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CIAO DATE: 11/04
Volume 119 No. 2 (Summer 2004)
Abstracts
The Debate over North Korea
Victor D. Cha and David C. Kang debate the strengths and weaknesses of an engagement policy to rid North Korea of its nuclear weapons program. From different perspectives, the two authors analyze common misconceptions about North Korean intentions and strategies as well as debate the merits of a harder-line approach taken by the United States toward the reclusive regime. Whether one views Pyongyang’s intentions with greater skepticism (Cha) or greater flexibility (Kang), the authors argue that some form of engagement, not military preemption, is advisable.
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Soft Power and American Foreign Policy
Joseph S. Nye, Jr. analyzes recent developments in U.S. foreign policy in light of evidence that the essential soft power of the United States has eroded. He suggests that the challenges posed by transnational terrorism require more attention to soft power and cooperation with allies and institutions.
Secrecy and Power: Unanticipated Problems in Researching FBI Files
Athan G. Theoharis surveys FBI practices in the maintenance and destruction of records. He documents how this permitted FBI officials to abuse power and undermine accountability.
Threats to Latin America’s Market Model?
Kurt Weyland discusses the political sustainability of Latin America’s new market model. He argues that despite its disappointing socioeconomic performance thus far, the new development scheme has retained significant popular support. Furthermore, stringent economic constraints make significant deviations from market-oriented policies costly and unattractive, as case studies of contemporary Brazil, Argentina, and Venezuela show.
Gender Differences in Attitudes toward Black Feminism among African Americans
Evelyn M. Simien posits that black feminist consciousness arises from an understanding of intersecting patterns of discrimination. Using data from the 1993–1994 National Black Politics Study (NBPS), she develops and validates a measure of black feminist consciousness. Along the way, she considers whether the level of support for black feminist consciousness differs across gender.
Book Reviews
Lou Cannon, Governor Reagan: His Rise to Power
Reviewed by Mark J. Rozell
[Full Text, PDF, 3 pages, 62.2 kb]
Walter Williams, Reaganism and the Death of Representative Democracy
Reviewed by Brian J. Gerber
Rogers M. Smith, Stories of Peoplehood: The Politics and Morals of Political Membership
Reviewed by Elisabeth S. Clemens
[Full Text, PDF, 3 pages, 57.3 kb]
Walter Isaacson, Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
Reviewed by Robert Middlekauff
Sotirios A. Barber, Welfare and the Constitution
Reviewed by Ken I. Kersch
Paul K. Huth and Todd L. Allee, The Democratic Peace and Territorial Conflict in the Twentieth Century
Reviewed by Erik Gartzke
Charles Lipson, Reliable Partners: How Democracies Have Made a Separate Peace
Reviewed by John Owen
Jonathan Schell, The Unconquerable World: Power, Nonviolence, and the Will of the People
Reviewed by Brian D’Agostino
William E. Odom, Fixing Intelligence: For a More Secure America
Reviewed by Stephen Marrin
[Full Text, PDF, 3 pages, 56.9 kb]
Jeffrey Kimball, The Vietnam War Files: Uncovering the Secret History of the Nixon–Era Strategy
Reviewed by Robert Jervis
Jody C. Baumgartner and Naoko Kada, eds., Checking Executive Power: Presidential Impeachment in Comparative Perspective
Reviewed by Michael J. Gerhardt
Steve Bruce, Politics & Religion
Reviewed by Clyde Wilcox
Adeed Dawisha, Arab Nationalism in the Twentieth Century: From Triumph to Despair
Reviewed by Amaney Jamal
M. Hakan Yavuz, Islamic Political Identity in Turkey
Reviewed by Cihan Z. Tugal
Baruch Kimmerling, Politicide: Ariel Sharon’s War Against the Palestinians
Reviewed by Jamal R. Nassar
Douglas H. Johnson, The Root Causes of Sudan’s Civil Wars
Reviewed by David S. Meyer
Manuel Antonio Garretón, Incomplete Democracy: Political Democratization in Chile and Latin America
Reviewed by Katherine Hite
Peter A. Poole, Europe Unites: The EU’s Eastern Enlargement
Reviewed by Michael Baun
Piero Ignazi, Extreme Right Parties in Western Europe
Reviewed by Mark Kesselman
William G. Mayer and Andrew E. Busch, The Front-Loading Problem in Presidential Nominations
Reviewed by Costas Panagopoulos
William McGaughey, The Independence Party and the Future of Third-Party Politics: Adventures & Opinions of an IP Senate Candidate
Reviewed by John C. Berg
Douglas A. Lathrop, The Campaign Continues: How Political Consultants and Campaign Tactics Affect Public Policy
Reviewed by Kelly D. Patterson
Theodore Rosenof, Realignment: The Theory That Changed the Way We Think About American Politics
Reviewed by Kristi Andersen
Mark Whitman, ed., Florida 2000: A Sourcebook on the Contested Presidential Election
Reviewed by Stephen K. Medvic
Steven L. Piott, Giving Voters a Voice: The Origins of the Initiative and Referendum in America
Reviewed by Thad Kousser
Thomas A. Guglielmo, White on Arrival: Italians, Race, Color, and Power in Chicago, 1890–1945
Reviewed by Frank J. Macchiarola
Jeffrey M. Berry and David F. Arons, A Voice for Nonprofits
Reviewed by Elizabeth Reid
Janet M. Martin, The Presidency and Women: Promise, Performance, and Illusion
Reviewed by Barbara Burrell
Irwin N. Gertzog, Women and Power on Capitol Hill: Reconstructing the Congressional Women’s Caucus
Reviewed by Richard Fox
Melissa Walker, Jeanette R. Dunn, and Joe P. Dunn, eds., Southern Women at the Millenium: A Historical Perspective
Reviewed by Rosalind Rosenberg
Alan Wertheimer, Consent to Sexual Relations
Reviewed by Gordon A. Babst
Daniel R. Pinello, Gay Rights and American Law
Reviewed by Michael R. Siebecker
Gary L. Lehring, Officially Gay
Reviewed by Alan S. Yang
Kimberly Ann Elliott and Richard B. Freeman, Can Labor Standards Improve Under Globalization?
Reviewed by Ethan B. Kapstein
Stephen Coleman, ed., Open Networks, Closed Regimes: The Impact of the Internet on Authoritarian Rule, Shanthi Kalathil and Taylor C. Boas; The e-Connected World: Risks and Opportunities
Reviewed by Garry Rodan
Robert J. Klotz, The Politics of Internet Communication
Reviewed by Michael Cornfield
Andrew Dobson, Citizenship and the Environment
Reviewed by Betty H. Zisk