by Max Paul Friedman
Donna Lee Van Cott, From Movements to Parties in Latin America: The Evolution of Ethnic Politics
Reviewed by Scott Mainwaring
Consuelo Cruz, Political Culture and Institutional Development in Costa Rica and Nicaragua: World-making in the Tropics
Reviewed by Bruce M. Wilson
Kingsley Moghalu, Rwanda’s Genocide: The Politics of Global Justice
Reviewed by David J. Simon
Robert Cryer, Prosecuting International Crimes: Selectivity and the International Criminal Law Regime
Reviewed by Jenia Iontcheva Turner
Sarah Kenyon Lischer, Dangerous Sanctuaries: Refugee Camps, Civil War, and the Dilemmas of Humanitarian Aid
Reviewed by Scott Straus
Philip N. Howard, New Media Campaigns and the Managed Citizen
Reviewed by John Sides
Elizabeth Anne Oldmixon, Uncompromising Positions: God, Sex, and the U.S. House of Representatives
Reviewed by Melody Rose
Tracy Sulkin, Issue Politics in Congress
Reviewed by Eric S. Heberlig
Kevin R. Kosar, Failing Grades: The Federal Politics of Education Standards
Reviewed by David E. Campbell
Peter F. Nardulli, Popular Efficacy in the Democratic Era: A Reexamination of Electoral Accountability in the United States, 1828-2000
Reviewed by Nicole Mellow
Deborah D. Avant, The Market for Force: The Consequences of Privatizing Security
Reviewed by Jeremi Suri
Janet Dine, Companies, International Trade and Human Rights
Reviewed by Layna Mosley
Harold A. Trinkunas, Crafting Civilian Control of the Military in Venezuela: A Comparative Perspective
Reviewed by Deborah L. Norden
Roderic Ai Camp, Mexico’s Military on the Democratic Stage
Reviewed by Naunihal Singh