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The Making of the New Japan: Reclaiming the Political Mainstream by Yasuhiro Nakasone. Translated and annotated by Lesley Connors Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press, 1999. ISBN: 0–7007–1246–1, xii + 256 pp. Hardcover, £30.00     

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Ronald Wixman, Language Aspects of Ethnic Patterns and Processes in the North Caucasus (University of Chicago Department of Geography. Research Paper No. 191). Chicago, 1980, 243 pp.     

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Veronica Doubleday, Three Women of Herat. London: Jonathan Cape, 1988, ix + 222 pp., glossary, illustrative chapter headings, colour photographs; L12.95. ISBN 0–224–02440‐X.     

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Matthew Amengual, Politicized Enforcement in Argentina: Labor and Environmental Regulation. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2016. Figures, tables, appendix, notes, bibliography, index, 286 pp.; hardcover $99.99, ebook $80. Matthew C. Ingram, Crafting Courts in New Democracies: The Politics of Subnational Judicial Reform in Brazil and Mexico. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Maps, figures, tables, appendixes, bibliography, index, 392 pp.; hardcover, $110. Russell Crandall, The Salvador Option: The United States in El Salvador, 1977–1992. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2016. Photographs, maps, figures, list of organizations, bibliography, index, 698 pp; hardcover $99.99, paperback $39.99, ebook $32. Luis Fernando Angosto‐Ferrández, Venezuela Reframed: Bolivarianism, Indigenous Peoples and Socialisms of the Twenty‐First Century. London: Zed Books, 2015. Appendix, bibliography, index, 312 pp.; paperback, ebook. Fábio de Castro, Barbara Hogenboom, and Michiel Baud, eds., Environmental Governance in Latin America. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. Tables, figures, map, bibliography, index, 350 pp.; hardcover $31, ebook. Eduardo Alemán and George Tsebelis, eds., Legislative Institutions and Lawmaking in Latin America. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. Figures, tables, notes, bibliography, index, 296 pp.; hardcover $90, ebook. Joseph S. Tulchin, Latin America in International Politics: Challenging U.S. Hegemony. Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2016. Bibliography, index, 235 pp.; hardcover $60. Kevin P. Gallagher, The China Triangle: Latin America's China Boom and the Fate of the Washington Consensus. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. Tables, figures, bibliography, index, 256 pp.; hardcover $27.95, ebook.     

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This article is a case study of Kaliningrad's political elite's attempts to make Kaliningrad the ‘Baltic Republic within the Russian Federation’, and the fact that this regional programme was perceived by observers from Moscow and neighbours as leading to the creation of the ‘Fourth Baltic Republic’. The geopolitical and historical peculiarities of Kaliningrad, and their impact on Kaliningrad's regional programme, are also discussed. The article will conclude by arguing that although the Baltic Republic slogan is fading, Kaliningrad's ambitions and desire to remain an ‘actor’ are not.     

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Books reviewed in this issue. The Balfour Declaration: The Origins of the Arab‐Israeli Conflict , by Jonathan Schneer. “This Time We Went Too Far”: Truth and Consequences of the Gaza Invasion , by Norman G. Finkelstein. After War: The Political Economy of Exporting Democracy , by Christopher J. Coyne. Turkey, Islam, Nationalism and Modernity: A History, 1789–2007 , by Carter Vaughn Findley. The East Moves West: India, China, and Asia's Growing Presence in the Middle East , by Geoffrey Kemp. Arab Economies in the Twenty‐First Century , by Paul Rivlin     

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Der Schweizerische Wohlfahrtsstaat: Zum Ausbau des Sozialen Sicherungssystems 1975–2005 Moser, Julia Les cantons suisses face au chômage: Fédéralisme et politique de l'emploi Perret, Virgile, Giraud, Oliver, Helbing Marc et Monica Battaglini European Unions: Labor's Quest for a Transnational Democracy Erne, Roland Politische Führung von Gemeinden: Eine Einführung für die Praxis Willimann, Ivo, Pfäffli, Stefan und Michael Heike     

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Book reviewed in this article: A NEW BRITANNIA: An argument concerning the social origins of Australian radicalism and nationalism. By Humphrey McQueen. THE AUSTRALIAN NEW LEFT: Critical Essays and Strategy. Edited by Richard Gordon. THE SPLIT: Australian Labor in the fifties. By Robert Murray. EVATT: Politics and Justice. By Kylie Tennant. AUSTRALIA AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION: A Study of Economic Development and Policy in the 1920's and 1930's. By C. B. Schedvin. AUSTRALIA WET OR DRY?: The Physical and Economic Limits to the Expansion of Irrigation. By B. R. Davidson. THE DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION OF AUSTRALIA. By Erwin H. J. Feeken, Gerda E. E. Feeken and O. H. K. Spate. THE UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE: An Australian Study. By Graham Little. AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND THE UNITED STATES: A Survey of International Relations 1941–1968. By Trevor R. Reese. THE ECONOMICS OF SOCIALISM: Principles Governing the Operation of the Centrally Planned Economies in the U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe under the New System. By J. Wilczyinski. THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION: The origins, phases and meaning of the Bolshevik victory. By Marcel Liebman. Translated by Arnold J. Pomerans THE POLITICS OF NEW STATES: A general analysis with case studies from Eastern Asia. Edited by Roger Scott. THE THIRD WORLD. By Peter Worsley. TOWARDS UHURU IN TANZANIA: The Politics of Participation. By G. Andrew Maguire. CITY POLITICS: A Study of Léopoldville, 1962–63. By J. S. La Fontaine. THE POLITICS OF FOREIGN AID IN INDIA. By P. J. Eldridge. STUDIES IN INDIAN FOREIGN POLICY. Edited by K. P. Misra. INDIA AND THE COMMONWEALTH. By S. C. Gangal. Agra, S. Lal Agarwala and Co. PARTY LEADERSHIP AND REVOLUTIONARY POWER IN CHINA. Edited by J. W. Lewis. IMPERIAL CONSTANTINOPLE. By Dean A. Miller. POLITICS AND BUREAUCRACY IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY: A Portrait of the Commission of the E.E.C. By David Coombes. COMMONWEALTH OR EUROPE. By G. St. J. Barclay. BRITISH TRADE UNIONS AND THE PROBLEM OF CHANGE. By Will Paynter. MONARCHY AND COMMUNITY: Political Ideas in the Later Conciliar Controversy 1430–1450. By A. J. Black. INTERNATIONAL GUIDE TO ELECTORAL STATISTICS: Volume 1, National Elections in Western Europe. Edited by Stein Rokkan and Jean Meyriat. THE LAW OF TREASON IN ENGLAND IN THE LATER MIDDLE AGES. By J. G. Bellany.     

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Book reviewed in this article: THE PARTITION OF INDIA: Policies and Perspectives 1935–1947. Edited by C. H. Philips and M. D. Wainwright CONSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS BETWEEN BRITIAN AND INDIA. Editor-in-Chief N. Mansergh and edited by E. W. R. Lumby. THE GREAT DEPRESSION IN AUSTRALIAN HISTORY. Edited by Robert J. Cooksey TWO ENGLISH REPUBLICAN TRACTS. Edited by Caroline Robbins FINANCING THE SMALL STATES IN AUSTRALIAN FEDERALISM. By R. J. May COMMUNISM AND NATIONALISM IN INDIA: M. N. Roy and Comintern policy 1920–1939. By J. P. Haithcox CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THEORY. Edited by A. de Crespigny and A. Wertheimer NON-WHITE IMMIGRATION AND THE “WHITE AUSTRALIA” POLICY. By H. I. London OPPOSITION IN A DOMINANT PARTY SYSTEM: A Study of the Jan Sangh, the Praja Socialist Party, and the Socialist Party in Uttar Pradesh, India. By Angela Burger AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS SYSTEMS. By Kenneth F. Walker AUSTRALIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. Edited by C. Forster DISCLOSURE BY AUSTRALIAN COMPANIES. By R. W. Gibson MAN, STATE, AND SOCIETY IN CONTEMPORY SOUTHEAST ASIA. Edited by Robert O. Tilman AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR: International relations at first hand. By W. R. Crocker THE ARMY IN PAPUA-NEW GUINEA. By Robert J. O'Neill. Canberra ASIA IN THE MAKING OF EUROPE: Volume II, A Century of Wonder, Book 1, The Visual Arts. By Donald F. Lach. Chicago THE OLD WORLD AND THE NEW, 1492–1650. By J. H. Elliott PACIFIC ISLANDS PORTRAITS. Edited by J. W. Davidson and Deryck Scarr ANCIENT POLYNESIAN SOCIETY. By Irving Goldman LAND TENURE IN THE PACIFIC. Edited by Ron Crocombe THE STUDY OF COALITION BEHAVIOR: Theoretical perspectives and case studies from four continents. Edited by Sven Groennings, E. W. Kelly, Michael Leiserson THE STRUGGLE FOR THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH, 1914–1919. By Frank Honigsbaum THE WAR OF NIGERIAN UNITY: 1967–1970. By Sir Rex Niven. Ibadan AMERICA THE DUTIFUL: An assessment of U.S. foreign policy. By Philip W. Quigg FRONTIERSMAN: A Biography of George Elphinstone Dalrymple. By Jean Farnfield COME WIND COME WEATHER: A Biography of Alfred Howitt. By Mary Howitt Walker IF I REMEMBER RIGHTLY: The Memoirs of W. S. Robinson 1876–1963. Edited by Geoffrey Blainey C.E.W. BEAN, AUSTRALIAN HISTORIAN: By K. S. Inglis MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICAL SYSTEMS. By Dankwart A. Rustow JOHN CURTIN FOR LABOR AND FOR AUSTRALIA. By Lloyd Ross