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CIAO DATE: 07/03
Volume 118 No. 1 (Spring 2003)
Abstracts
Terror, Terrain, and Turnout: Explaining the 2002 Midterm Elections
Gary C. Jacobson argues that the results of the 2002 congressional election were consistent with past midterm elections as referenda on the administration and the economy, although the terrorist attacks of September 11 profoundly affected the referendum's substance. The modest Republican victory was a consequence of the post- September 11 rally in support for President George W. Bush, redistricting (in the House), and higher turnout among Republican loyalists. There was no evidence of any national shift in public sentiment toward the Republican party.
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Terrorism as Breaking News: Attack on America
Brigitte L. Nacos analyzes the news coverage of the September 11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. She concludes that the American press helped Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda to realize their publicity objectives, while simultaneously losing some of its bite as the watchdog of government.
Do Nascent WMD Arsenals Deter? The Sino-Soviet Crisis of 1969
Lyle J. Goldstein employs an underutilized case study from the cold war to investigate the dynamics associated with confronting regional powers armed with nascent weapons of mass destruction (WMD) arsenals. This research challenges the thesis of the so-called proliferation optimists, who maintain that small WMD arsenals effectively empower the weak against the strong.
Engagement, Containment, and the International Politics of Eurasia
David W. Rivera analyzes whether post-Soviet Russia has pursued a hostile, imperialist course toward the other former republics of the Soviet Union and whether the West should adopt a policy of containing Russian expansionism. He concludes by assessing whether previous trends have continued into the Putin years and draws out the implications of its findings for the “Who Lost Russia?” debate and whether Russia should be invited to join NATO.
Black and Latino Voters in Denver: Responses to Each Other’s Political Leadership
Karen M. Kaufmann explores the influence of minority office-holding on the political behavior, attitudes, and participation rates of Latinos and blacks living in Denver, Colorado. Using data from four mayoral elections, she finds that both Latinos and blacks experience enhanced political engagement as a result of in-group attainment, but finds little evidence of a more generalized minority empowerment effect.
American Secret Intelligence: A Review Essay
John Prados comments on two recent books in the intelligence field that focus on spies and on Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) organization for scientific and technical work. From the spy as con artist to the cloak and dagger uses of laboratories and drafting tables, the works recast images of intelligence or break new ground in little understood areas. Both retain relevance today, although the main problems of intelligence are shifting away from areas where the CIA is strongest.
Book Reviews
Phillip J. Cooper, By Order of the President: The Use and Abuse of Executive Direct Action
Reviewed by William G. Howell
Ryan C. Hendrickson, The Clinton Wars: The Constitution, Congress, and War Powers
Reviewed by David Gray Adler
Paul S. Herrnson and John C. Green, eds., Multiparty Politics in America: Prospects and Performance, 2nd ed.
Reviewed by Philip Paolino
Gerald C. Lubenow, ed., A User's Guide to Campaign Finance Reform
Reviewed by Diana Dwyre
What Government Can Do: Dealing with Poverty and Inequality, Benjamin I. Page and James R. Simmons; Why Government Succeeds and Why It Fails, Amihai Glazer and Lawrence S. Rothenberg
Reviewed by Hugh Heclo
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Pamela Winston, Welfare Policymaking in the States: The Devil in Devolution
Reviewed by Robert C. Lieberman
Douglas S. Reed, On Equal Terms: The Constitutional Politics of Educational Opportunity
Reviewed by Matthew H. Bosworth
Taeku Lee, Mobilizing Public Opinion: Black Insurgency and Racial Attitudes in the Civil Rights Era
Reviewed by Charles S. Bullock III
Donald J. Puchala, ed., Visions of International Relations: Assessing an Academic Field
Reviewed by James N. Rosenau
Igor S. Ivanov, The New Russian Diplomacy
Reviewed by William D. Jackson
Jeffrey Record, Making War, Thinking History: Munich, Vietnam, and Presidential Uses of Force From Korea to Kosovo
Reviewed by Allan C. Stam
Eric V. Larson and John E. Peters, Preparing the U.S. Army for Homeland Security: Concepts, Issues, and Options
Reviewed by Antulio J. Echevarria II
J. Paul de B. Taillon, Hijacking and Hostages: Government Responses to Terrorism
Reviewed by Sara A. Daly
Athan Theoharis, Chasing Spies: How the FBI Failed in Counterintelligence but Promoted the Politics of McCarthyism in the Cold War Year
Reviewed by Russell Olwell
Elinor C. Sloan, The Revolution in Military Affairs: Implications for Canada and NATO
Reviewed by Andrew Richter
Janet Kelly and Carlos A. Romero, The United States and Venezuela: Rethinking a Relationship
Reviewed by Deborah Norden
Daniel Byman, Keeping the Peace: Lasting Solutions to Ethnic Conflicts
Reviewed by Chaim Kaufmann
Patrick M. Regan, Civil Wars and Foreign Powers: Outside Intervention in Intrastate Conflict
Reviewed by Barry M. Blechman
Benjamin S. Lambeth, NATO's Air War for Kosovo: A Strategic and Operational Assessment
Reviewed by David M. Edelstein
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Shoshana Keller, To Moscow, Not Mecca: The Soviet Campaign Against Islam in Central Asia, 1917-1941
Reviewed by Kathleen Collins
Jennifer C. Martin-Das, The European Monetary Union in a Public Choice Perspective
Reviewed by David M. Andrews
Philip H. Gordon and Sophie Meunier, The French Challenge: Adapting to Globalization
Reviewed by Ellen L. Frost
The Power of Tiananmen: State-Society Relations and the 1989 Beijing Movement, Dingxin Zhao; The Perils of Protest: State Repression and Student Activism in China and Taiwan, Teresa Wright
Reviewed by Stanley Rosen
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Shirin M. Rai, Gender and the Political Economy of Development
Reviewed by Kathleen Staudt
Sarah Babb, Managing Mexico: Economists from Nationalism to Neoliberalism
Reviewed by Diane E. Davis
Craig L. Arceneaux, Bounded Missions: Military Regimes and Democratization in the Southern Cone and Brazil
Reviewed by Jeanne K. Giraldo
Duane Swank, Global Capital, Political Institutions, and Policy Change in Developed Welfare States
Reviewed by Robert J. Franzese, Jr.
Jane E. Fountain, Building the Virtual State: Information Technology and Institutional Change
Reviewed by Donald F. Kettl
Yehezkel Dror, The Capacity to Govern
Reviewed by Chris Argyris
Mary Anne Borrelli, The President's Cabinet: Gender, Power, and Representation
Reviewed by Donna E. Shalala