Book Reviews

Huntington, Samuel P. The Clash of Civilisations and the Remaking of World Order Halsey, A.H. No Discouragement: An Autobiography Richards, David The Civil Service under the Conservatives, 1979–1997: Whitehall’s Political Poodles? Rhodes, R.A.W. Understanding Governance: Policy Networks, Governance, Reflexivity and Accountability Evans, Richard Regenerating City Centres Willis, Michael The Islamist Challenge in Algeria: A Political History Freeden, Michael Ideologies and Political Theory: A Conceptual Approach Hassner, Pierre Violence and Peace: From the Atomic Bomb to Ethnic Cleansing Burton, John Violence Explained Apter, David (ed) The Legitimization of Violence Harwit, Martin Enola Gay: An Exhibit Denied Turner, P.W. Second Class Ticket: The Neglect of State Education     

Who laughs at what?

He has written widely on popular culture. Among his books are Agit-Pop: Political Culture and Communication Theory; Reading Matter: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Material Culture; Political Culture and Public Opinion;and An Anatomy of Humor;all published by Transaction.     

Myth of mass culture

He has written widely on popular culture. Among his books are Agit-Pop: Political Culture and Communication Theory; Reading Matter: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Material Culture; Political Culture and Public Opinion;and An Anatomy of Humor,all published by Transaction.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books reviewed in this issue. The Travails of Opposition
MARK GARNETT The Conservative Party: From Thatcher to Cameron, by Tim Bale. Labour's travails
Richard Briand Speak for Britain! A New History of the Labour Party, by Martin Pugh. Anti‐social behaviour? Dial 101
Paul Michael Garrett The Politics of Antisocial Behaviour: Amoral Panics, by Stuart Waiton. Surviving nukes in one's back garden
Victoria Honeyman After the Bomb; Civil Defence and Nuclear War in Britain 1945–68, by Matthew Grant. Israel's foundation myths
Richard Kuper The Invention of the Jewish People, by Shlomo Sand, (trans. Yael Lotan). Political science mission statement
Gianfranco Pasquino The Oxford Handbook of Political Science, edited by Robert E. Goodin. Sir Ian Blair: the Burkean top cop
Ian Loader Policing Controversy, by Ian Blair. To intervene or not to intervene?
Daniele Archibugi Humanitarian Intervention, by Michael Newman. A phenomenal trade unionist
Geoffrey Goodman Arthur Horner: A Political Biography. Vol. 1: 1918–1944; Vol. 2: 1944–1968, by Nina Fishman.     

Book Reviews

Armstrong, David, Lloyd, Lorna and Redmond, John From Versailles to Maastricht: International Organisation in the Twentieth Century Brubaker, Rogers Nationalism Reframed: Nationhood and the National Question in the New Europe Gillespie, Paul (ed) Britain’s European Question: The Issues for Ireland Hesse, Joachim Jens and Wright, Vincent (eds) Federalizing Europe? The Costs, Benefits, and Preconditions of Political Systems Hooghe, Liesbet (ed) Cohesion Policy and European Integration: Building Multi-level Governance Laffan, Brigid (ed) Constitution-building in the European Union Lane, Jan-Erik, McKay, David and Newtown, Kenneth (ed) Political Data Handbook: OECD Countries, 2nd edn Page, Edward C. People Who Run Europe Smith, Michael New Cloak, Old Dagger: How Briain’s Spies Came In From the Cold Urban, Mark UK Eyes Alpha: The Inside Story of British Intelligence Herman, Michael Intelligence Power in Peace and War West, Nigel The Secret War for the Falklands: The SAS, M16 and the War Whitehall Nearly Lost Jones, Tudor Remaking the Labour Party: From Gaitskell to Blair Thompson, Noel Political Economy and the Labour Party Shepherd, Robert Enoch Powell Webster, Charles The Health Service since the War, vol. II: Government and Health Care—The British National Health Service, 1958–1979 Adams, Adrian and So, Jaabe A Claim to Land by the River: A Household in Senegal Strange, Susan The Retreat of the State: The Diffusion of Power in the World Economy Vatikiotis, Michael J. Political Change in Southeast Asia: Trimming the Banyan Tree Jacobs, Michael/Real World Coalition The Politics of the Real World Landauer, Thomas K. The Trouble with Computers: Usefulness, Usability and Productivity MacKenzie, Donald Knowing Machines: Essays on Technical Change     

Book Reviews

Who Cares? True Stories of the NHS Reforms Peter Bruggen A Damn Bad Business: The NHS Deformed Jeremy Lee-Potter The Politics of Change in the Health Service Brian Salter The National Health Service: A Political History Charles Webster Cyberdemocracy: Technology, Cities and Civic Networks edited by Roza Tsagarousianou, Damian Tambini and Cathy Bryan Governing in the Digital Age Christine Bellamy and John A. Taylor Coordinating the Internet edited by Brian Kahin and James H. Keller Raymond Williams Fred Inglis The Corrosion of Character: The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism Richard Sennett Political Theory of European Constitutional Choice edited by Michael Nentwich and Albert Weale Citizenship and Citizenship Education in a Changing World edited by Orit Ichilov Work, Consumerism and the New Poor Zygmunt Bauman Feminism and Citizenship Rian Voet Conscience and Parliament edited by Philip Cowley     

Book Reviews

Change and Decay? Public Administration in the 1990s. By HOWARD ELCOCK. Improving Public Management (enlarge edition). By LES METCALFE and SUE RICHARDS. Political Loyalty and the Public Service in West Germany: The 1972 Decree Against Radicals and its Consequences. By GERHARD BRAUNTHAL. Extraordinary Measures: The Exercise of Prerogative Powers in the United States. By DANIEL P. FRANKLIN. The Politics of National Security: Congress and US Defense Policy. By BARRY M. BLECHMAN. The Vertical Solitude: Managing in the Public Sector. By DAVID ZUSSMAN and JAK JABES. Leadership for the Twenty-First Century. By JOSEPH C. ROST. Interest Groups. By GRAHAM K. WILSON. Knowledge As Power: Political and Legal Control of Information. By DAVID SADOFSKY. Monetary Policy, Taxation, and International Investment Strategy. Edited by VICTOR A. CANTO and ARTHUR B. LAFFER.     

BOOK NOTES

Book reviewed in this article: official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia, No. Business and Procedures of the House of Representatives. H. J. Hofstra . New Techniques of Budget Preparation and Management. C. E. Hawley and R. G. Weintraub (eds). Administrative Questions and Political Answers. R. A. Irish . A Businessman's Views of the Administration H. G. Gelber . Australia, Britain and the E.E.C., 1961 to 1963. M. W. Raffel . Planning by the North Canterbury Hospital Board. J. William Fulbright . Prospects for the West. E. M. Kassalow . National Labor Movements in the Postwar World. Bruce H. Millen . The Political Role of Labor in Developing Countries. J. Edward Gerald . The Social Responsibility of the Press. Sanford A. Lakoff . Equality in Political Philosophy. hilip Mullenbach . Civilian Nuclear Power. H. V. Livermore . A New History of Portugal. Nikola Balog . Administrative Management of Public Enterprises. Mumtaz Soysal . Public Relations in Administration: II. The Influence of the Public on the Operation of Public Administration, Excluding Electoral Rights.     

Alienation and the adversary culture

He is author of The Many Faces of Socialism; Soviet and American Society: A Comparison: Political Pilgrims;and, most recently. The Survival of the Adversary Culture.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Peter Oborne, Alastair Campbell: New Labour and the Rise of the Media Class Nicholas Jones, The Control Freaks: How New Labour Gets its Own Way Paul Richards, How to Win an Election: The Art of Political Campaigning Charles Miller, Politico’s Guide to Political Lobbying Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes Niall Ferguson, The Cash Nexus: Money and Power in the Modern World 1700–2000 Stephen F. Cohen, Failed Crusade: America and the Tragedy of Post‐Communist Russia Alan Macfarlane, The Riddle of the Modern World, of Liberty, Wealth and Equality Howard Glennerster, John Hills and Tony Travers, Paying for Health, Education, and Housing: How does the Centre Pull the Purse Strings? Malachi Haim Hacohen, Karl Popper, the Formative Years 1902–1945: Politics and Philosophy in Interwar Vienna Vito Tanzi and Ludger Schuknecht, Public Spending in the Twentieth Century: A Global Perspective Robert Oakeshott, Jobs and Fairness: The Logic and Experience of Employee Ownership     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Incomes and the Welfare State: Essays on Britain and Europe, by A. B. Atkinson. Dismantling the Welfare State? Reagan, Thatcher, and the Politics of Retrenchment, by Paul Pierson. Managing Policy Change in Britain: The Politics of Water, by William A. Maloney and Jeremy Richardson. Professional Correctness: Literary Studies and Political Change, by Stanley Fish. Multicultural Citizenship: A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights, by Will Kymlicka. The Rights of Minority Cultures, edited by Will Kymlicka. Globalisation in Question: The International Economy and the Possibilities of Governance, by Paul Hirst and Grahame Thompson. Economic Growth and Political Change in Asia, by Graham Field. American Exceptionalism: A Double-edged Sword, by Seymour Martin Lipset. Neither Right nor Left: Fascist Ideology in France, by Zeev Sternhell, trans. David Maisel. Strategies for Self-Govemment: The Campaigns for a Scottish Parliament, by James Mitchell. The Germans: Power Struggles and the Development of Habitus in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, by Norbert Elias, edited by Michael Schröter, translated from the German and with a preface by Eric Chinning and Stephen Mennell.     

Calling Out the Persistence of Racism

In this issue New Political Science begins a new tradition, printing an extended review essay of the book that received the Michael Harrington Book Award at the most recent American Political Science Association Meeting. The Michael Harrington Award is given for an outstanding book that demonstrates how scholarships can be used in the struggle for a better world. In 2011, the award went to Michelle Alexander for her book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in an Age of Color-Blindness. Sanford Schram, a member of the award committee, has contributed the below review.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Andrei Shleifer and Daniel Treisman, Without a Map: Political Tactics and Economic Reform in Russia Graeme Gill and Roger D. Marwick, Russia's Stillborn Democracy: From Gorbachev to Yeltsin Vladimir Mau, Russian Economic Reforms as Seen by an Insider Kate Hudson, European Communism since 1989: Towards a New European Left? Andrew Chadwick, Augmenting Democracy: Political Movements and Constitutional Reform during the Rise of Labour, 1900–1924 Norman Fairclough, New Labour, New Language? David Coates, Models of Capitalism Alexander de Conde, Presidential Machismo: Executive Authority, Military Intervention, and Foreign Relations Bernard Crick, Essays on Citizenship Nick Pearce and Joe Hallgarten, (eds) Tomorrow's Citizens: Critical Debates in Citizenship and Education Christian Joppke, Immigration and the Nation State: The United States, Germany and Great Britain Robert Geyer, Christine Ingebritsen and Jonathon W. Moses, (eds) Globalization, Europeanization and the End of Scandinavian Social Democracy? John Campbell, Margaret Thatcher, vol. 1: The Grocer's Daughter     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Stephen K. White, Sustaining Affirmation: The Strengths of Weak Ontology in Political Theory Ian Shapiro, Democratic Justice Alan Gilbert, Must Global Politics Constrain Democracy? Great–Power Realism, Democratic Peace, and Democratic Internationalism     

Blaming the jews

His most recent publication is Interminority Affairs in the U.S.: The Challenge of Pluralism,a special issue of The Annals of the American Academy of Social and Political Science.He is author of Mainstreams and Margins: Jews, Blacks, and Other Americans,published by Transaction.     

Book Reviews

Jennie Lee: A Life (Patricia Hollis); Gordon Brown (Paul Routledge); Callaghan: A Life (Kenneth A. Morgan), Eric Shaw Whatever Happened to the Tories? The Conservative Party since 1945 (Ian Gilmour and Mark Garnett); Major: A Political Life (Anthony Seldon), Patrick Seyd Memoir of a Fascist Childhood (Trevor Grundy), Anne Poole The Revival of Right-wing Extremism in the Nineties (edited by Peter H. Merkl and Leonard Weinberg), Herman Lebovics Liberty before Liberalism (Quentin Skinner), Bernard Crick Parliament under Pressure (Peter Riddell); Parliament and the People (Philip Laundy), John Griffith Creating Citizens: Political Education and Liberal Democracy (Eamonn Callan); Citizenship in Modern Britain (Keith Faulks); Citizenship: Feminist Perspectives (Ruth Lister), Derek Heater The Audit Society: Rituals of Verification (Michael Powell), Rudolf Klein Cities for a Small Planet (Richard Rogers); Planning for Urban Quality (Richard Parfect and Gordon Power), Anja Amsel Holistic Government (Perri 6), Roger Levett     

Past accord and present dissonance

He is author of Statecraft and Stagecraft: American Political Life in the Age of Personality;and most recently Demanding Democracy.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Poul Erik Mouritzen: Den politiske cyklus Jan-Erik Lane & Svante Ersson: Comparative Political Economy Stefano Bartolini & Peter Mair: Identity, Competition, and Electoral Availability. The Stabilisation of European Electorates 1885–1985 Paul V. Warwick: Culture, Stracture, or Choice? Essays in the Interpretations of the British Experience Michele Micheletti: The Swedish Farmers' Movement and Government Agricultural Policy     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Far Right ELISABETH CARTER Extreme Right Parties in Western Europe, by Piero Ignazi. Right‐wing Extremism in the Twenty‐first Century, edited by Peter H. Merkl and Leonard Weinberg. From Tax Populism to Ethnic Nationalism: Radical Right‐wing Populism in Sweden, by Jens Rydgren. Modernity and Secession: The Social Sciences and the Political Discourse of the Lega Nord in Italy, by Michel Huysseune. New Labour new NHS? , Jennifer Dixon New Labour's State of Health. Political Economy, Public Policy and the NHS, by Calum Paton. Bad aid , Norman Flynn The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done so Much III and so Little Good, by William Easterly. Plato Lives! , Richard Mullender Plato's Republic: A Biography, by Simon Blackburn. Plato's Children: The State We Are In, By Anthony O'Hear. plato and the Virtue of Courage, by Linda R. Rabieh. Exporting Burke , Richard Bourke Foreign Affections: Essays on Edmund Burke, by Seamus Deane.     

Book Review

Book reviewed in this article: Corrupt Exchanges: Actors, Resources, and Mechanisms of Political Corruption by Donatella della Porta and Alberto Vannucci. Corruption and Government: Causes, Consequences, and Reform by Susan Rose‐Ackerman.