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CIAO DATE: 08/02
Volume 117 No. 1 (Spring 2002)
Abstracts
The Post September 11 Debate Over Empire, Globalization, and Fragmentation
Walter Lafeber proposes that the September 11 attacks resulted from processes of globalization that had begun a generation earlier. He explains that those processes triggered an uneven distribution of wealth and, especially, a decentralization of power that led to an attack on the United States by an individual, nonstate, terrorist group that utilized some of the most advanced methods provided by globalization technologies. The article uses these contexts to explore the Clinton and Bush administrations’ responses to the globalization/decentralization phenomena that climaxed in the September 11 tragedies.
The Soft Underbelly of American Primacy: Tactical Advantages of Terror
Richard Betts argues that the September 11 attacks were a response to American primacy and then applies offense-defense theory to explain the intense advantages that terrorist groups have in launching offensive strikes and in exploiting the defenses that a nation can put up in this era of globalization and asymmetric warfare.
An Interim Assessment of September 11: What Has Changed and What Has Not
Robert Jervis argues that contrary to much conventional wisdom, terrorism has not weakened most states, understanding the “root causes” of terrorism is not a firm foundation for policy, the concept of a war on terrorism is flawed, and American policy is likely to be more unilateral than multilateral.
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Managing the Racial Breach: Clinton, Black-White Polarization, and the Race Initiative
Claire Jean Kim explores why President Clinton launched the Presidential Initiative on Race in 1997 despite the apparent political risks associated with confronting the black-white breach on racial issues. She argues that Clinton launched the race initiative precisely because he calculated that he could please blacks and whites alike, thus conquering the racial breach in public opinion and boosting his overall popularity. The race initiative was an extension of breach management strategies that Clinton had developed and pursued for years.
United States Senators as Presidential Candidates
Barry C. Burden uses data to show that governors have done far better as presidential candidates than senators, though they are less likely to run. Four explanations connected to the notion of campaign investment are offered to account for the fates of 139 presidential contenders who ran between 1960 to 1996.
The Nation-State and Its Exclusions
Anthony W. Marx argues that nation-building has been miscast. He explicates a political process of binding a core national solidarity via purposeful exclusions.
Reference Books and Other Publications of Interest
Book Reviews
America’s Choice 2000: Entering a New Millenium, William Crotty, ed.; The Perfect Tie: The True Story of the 2000 Presidential Election, James W. Ceaser and Andrew E. Busch
Reviewed by Dennis Hale
[Full Text, PDF Format, 4 pages, 60kb]
Patricia Heidotting Conley, Presidential Mandates: How Elections Shape the National Agenda
Reviewed by Kay Lehman Schlozman
David McCullough, John Adams
Reviewed by Jean Edward Smith
[Full Text, PDF Format, 4 pages, 56kb]
John A. Farrell, Tip O’Neill and the Democratic Century
Reviewed by L. Sandy Maisel
David Halberstam, War in a Time of Peace: Bush, Clinton, and the Generals
Reviewed by Walter LaFeber
Dennis Kux, The United States and Pakistan, 1947-2000: Disenchanted Allies
Reviewed by Sunil Dasgupta
[Full Text, PDF Format, 3 pages, 52kb]
Alan Collins, The Security Dilemmas of Southeast Asia
Reviewed by Shaun Narine
James Der Derian, Virtuous War: Mapping the Military-Industrial-Media-Entertainment Network
Reviewed by John Garofano
Richard L. Fox and Robert W. Van Sickel, Tabloid Justice: Criminal Justice in an Age of Media Frenzy
Reviewed by Diana Owen
Patricia Lee Sykes, Presidents and Prime Ministers: Conviction Politics in the Anglo-American Tradition
Reviewed by George Breckenridge
Shades of Citizenship: Race and the Census in Modern Politics, Melissa Nobles; Bushmanders and Bullwinkles: How Politicians Manipulate Electronic Maps and Census Data to Win Elections, Mark Monmonier
Reviewed by Charles S. Bullock III
John David Skrentny, ed., Color Lines: Affirmative Action, Immigration, and Civil Rights Options for America
Reviewed by Richard D. Kahlenberg
R. Kent Weaver, Ending Welfare As We Know It
Reviewed by Sanford F. Schram
Cary Coglianese and Jennifer Nash, eds., Regulating from the Inside: Can Environmental Management Systems Achieve Policy Goals?
Reviewed by Christopher J. Bosso
Jonathan J. Bean, Big Government and Affirmative Action: The Scandalous History of the Small Business Administration
Reviewed by J. Kevin Corder
Maureen Hogan Casamayou, The Politics of Breast Cancer
Reviewed by Richard Himelfarb
Alex Roberto Hybel, Made by the U.S.A.: The International System
Reviewed by Timothy J. McKeown
Brian White, Understanding European Foreign Policy
Reviewed by Jan Zielonka
Simon Nuttall, European Foreign Policy
Reviewed by Geoffrey Edwards
Kenneth Dyson, The Politics of the Euro-Zone: Stability or Breakdown?
Reviewed by Jeffrey J. Anderson
Michel R. Gueldry, France and European Integration: Toward a Transnational Polity?
Reviewed by Sophie Meunier-Aitsahalia
Michael Cox, Adrian Guelke, and Fiona Stephen, eds., A Farewell to Arms? From “Long War” to Long Peace in Northern Ireland
Reviewed by Kathleen Knight
Thomas Hennessey, The Northern Ireland Peace Process: Ending the Troubles?
Reviewed by Jeffrey M. Togman
Fires of Hatred: Ethnic Cleansing in Twentieth-Century Europe, Norman M. Naimark; Modern Hatreds: The Symbolic Politics of Ethnic War, Stuart J. Kaufman
Reviewed by Dipak K. Gupta
Jane Boulden, Peace Enforcement: The United Nations Experience in Congo, Somalia, and Bosnia
Reviewed by Page Fortna
Anthony F. Lang, Jr, Agency and Ethics: The Politics of Military Intervention
Reviewed by Mia Bloom
Peter H. Solomon, Jr. and Todd S. Fogelsong, Courts and Transition in Russia: The Challenge of Judicial Reform
Reviewed by Paul B. Stephan
Daniel C. Levy and Kathleen Bruhn, Mexico: The Struggle for Democratic Development
Reviewed by Lisa Baldez
Henry Veltmeyer and Anthony O’Malley, eds., Transcending Neoliberalism: Community-Based Development in Latin America
Reviewed by Glen Biglaiser
Sarah Owen Vandersluis, ed., The State and Identity Construction in International Relations
Reviewed by Jutta Weldes
Ralph Pettman, Commonsense Constructivism, Or the Making of World Affairs
Reviewed by Audie Klotz
Keith L. Dougherty, Collective Action under the Articles of Confederation
Reviewed by Nolan McCarty
William M. Donnelly, Under Army Orders: The Army National Guard during the Korean War
Reviewed by G. Kurt Piehler