Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
David Close and Kalowatie Deonandan, eds. Undoing Democracy: The Politics of Electoral Caudillismo.
Robert R. Kaufman and Joan M. Nelson, eds. Crucial Needs, Weak Incentives: Social Sector Reform, Democratization, and Globalization in Latin America.
Kathryn Sikkink, Mixed Signals: U.S. Human Rights Policy and Latin America.
Gretchen Helmke, Courts Under Constraints: Judges, Generals and Presidents in Argentina.
Steve J. Stern, Remembering Pinochet's Chile: On the Eve of London 1998. The Memory Box of Pinochet's Chile     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Buxton, Julia, and Nicola Phillips, eds. Developments in Latin American Political Economy: States, Markets and Actors.
Van Cott, Donna Lee. The Friendly Liquidation of the Past: The Politics of Diversity in Latin America.
Veltmeyer, Henry, and James Petras. The Dynamics of Social Change in Latin America.
Londregan, John B. Legislative Institutions and Ideology in Chile.
Smith, Clint E. Inevitable Partnership: Understanding Mexico-U.S. Relations.
Przeworski, Adam, Michael E. Alvarez, Jose Antonio Cheibub, and Fernando Limongi. Democracy and Deyelopment: Political Institutions and Well-Being in the Wodd, 1950–1990.     

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Books reviewed in this issue. Diego Abente Brun and Larry Diamond, eds., Clientelism, Social Policy, and the Quality of Democracy. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014. Figures, index, 288 pp.; hardcover $69.95, paperback $34.95, ebook $34.95. Merike Blofield, Care Work and Class: Domestic Workers' Struggle for Equal Rights in Latin America. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2012. Acronyms, tables, notes, bibliography, index, 200 pp.; hardcover $64.95, paperback $29.95. Felipe Amin Filomeno, Monsanto and Intellectual Property in South America. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. Tables, figures, appendix, bibliography, index, 208 pp.; hardcover $95, ebook, pdf. Jennifer Pribble, Welfare and Party Politics in Latin America. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013. Illustrations, acronyms, figures, tables, bibliography, index, 232 pp.; hardcover $90, paperback $32.99, ebook $72. Rosario Queirolo, The Success of the Left in Latin America: Untainted Parties, Market Reforms, and Voting Behavior. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2013. Figures, tables, bibliography, index, 224 pp; paperback $34, ebook $23.80. Claudia Kedar, The International Monetary Fund and Latin America: The Argentine Puzzle in Context. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. 2013. Tables, figures, bibliography, index, 251 pp.; hardcover $74.50. Linda C. Farthing and Benjamin H. Kohl, Evo's Bolivia: Continuity and Change. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2014. Photographs, map, tables, bibliography, index, 254 pp.; hardcover $55, paperback $24.95. Kirsten Sehnbruch and Peter M. Siavelis, eds., Democratic Chile: The Politics and Policies of a Historic Coalition, 1990–2010. Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2013. Tables, figures, index, 375 pp.; hardcover $72.50. Lynn Stephen, We Are the Face of Oaxaca: Testimony and Social Movements. Durham: Duke University Press, 2013. Photographs, maps, video clips, acronyms, abbreviations, table, notes, bibliography, index, 368 pp.; hardcover $94.95, paperback $25.95.     

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Books reviewed in this issue Francisco E. González, Creative Destruction? Economic Crises and Democracy in Latin America. Tina Hilgers, ed., Clientelism in Everyday Latin American Politics. Daniel E. Levine, Politics, Religion, and Society in Latin America. Cas Muddle and Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser, eds., Populism in Europe and the Americas: Threat or Corrective for Democracy? Natasha Borges Sugiyama, Diffusion of Good Government: Social Sector Reforms in Brazil. María de los Angeles Fernández Ramil and Eugenio Rivera Urrutia, eds., La trastienda del gobierno: el eslabón perdido en la modernización del estado chileno. Marc Becker, ¡Pachakutik! Indigenous Movements and Electoral Politics in Ecuador. Rafael de la Dehesa, Queering the Public Sphere in Mexico and Brazil: Sexual Rights Movements in Emerging Democracies. Barry S. Levitt, Power in the Balance: Presidents, Parties, and Legislatures in Peru and Beyond. George Ciccariello‐Maher, We Created Chávez: A People's History of the Venezuelan Revolution.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Grindle, Merilee S. Audacious Reforms: Institutional Invention and Democracy in Latin America.
Mares, David. Violent Peace: Militarized Interstate Bargaining in Latin America.
Laver, Roberto C. The Falklands/Malvinas Case: Breaking the Deadlock in the Anglo-Argentine Sovereignty Dispute.
Selverston-Scher, Melina. Ethnopolitics in Ecuador Indigenous Rights and the Strengthening of Democracy.
Chase-Dunn, Christopher, Susanne Jonas, and Nelson Amaro, eds. Globalization on the Ground: Postbellum Guatemalan Democracy and Development.
Dussel Peters, Enrique. Polarizing Mexico: The Impact of Liberalization Strategy.
Canache, Damarys. Venezuela: Public Opinion and Protest in a Fragile Democracy.     

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Books reviewed in this article: Sieder, Rachel (ed.) (1995), Impunity in Latin America Berger, Mark T. (1995), Under Northern Eyes: Latin American Studies and U.S. Hegemony in the Americas, 1898–1990 Tulchin, Joseph S. with Bernice (eds) (1995) The Consolidation of Democracy in Latin America Norden, Deborah L. (1996) Military Rebellion in Argentina: Between Coups and Consolidation McAdam, Andrew (1996) Antonio F. Cafiero: El Renovador Gibson, Edward (1996) Class and Conservative Parties, Argentina in Comparative Perspective Lewis, Colin and Szusterman, Celia (eds) (1996), Argentina: Foreign Relations and the New Foreign Policy Agenda Randall, Laura (ed.) (1996), Reforming Mexico's Agrarian Reform Tortolero Villasenor, Alejandro (1995), De la coa a la máquina de vapor: actividad agrícola e innovación tecnolbgica en las haciendas mexicanas, 1880–1914 Costa, Hélio da (1995), Em busca da memoria: comissão de fábrica, partido e sindicato no pósguerra Arom, Silvia M. and Ortoll, Servando (eds) (1996) Riots in the Cities: Popular Politics and the Urban Poor in Latin America, 1765–1910 Smith, Courtney A. (1995), Socialist Transformation in Peripheral Economies: Lessons from Grenada Purcell, Susan Kaufman and Simon, Francoise (eds) (1995) Europe and Latin America in the World Economy Nazmi, Nader (1996), Economic Policy and Stabilization in Latin America Lavrin, Asuncion (1995) Women, Feminism, and Social Change in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, 1890–1940 Besse, Susan K. (1996), Restructuring Patriarchy: the Modernization of Gender Inequality in Brazil, 1914–1940 Molyneux, Maxine (1996), State, Gender and Institutional Change in Cuba's ‘Special Period’: the Federack de Mujeres Cubanas Townsend, Janet G. in collaboration with Arrevillaga, Ursula, Bain, Jennie, Cancino, Socorro, Frenk, Susan F., Pacheco, Silvana and Perez, Elia (1995), Women's Voices from the Rainforest Painter, M. and Durham, W.H. (eds) (1995), The Social Causes of Environmental Destruction in Latin America Meyer, Doris (ed.) (1995), Reinterpreting the Spanish American Essay: Women Writers of the 19th and 20th Centuries Levinson, Brett (1996) Secondary Moderns: Mimesis, History, and Revolution in Lezama Lima's “American Expression” Pérez de Mendiola, Marina (ed.) (1996), Bridging the Atlantic: Toward a Reassessment of Iberian and Latin American Cultural Ties Katra, William H. (1996) The Argentine Generation of 1837: Echeverria, Alherdi, Sarmiento, Mitre James, C.L.R. (ed. Anna Grimshaw) (1996) Special Delivery. The Letters of C.L.R. James to Constance Webb, 1939–48 Cowley, John (1996), Carnival, Canboulay and Calypso: Caribbean Traditions in the Making Cole, Richard R. (ed.) (1996) Communication in Latin America: Journalism, Mass Media, and Society Langer, Erick and Jackson, Robert H. (eds) (1995) The New Latin American Mission History Hoberman, Louisa Schell and Socolow, Susan Migden (eds) (1996) The Countryside in Colonial Latin America Andrien, Kenneth J. (1995), The Kingdom of Quito, 1690–1830: the State and Regional Development Cornblit, Oscar (1995) Power and Violence in the Colonial City: Oruro from the Mining Renaissance to the Rebellion of Tupac Amaru (1740–1782) O'Brien, Thomas, F. (1996), The Revolutionary Mission: American Business in Latin America, 1900–1945 Frye, David (1996) Indians into Mexicans: History and identity in a Mexican Town Paternosto, César (1996), The Stone and the Thread: Andean Roots of Abstract Art     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Avritzer, Leonardo. Democracy and the Public Space in Latin America.
Demmers, J. [Jolle], A.[Alex] E. Fernández Jilberto, and B. [Barbara] Hegenboom, eds. Miraculous Metamorphoses: The Neoliberalisation of Latin American Populism.
Domingo, Pilar, and Rachel Sieder, eds. Rule of Law in Latin America: The International Promotion of Judicial Reform.
Franco, Andrés, ed. Financing For Development in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Mahoney, James. The Legacies of Liberalism: Path Dependence and Political Regimes in Central America.
Herz, Monica, and João Pontes Nogueira. Ecuador vs. Peru: Peacemaking Amid Rivalry.
Bailey, John, and Jorge Chabat, eds. Transnational Crime and Public Security: Challenges to Mexico and the United States.
Hart, John Mason. Empire and Revolution: The Americans in Mexico Since the Civil War.
Williams, Heather L. Social Movements and Economic Transition: Markets and Distributive Conflict in Mexico.
Williams, Mark Eric. Market Reforms in Mexico: Coalitions, Institutions, and the Politics of Policy Change.     

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Books reviewed in this article:
Rodriguez, Victoria E. and Ward, Peter M. (eds) (1995), Opposition Government in Mexico
Brysk, Alison (1994), The Politics of Human, Rights in Argentina: Protest, Change and Democratization
Serrano, Sol (1994), Universidad y Nación: Chile en el Siglo XIX
Puryear, Jeffrey M. (1994), Thinking Politics: Intellectuals and Democracy in Chile, 1973–1988
Rein, Raanan (trans. Martha Grenzcback) (1993), The Franco-Perón Alliance: Relations Between Spain and Argentina, 1946–1955
Amaral, Samuel and Plotkin, Mariano Ben (eds) (1993), Perih: del exilio al poder
Weaver, Frederick Stirton (1994), Inside the Volcano: the History and Political Economy of Central America
Schulz, Donald E. and Schulz, Deborah Sundloff (1994), The United States, Honduras, and the Crisis in Central America
Domínguez, Jorge, Pastor, Robert and Worrell, Delisle (eds) (1993), Democracy in the Caribbean: Political, Economic and Social Perspectives
Ridgeway, James (ed.) (1994), The Haiti Files: Decoding the Crisis
Aedo, Cristian and Larranaga, Oswaldo (eds) (1994), Social Service Delivery Systems: an Agenda for Reform
Ocampo, Jose Antonio and Steiner, Roberto (eds) (1994), Foreign Capital in Latin America
Salazar-Carrillo, Jorge (1994), Oil and Development in Venezuela during the Twentieth Century
Painter, James (1994), Bolivia and Coca: A Study in Dependency
Meyers, William K. (1994), Forge of Progress, Crucible of Revolt. The Origins of the Mexican Revolution in La Comarca Lagunera, 1880–1911
McCreery, David (1994), Rural Guatemala 1760–1940
Brotherson, Gordon (1992), The Book of the Fourth World: Reading the Native Americas through their Literature     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Feinberg, Richard E. Summitry in the Americas: A Progress Report. Lipsey, Richard G., and Patricio Meller, eds. Western Hemisphere Trade Integration: A Canadian-Latin American Dialogue. Gill, Anthony. Rendering unto Caesar: The Catholic Church and the State in Latin America. Joyce, Elizabeth, and Carlos Malamud, eds. Latin America and the Multinational Drug Trade. Korzeniewicz, Roberto Patricio, and William C. Smith, eds. Latin America in the World Economy. Smith, William C., and Roberto Patricio Korzeniewicz, eds. Politics, Social Change, and Economic Restructuring in Latin America. Tardanico, Richard, and Rafael Menjívar Larín, eds. Global Restructuring, Employment, and Social Inequality in Urban Latin America. Peeler, John A. Building Democracy in Latin America. Atkins, G. Pope, and Larman C. Wilson. The Dominican Republic and the United States: From Imperialism to Transnationalism. The United States and the Americas series, vol. 11. Hartlyn, Jonathan. The Struggle for Democratic Politics in the Dominican Republic. Falcoff, Mark. Panama's Canal: What Happens When the United States Gives a Small Country What It Wants.     

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Books reviewed in this issue. John Burdick, Philip Oxhorn, and Kenneth M. Roberts, eds., Beyond Neoliberalism in Latin America? Societies and Politics at the Crossroads. John M. Carey, Legislative Voting and Accountability. Lídice M. Gómez Mango and Guzmán Carriquiry Lecour, Perspectivas de un reencuentro de las lenguas española y portuguesa. Donna Lee Van Cott, Radical Democracy in the Andes. Brian Wampler, Participatory Budgeting in Brazil: Contestation, Cooperation, and Accountability. Lisa Hilbink, Judges Beyond Politics in Democracy and Dictatorship: Lessons from Chile. Patricio Silva, In the Name of Reason: Technocrats and Politics in Chile. Santiago Levy, Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes: Social Policy, Informality, and Economic Growth in Mexico. Steve Ellner, Rethinking Venezuelan Politics: Class, Conflict, and the Chávez Phenomenon.     

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Books reviewed in this article:
Collier, Simon and Sater, William (1996), A History of Chile, 1808–1994
Bulmer-Thomas, Victor (1994), The Economic History of Latin America Since Independence
Ramirez, Susan Elizabeth (1996), The World Upside Down: Cross Cultural Contact and Conflict in Sixteenth-Century Peru
Mundy, Barbara, E. (1996), The Mapping of New Spain: Indigenous Cartography and the Maps of the Relaciones Geograficas
Davis, Darien J., ed., (1995) Slavery and Beyond: The African Impact on Latin America and the Caribbean
Meade, Terasa A., (1997), 'Civilizing' Rio: Reform and Resistance in a Brazilian City, 1889–1930
Schneider, Ronald M. (1996), Brazil: Culture and Politics in a New Industrial Powerhouse
Coutinho, Mauricio (1996) The Brazilian Fiscal System in the 1990s: Equality and Efficiency Under Inflationary Conditions
Jelin, Elizabeth and Hershberg, Eric (eds.) (1996), Human Rights, Citizenship and Society in Latin America
Chalmers, Douglas A., Vilas, Carlos M., Hite, Katherine, Martin, Scott B., Piester, Kerianne and Segarra, Monique (1997), The New Politics of Inequality in Latin America: Rethinking participation and representation
Costa, Sergio (1997), Dimensionen der Demokratisierung: Offentlichkeit, Zivilgesellschaft und likale Partizipation in Brasilien .
Little, Walter and Posada-Carbo, Eduardo (eds.) (1996), Political Corruption in Europe and Latin America.
Linkogle, Stephanie (1996), Gender Practice and Faith in Nicarague: Constructing the Popular and Making 'Common Sense'
Prevost, Gary and Vanden, Harry E. (eds) (1997), The Undermining of the Sandinista Revolution     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article:
Collier, Simon and Sater, William (1996), A History of Chile, 1808–1994
Bulmer-Thomas, Victor (1994), The Economic History of Latin America Since Independence
Ramirez, Susan Elizabeth (1996), The World Upside Down: Cross Cultural Contact and Conflict in Sixteenth-Century Peru
Mundy, Barbara, E. (1996), The Mapping of New Spain: Indigenous Cartography and the Maps of the Relaciones Geograficas
Davis, Darien J., ed., (1995), Slavery and Beyond: The African Impact on Latin America and the Caribbean
Meade, Terasa A., (1997), 'Civilizing' Rio: Reform and Resistance in a Brazilian City, 1889–1930
Schnieder, Ronald M. (1996), Brazil: Culture and Polities in a New Industrial Powerhouse
Coutinho, Mauricio (1996), The Brazilian Fiscal System in the 1990s: Equality and Efficiency Under Inflationary Conditions
Jelin, Elizabeth and Hershberg, Eric (eds.) (1996), Human Rights, Citizenship and Society in Latin America
Chalmers, Douglas A., Vilas, Carlos M., Hite, Katherine, Martin, Scott B., Piester, Kerianne and Segarra, Monique (1997), The New Politics of Inequality in Latin America: Rethinking participation and representation
Costa, Sergio (1997), Dimensionen der Demokratisierung: Offentlichkeit, Zivilgesellschaft und likale Partizipation in Brasilien
Little, Walter and Posada-Carbo, Eduardo (eds.) (1996), Political Corruption in Europe and Latin
Linkogle, Stephanie (1996), Gender Practice and Faith In Nicaragua: Constructing the Popular and Making 'Common Sense'
Prevost, Gary and Vanden, Harry E. (eds) (1997), The Undermining of the Sandinista Revolution     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this issue. Edward L. Cleary, The Rise of Charismatic Catholicism in Latin America. Gabriela Ippolito‐O'Donnell, The Right to the City: Popular Contention in Buenos Aires. Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Patrick Heller, and Marcelo K. Silva, Bootstrapping Democracy: Transforming Local Governance and Civil Society in Brazil. LaDawn Haglund, Limiting Resources: Market‐Led Reform and the Transformation of Public Goods. Ana María Bejarano, Precarious Democracies: Understanding Regime Stability and Change in Colombia and Venezuela. Judith A. Teichman, Social Forces and States: Poverty and Distributional Outcomes in South Korea, Chile, and Mexico. Kathleen Staudt, Julia E. Monárrez Fragoso, and César M. Fuentes, eds., Cities and Citizenship at the U.S.‐Mexico Border: The Paso Del Norte Metropolitan Region. Jason Seawright, Party System Collapse: The Roots of Crisis in Peru and Venezuela. Jennifer McCoy and Francisco Diez, International Mediation in Venezuela. Sebastián M. Saiegh, Ruling by Statute: How Uncertainty and Vote Buying Shape Lawmaking.     

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Books reviewed in this article: García Canclini, Nestor (trans. Christopher L. Chiappari and Silvina L. López (1995), Hybrid Cultures: Strategies for Entering and Leaving Modernity Beverley, John, Oviedo, José and Aronna, Michael (eds) (1995), The Postmodernism Debate in Latin America Stuempfle, Stephen (1996), The Steelband Movement: the Forging of a National Art in Trinidad and Tobago Browning, Barbara (1995) Samba: Resistance in Motion Vargas, Lucila (1995), Social Uses and Radio Practices: the Use of Participatory Radio by Ethnic Minorities in Mexico Paranagua, Paulo Anntonio (ed.) (1995), Mexican Cinema Valderrama Fernández, Ricardo and Escalante Gutierrez, Carmen (original eds), Gelles, Paul H. and Martinez Escobar, Gabriela (translation, annotations and revised glossary) (1996) Andean Lives: Gregorio Condori Mamani and Asunta Quispe HuamPn Hendrickson, Carol (1995) Weaving Identities: Construction of Dress and Self in a Highland Guatemala Town Morales, Edmundo (1995) The Guinea Pig: Healing, Food, and Ritual in the Andes Brandon, George. (1993), Santeria from Africa to the New World: the Dead Sell Memories Peña, Milagros (1995) Theologies and Liberation in Peru: the Role of Ideas in Social Movements Lovell, W. George (1995) A Beauty that Hurts: Life and Death in Guatemala Starn, Orin, Degregori, Carlos Ivan and Kirk, Robin (eds) (1995), The Peru Reader: History, Culture, Politics Bethell, Leslie (ed.) (1996) Cambridge History of Latin America. Vol. 10. Latin America since 1930: Ideas, Culture and Society Helg, Aline (1995) Our Rightful Share: the Afro-Cuban Struggle for Equality, 1886–1912 Brunk, S. (1995), Emiliano Zapata: Revolution and Betrayal in Mexico Di Tella, Torcuato S. (1996) National Popular Politics in Early Independent Mexico, 1820–1847 Mallon, Florencia E. (1995), Peasant and Nation: the Making of Postcolonial Mexico and Peru Posada-Garbó, Eduardo (1996) The Colombian Caribbean: a Regional History, 187&1950 Joseph, Gilbert M. and Szuchman, Mark D. (eds) (1996), I Saw a City Invincible: Urban Portraits of Latin America Walter, Richard J. (1994), Politics and Urban Growth in Buenos Aires: 191&1942 Kleinpenning, Jan M. G. (1995), Peopling the Purple Land: a Historical Geography of Rural Uruguay, 1500–1915 Avellaneda, José Ignacio (1995), The Conquerors of the New Kingdom of Granada Craig, Alan K. and West, Robert C. (eds) (1994), In Quest of Mineral Wealth. Aboriginal and Colonial Mining and Metallurgy in Spanish America Velázquez, Primo Feliciano (1995, 3rd edition), Codex Chimalpopoca Bierhorst, John (1992) History and Mythology of the Aztecs: the Codex Chimalpopoca Nickson, R. Andrew (1995), Local Government in Latin America Smith, Hazel (1995), European Union Foreign Policy and Central America Bresser Pereira, Luiz C. (1996), Economic Crisis and State Reform in Brazil: Toward a New Interpretation of Latin America Camp, Roderic Ai (1993), Political Recruitment Across Two Centuries: Mexico, 1884–1991 Mainwaring, Scott and Scully, Timothy R. (eds) (1995), Building Democratic Institutions: Party Systems in Latin America Haggard, Stephan and Kaufman, Robert R. (1995), The Political Economy of Democratic Transitions Ryan, David (1995), US-Sandinista Diplomatic Relations: Voice of Intolerance Hall, Linda B. (1995), Oil, Banks and Politics: the United States and Postrevolutionary Mexico, 1917–1924 Philip, George (1994), Political Economy of International Oil Jones, Richard C. (1995), Ambivalent Journey: US Migration and Economic Mobility in North Central Mexico Dosal, Paul J. (1993), Doing Business with the Dictators: a Political History of United Fruit in Guatemala, 1899–1944 Jenkins, Rhys (1995), Trade Liberaiisation and Manufacturing in Bolivia Frenkel, Roberto (ed.) (1994), Strengthening the Financial Sector in the Adjustment Process Morley, Samuel A. (1995) Poverty and Inequality in Latin America: the Impact of Adjustment and Recovery Lustig, Nora (ed.) (1995) Coping with Austerity: Poverty and Inequality in Latin America Pattullo, Polly (1996) Last Resorts: the Cost of Tourism in the Caribbean Murray, Douglas L. (1995) Cultivating Crisis: the Human Cost of Pesticides in Latin America Chevalier, Jacques M. and Buckles, Daniel (1995) A Land Without Gods: Process Theory, Maldevelopment and the Mexican Nahuas Peritore, N. Patrick and Galve-Peritore, Ana Karina (eds) (1995), Biotechnology in Latin America: Politics, Impacts and Risks Stewart, Douglas I. (1994), After the Trees: Living on the Transamazon Highway Simonian, Lane (1995), Defending the Land of the Jaguar: a History of Conservation in Mexico Bose, Christine E. and Acosta-Belén, B. Edna (eds) (1995), Women in the Latin American Development Process Alatorre, Javier, Careaga Gloria, Jusidman, Clara, Salles, Vania, Talamante, Cecilia and Townsend, John (1994), Las mujeres en la pobreza, El Colegio de Mexico and Grupo Interdisciplinario sobre Mujer Johnston, Francis E. and Low, Setha M. (1995), Children of the Urban Poor: the Sociocultural Environment of Growth, Development, and Malnutrition in Guatemala Schneider, Cathy Lisa (1995), Shantytown Protest in Pinochet's Chile Fiddian, Robin (ed.) (1995), Garcia Márquez Marzan, Julio (1995), The Numinous Site: the Poetry of Luis Palés Matos O'Connell, Joanna (1995), Prospero's Daughter: the Prose of Rosario Castellanos Bergman, Emilie L. and Smith, Paul Julian (eds) (1995), ¿Entiendes?: Queer Readings, Hispanic Writings Agosín, Marjorie (ed.) (1995) A Dream of Light and Shadow: Portraits of Latin American Women Writers Halperin Donghi, Tulio, Jaksié, Iván, Kirkpatrick, Gwen, and Masiello, Francine (eds) (1994), Sarmiento, Author of a Nation     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Berrios, Ruben. Contracting for Development: The Role of For-Profit Contractors in US. Foreign Development Assistance.
Brysk, Alison. From Tribal Village to Global village: Indian Rights and International Relations in Latin America.
Peceny, Mark. Democracy at the Point of Bayonets.
Tulchin, Joseph S., and Allison M. Garland, eds. Social Development in Latin America: The Politics of Reform.
Tulchin, Joseph S., and Ralph H. Espach, eds. Combating Corruption in Latin America.
Kingstone, Peter R., and Timothy J. Power, eds. Democratic Brazil: Actors, Institutions, and Processes.
Edelman, Marc. Peasants Against Globalization: Rural Social Movements in Costa Rica.
Weintraub, Sidney. Financial Decision Making in Mexico: To Bet a Nation.     

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Books reviewed in this issue.
Peter M. Siavelis and Scott Morgenstern, eds., Pathways to Power: Political Recruitment and Candidate Selection in Latin America.
Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian, Electoral Rules and the Transformation of Bolivian Politics: The Rise of Evo Morales.
Paul W. Posner, State, Market, and Democracy in Chile: The Constraint of Popular Participation.
Julian Go, American Empire and the Politics of Meaning: Elite Political Cultures in the Philippines and Puerto Rico During U.S. Colonialism.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Lloyd-Sherlock, Peter, ed. Healthcare Reform and Poverty in Latin America.
Tommy Sue Montgomery, ed. Peacemaking and Democratization in the Western Hemisphere: Multilateral Missions.
Tulchin, Joseph S., and Ralph H. Espach, eds. Latin America in the New International System.
Triner, Gail D. Banking and Economic Development: Brazil, 1889–1930.
Carmichael, Trevor A. Passport to the Heart: Reflections on Canada-Caribbean Relations.
Verdugo, Patricia. Chile, Pinochet, and the Caravan of Death. Translated by Marcelo Montecino.
Lal, Deepak. The Poverty of "Development Economics." 2d revised and expanded US. edition.
Nye, Joseph S., Jr., and John D. Donahue, eds. Governance in a Globalizing World.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Bowman, Kirk S. Militarization, Democracy, and Development: The Perils of Praetorianism in Latin America.
Weyland, Kurt. The Politics of Market Reform in Fragile Democracies: Argentina, Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela.
Norden, Deborah L., and Roberto Russell. The United States and Argentina: Changing Relations in a Changing World.
Kampwirth, Karen. Women and Guerrilla Movements: Nicaragua, El Salvador, Chiapas, Cuba.
Power, Margaret. Right-Wing Women in Chile: Feminine Power and the Struggle Against Allende, 1964–1973.
Knight, Alan. Mexico. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Volume 1, From the Beginning to the Spanish Conquest.     

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Books reviewed:
Lockhart, Of Things of the Indies: Essays Old and New in Early Latin American History
Barman, Citizen Emperor: Pedro II and the Making of Brazil, 1825–91
Harding, A Refuge in Thunder: Candomblé and Alternative Spaces of Blackness in Brazil
Buffington, Criminal and Citizen in Modern Mexico
Ochoa, Feeding Mexico: The Political Uses of Food since 1910
Clarke, Class, Ethnicity, and Community in Southern Mexico: Oaxaca's Peasantries
Rovira, Women of Maize: Indigenous Women and the Zapatista Rebellion
Assies, The Challenge of Diversity: Indigenous peoples and reform of the state in Latin America
Tulchin and Garland, Social Development in Latin America. The Politics of Reform
Gelles, Water and Power in Highland Peru: the Cultural Politics of Irrigation and Development
Starn, Nightwatch: the Politics of Protest in the Andes
Payne, Uncivil Movements: The Armed Right Wing and Democracy in Latin America
Silva, The Soldier and the State in South America: Essays in Civil-Military Relations
Roniger and Sznajder, The Legacy of Human Rights Violations in the Southern Cone, Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay
Smith, Inevitable Partnership: Understanding Mexico-US Relations
Roniger and Sznajder, (eds.) Constructing Collective Identities and Shaping Public Spheres: Latin American Paths
Larraín, Identity and Modernity in Latin America
Caister, Mexico City: A Cultural and Literary Companion