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CIAO DATE: 06/06
Volume 121 No. 1 (Spring 2006)
Articles
Russia, China, and the Immigration Security Dilemma
MIKHAIL A. ALEXSEEV and C. RICHARD HOFSTETTER assess anti-Chinese hostility in the Russian Far East. They find that local Russians exaggerated the scale and negative effects of Chinese migration, supporting extreme exclusionist policies.
An Empirical Analysis of Failed Intelligence Reforms Before September 11 (PDF Format)
AMY B. ZEGART examines the failures to reform U.S. intelligence agencies before the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks. She finds that during the 1990s, intelligence officials and policy makers understood the rising terrorist threat and the urgent need for reform, but failed to address critical organizational deficiencies.
Performing the Northern Ireland Peace Process on the World Stage
PAUL DIXON explores the impact of the international dimension of the Northern Ireland peace process. He uses a theatrical metaphor to show how the role of international actors has been exaggerated, but he argues that the performance of some of those actors, such as President Bill Clinton, did have an effect.
Presidents and the Congressional War Resolutions of 1991 and 2002
GARY R. HESS compares the leadership of Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush in dealing with the issue of congressional war authorization resolutions in 1991 and 2002. He finds that Bush II operated from a much stronger political position reminiscent of the ‘‘imperial presidency''—partially the result of a weakened Democratic Party in Congress.
Escaping the Zero-Sum Scenario: Democracy versus Technocracy in Latin America
MARK ERIC WILLIAMS analyzes the tensions between technocratic market reform projects and fundamental democratic principles in Argentina, Mexico, and Venezuela. He argues that the political dynamics that surround these market-friendly programs and the market pressures they unleash can bolster democratic governance by enhancing accountability, checks and balances, representation, and transparency.
Book reviews
Richard Davis, Electing Justice: Fixing the Supreme Court Nomination Process (PDF Format)
Reviewed by Donald Grier Stephenson, Jr.
Diego Gambetta, ed., Making Sense of Suicide Missions
Reviewed by Assaf Moghadam
James A. Morone and Lawrence R. Jacobs, eds., Healthy, Wealthy, & Fair: Health Care and the Good Society
Reviewed by Mary Ruggie
Louis Fisher, Military Tribunals and Presidential Power: American Revolution to the War on Terrorism
Reviewed by Joseph M. Bessette
Andrew H. Kydd, Trust and Mistrust in International Relations
Reviewed by Aaron M. Hoffman
Charles Tilly, Trust and Rule (PDF Format)
Reviewed by Omar G. Encarnación
Susan Rose-Ackerman, From Elections to Democracy: Building Accountable Government in Hungary and Poland
Reviewed by Anna Grzymala-Busse
Mia Bloom, Dying To Kill: The Allure of Suicide Terror (PDF Format)
Reviewed by Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca
Dale R. Herspring, The Pentagon and the Presidency: Civil-Military Relations from FDR to George W. Bush
Reviewed by Jay M. Parker
Scott Kennedy, The Business of Lobbying in China
Reviewed by Andrew C. Mertha
Brian C. Rathbun, Partisan Interventions: European Party Politics and Peace Enforcement in the Balkans
Reviewed by Susan L. Woodward
Kitty Calavita, Immigrants at the Margins: Law, Race, and Exclusion in Southern Europe
Reviewed by Terri E. Givens
Tom Gallagher, Modern Romania: The End of Communism, the Failure of Democratic Reform, and the Theft of a Nation
Reviewed by Katia Papagianni
Ali Carkoglu and Barry Rubin, eds., Greek-Turkish Relations in an Era of Détente (PDF Format)
Reviewed by Nikolaos Zahariadis
Simon Serfaty, The Vital Partnership: Power and Order, America and Europe Beyond Iraq
Reviewed by Werner D. Lippert
David Schoenbrod, Saving Our Environment from Washington: How Congress Grabs Power, Shirks Responsibility, and Shortchanges the People
Reviewed by Denise Scheberle
Fredrik Andersson, Harry J. Holzer, and Julia I. Lane, Moving Up or Moving On: Who Advances in the Low-Wage Labor Market
Reviewed by Helen C. Connolly
Susan Gluck Mezey, Disabling Interpretations: The Americans with Disabilities Act in Federal Court
Reviewed by Bradley D. Hays
Michael W. Flamm, Law and Order: Street Crime, Civil Unrest, and the Crisis of Liberalism in the 1960s
Reviewed by Edward P. Morgan
Martin H. Redish, The Logic of Persecution: Free Expression and the McCarthy Era
Reviewed by Lucas A. Powe, Jr.
Laura R.Olson, Sue E.S. Crawford, and Melissa M. Deckman, Women with a Mission: Religion, Gender, and the Politics of Women Clergy
Reviewed by Elizabeth A. Oldmixon
Paul Lichterman, Elusive Togetherness: Church Groups Trying to Bridge America's Divisions
Reviewed by Katherine Cramer Walsh
Richard J. Ellis, To the Flag: The Unlikely History of the Pledge of Allegiance
Reviewed by David Greenberg
Melvin Small, At the Water's Edge: American Politics and the Vietnam War
Reviewed by Robert Buzzanco
Beth A. Rosenson, The Shadowlands of Conduct: Ethics and State Politics
Reviewed by Frank Anechiarico
Herfried Münkler, The New Wars
Reviewed by Jack S. Levy
Sergei Khrushchev, ed., Memoirs of Nikita Khrushchev: Commissar (1918–1945)
Reviewed by William Tompson
John Norris, Collision Course: NATO, Russia, and Kosovo
Reviewed by James M. Goldgeier
Steven E. Miller and Dmitri Trenin, The Russian Military: Power and Policy
Reviewed by Deborah Yarsike Ball
Arie M. Kacowicz, The Impact of Norms in International Society: The Latin American Experience, 1881–2000
Reviewed by Cameron G. Thies
Charles D. Brockett, Political Movements and Violence in Central America
Reviewed by John A. Booth
Peter Isard, Globalization and the International Financial System: What's Wrong and What Can Be Done
Reviewed by Anastasia Xenias
Nicolas Guilhot, The Democracy Makers: Human Rights and the Politics of Global Order
Reviewed by Suzanne Ogden
Neal G. Jesse and Kristen P. Williams, Identity and Institutions: Conflict Reduction in Divided Societies
Reviewed by Steven Majstorovic