Book Reviews

Taylor C. Boas, Presidential Campaigns in Latin America: Electoral Strategies and Success Contagion. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2016. Figures, tables, appendixes, bibliography, index, 276 pp.; hardcover $99.99, ebook. John Gledhill, The New War on the Poor: The Production of Insecurity in Latin America. London: Zed Books, 2015. Map, bibliography, index, 256 pp.; paperback $29.95, ebook $23.96. Ezequiel A. González‐Ocantos, Shifting Legal Visions: Judicial Change and Human Rights Trials in Latin America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016. Figures, tables, bibliography, index, 342 pp.; hardcover $110, paperback $35.99, ebook $88. Merrilee S. Grindle and Erin E. Goodman, eds., Reflections on Memory and Democracy. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2016. Photograph, 274 pp.; paperback $24.95. David Pion‐Berlin, Military Missions in Democratic Latin America. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. Figures, tables, bibliography, index, 231 pp.; hardcover $105, ebook $79.99. Robert Gay, Bruno: Conversations with a Brazilian Drug Dealer. Durham: Duke University Press, 2015. Illustrations, chronology, notes, bibliography, index, 232 pp.; hardcover $89.95, paperback $14.95. Georgina Waylen, ed., Gender, Institutions, and Change in Bachelet's Chile. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. Figure, tables, bibliographies, index, 259 pp.; hardcover $105, ebook $79.99. Dickie Davis, David Kilcullen, Greg Mills, and David Spencer, A Great Perhaps? Colombia: Conflict and Convergence. London: Hurst, 2015. Maps, figures, tables, notes, bibliography, index, 288 pp.; hardcover $39.40. Mary Helen Spooner and Steven Ullmann, Cuban Health Care: Utopian Dreams, Fragile Future. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2014. Appendixes, figures, tables, bibliography, index, 152 pp.; hardcover $83, ebook $78.50. John M. Kirk, Healthcare Without Borders: Understanding Cuban Medical Internationalism. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2015. Tables, bibliography, index, 376 pp.; hardcover $79.95. Christine J. Wade, Captured Peace: Elites and Peacebuilding in El Salvador. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2016. Illustrations, abbreviations, bibliography, index, 304 pp.; hardcover $69.95, paperback $39.95, ebook.     

Book Reviews

Andrea C. Bianculli and Andrea Ribeiro Hoffmann, eds., Regional Organizations and Social Policy in Europe and Latin America: A Space for Social Citizenship? New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. Abbreviations, figures, tables, bibliography, index, 317 pp.; hardcover $109, ebook $84.99. Barry Cannon, The Right in Latin America: Elite Power, Hegemony and the Struggle for the State. New York: Routledge, 2016. Tables, bibliography, index, 182 pp.; hardcover $127.50, paperback $44.59. Jordi Díez, The Politics of Gay Marriage in Latin America: Argentina, Chile, and Mexico. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Bibliography, index, 301 pp.; hardcover $48.99, paperback $29.99, ebook $24. Julio Ríos‐Figueroa, Constitutional Courts as Mediators: Armed Conflict, Civil‐Military Relations, and the Rule of Law in Latin America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016. Illustrations, figures, tables, bibliography, index, 256 pp.; hardcover $110, paperback $34.99, ebook $88. María Soledad Segura and Silvio Waisbord, Media Movements: Civil Society and Media Policy Reform in Latin America. London: Zed Books, 2016. Bibliography, index, 224 pp.; hardcover $95, paperback $29.95, ebook $23.96. Lee J. Alston, Marcus André Melo, Bernardo Mueller, and Carlos Pereira, Brazil in Transition: Beliefs, Leadership, and Institutional Change. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016. Illustrations, tables, abbreviations, bibliography, index, 280 pp.; hardcover $39.50, ebook. Sean W. Burges, Brazil in the World: The International Relations of a South American Giant. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2017. Figures, tables, bibliography, index, 296 pp.; hardcover $115, paperback $32.95, ebook. Alejandro Velasco, Barrio Rising: Urban Popular Politics and the Making of Modern Venezuela. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2015. Maps, figures, notes, bibliography, index, 321 pp.; paperback $29.95. Tiffany D. Barnes, Gendering Legislative Behavior: Institutional Constraints and Collaboration. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2016. Map, figures, tables, bibliography, index, 274 pp.; hardcover $99.99, paperback $34.99, ebook $28. Judith Teichman, The Politics of Inclusive Development: Policy, Sate Capacity, and Coalition Building. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. Figures, bibliography, index, 261 pp.; hardcover $109, ebook $84.99.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this issue. Daniela Campello, The Politics of Market Discipline in Latin America: Globalization and Democracy. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Figures, tables, notes, bibliography, index, 239 pp.; hardcover $78.42, paperback $29.99, Kindle $98.40. Eduardo Dargent, Technocracy and Democracy in Latin America: The Experts Running Government. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Tables, figures, bibliography, index. 216 pp.; hardcover $90, ebook $72. Ana Lorena De La O, Crafting Policies to End Poverty in Latin America: The Quiet Transformation. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Figures, tables, bibliography, index, 194 pp.; hardcover $84.99, ebook $68. Jorge Heine and Brigitte Weiffen, 21st Century Democracy Promotion in the Americas: Standing Up for the Polity. New York: Routledge, 2015. Abbreviations, tables, bibliography, index, 196 pp.; hardcover $130, paperback $47. Juan Pablo Luna, Segmented Representation: Political Party Strategies in Unequal Democracies. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. Tables, maps, figures, bibliography, indexes, 374 pp.; hardcover $115, ebook. Stephen Offutt, New Centers of Global Evangelicalism in Latin America and Africa. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Map, tables, abbreviations, appendixes, bibliography, index, 192 pp.; hardcover $90, ebook $72. Mariela Szwarcberg, Mobilizing Poor Voters: Machine Politics, Clientelism, and Social Networks in Argentina. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2015. Figures, tables, maps, notes, bibliography, index, 185 pp.; hardcover $89.99, paperback $32.99, ebook $26. Brian Wampler, Activating Democracy in Brazil: Popular Participation, Social Justice, and Interlocking Institutions. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2015. Tables, figures, abbreviations, notes, bibliography, index, 312 pp.; paperback $39, pdf $39. Graham Denyer Willis, The Killing Consensus: Police, Organized Crime, and the Regulation of Life and Death in Urban Brazil. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2014. Tables, figures, notes, bibliography, index, 216 pp.; hardcover $70, paperback $29.95, ebook $29.95. Morris Morley and Chris McGillion, Reagan and Pinochet: The Struggle over U.S. Policy Toward Chile. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Abbreviations, acronyms, bibliography, index, 354 pp.; hardcover $95, paperback $34.99, ebook $28.     

Book Reviews

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.     

Book Reviews

Guy Edwards and J. Timmons Roberts, A Fragmented Continent: Latin America and the Global Politics of Climate Change. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2015. Table, figure, notes, bibliography, index, 274 pp.; hardcover $55, paperback $30, ebook $21. Owen Logan, John‐Andrew McNeish, and Axel Borchgrevink, eds., Contested Powers: The Politics of Energy and Development in Latin America. London: Zed Books, 2015. Tables, figures, bibliographies, index, 366 pp.; hardcover $95, paperback $28.95, ebook. Barbara Fritz and Lena Lavinas, eds., A Moment of Equality for Latin America? Challenges for Redistribution. Burlington: Ashgate, 2015. Tables, figures, bibliography, index, 284 pp.: hardcover $95.96, ebook. Mala Htun, Inclusion Without Representation in Latin America: Gender Quotas and Ethnic Reservations. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2016. Tables, figures, acronyms, appendixes, bibliography, index, 226 pp.; paperback $29.99. Koonings, Kees, and Dirk Kruijt, eds., Violence and Resilience in Latin American Cities. London: Zed Books, 2015. Figures, tables, 208 pp.; paperback $29.95, ebook. Miguel Carter, ed., Challenging Social Inequality: The Landless Rural Workers Movement and Agrarian Reform in Brazil. Durham: Duke University Press, 2015. Photographs, maps, tables, figures, abbreviations, bibliography, index, 544 pp.; hardcover $109.95, paperback $31.95. J. Patrice McSherry, Chilean New Song: The Political Power of Music, 1960s–1973. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. 2015. Notes, index, 229 pp.; hardcover $97.50, paperback $44.95, ebook $44.95. Bruce M. Bagley and Jonathan D. Rosen, eds., Colombia's Political Economy at the Outset of the Twenty‐First Century: From Uribe to Santos and Beyond. New York: Lexington Books, 2015. Figures, tables, notes, bibliography, index, 354 pp.; hardcover $100, ebook $99.99. Amy Reynolds, Free Trade and Faithful Globalization: Saving the Market. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Tables, abbreviations, bibliography, index, 198 pp.; hardcover $93, ebook $72.     

Book Reviews

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.     

Participatory Governance in Latin America: Promises and Limitations

Maxwell A. Cameron, Eric Hershberg, and Kenneth E. Sharpe, eds., New Institutions for Participatory Democracy in Latin America: Voice and Consequence. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. Tables, figures, bibliography, index; 263 pp.; hardcover $105, paperback $30, ebook $19.99. Françoise Montambeault, The Politics of Local Participatory Democracy in Latin America: Institutions, Actors, and Interactions. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2015. Figures, tables, notes, bibliography, index, 288 pp.; hardcover $65, ebook. Patricio Silva and Herwig Cleuren, eds., Widening Democracy: Citizens and Participatory Schemes in Brazil and Chile. Leiden: Brill, 2009. Figures, tables, notes, bibliography, index; 379 pp.; hardcover $87, ebook $90. J. Ricardo Tranjan, Participatory Democracy in Brazil: Socioeconomic and Political Origins. Notre Dame: Notre Dame University Press, 2016. Figures, tables, notes, bibliography; 288 pp.; paperback $35, ebook. Brian Wampler, Activating Democracy in Brazil: Popular Participation, Social Justice, and Interlocking Institutions. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2015. Figures, tables, abbreviations, notes, bibliography, index; 312 pp.; paperback $39, ebook $39.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this issue. Jeffrey W. Rubin and Vivienne Bennett, eds., Enduring Reform: Progressive Activism and Private Sector Responses in Latin American Democracies. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2015. Photographs, tables, figures, index, 288 pp.; paperback $27.95. Ryan Saylor, State Building in Boom Times: Commodities and Coalitions in Latin America and Africa. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. Tables, bibliography, index, 244 pp.; hardcover $44.46. Imtiaz Hussain and Roberto Domínguez, North American Regionalism and Global Spread. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. Acronyms, appendixes, notes, bibliography, index, 251 pp.; hardcover $105, ebook. Ursula Durand Ochoa, The Political Empowerment of the Cocaleros of Bolivia and Peru. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. Figures, tables, index, 248 pp.; hardcover $105, ebook. Jeffrey Lesser, Immigration, Ethnicity and National Identity in Brazil, 1808 to the Present. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013. Map, illustrations, tables, figures, notes, index, 219 pp.; paperback $28.99. Christina Stolte, Brazil's Africa Strategy: Role Conception and the Drive for International Status. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. Figures, tables, notes, bibliography, index, 236 pp.; hardcover $100, ebook. Jorge I. Domínguez, Kenneth F. Greene, Chappell H. Lawson, and Alejandro Moreno, eds., Mexico's Evolving Democracy: A Comparative Study of the 2012 Elections. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015. Photographs, illustrations, map, figures, tables, appendix, chronology, index, 304 pp.; hardcover $55, ebook $55. Moisés Arce, Resource Extraction and Protest in Peru. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2014. Figures, tables, appendix, notes, bibliography, index, 199 pp.; paperback $25.95, iPad $14.99, Kindle $20.79, Nook book $25.95. Oliver Stuenkel, The BRICS and the Future of Global Order. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2015. Figures, bibliography, list of summits, chronology, index, 228 pp.; hardcover $90, ebook $89.99. Carlos de la Torre, ed., The Promise and Perils of Populism: Global Perspectives. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2015. Table, index, 484 pp; hardcover $80, paperback $30, ebook $30, web pdf $30.     

Politics,Livelihoods, and Identities Across Borders

Jean‐Michel Lafleur, Transnational Politics and the State: The External Voting Rights of Diasporas. New York: Routledge, 2013. Tables, bibliography, index, 200 pp.; hardcover $145, paperback $54.95. Karsten Paerregaard, Return to Sender: The Moral Economy of Peru's Migrant Remittances. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2014. Tables, figures, bibliography, index, 336 pp.; hardcover $65, paperback $34.95, ebook $34.95. Tiffany Joseph, Race on the Move: Brazilian Migrants and the Global Reconstruction of Race. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2015. Maps, figures, tables, photos, bibliography, index, 240 pp.; hardcover $85, paperback $24.95, ebook $24.95. Roger Waldinger, The Cross‐Border Connection: Immigrants, Emigrants, and Their Homelands. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2015. Figures, bibliography, index, 240 pp.; hardcover $29.95.     

Brazil at a Crossroads

Marcus André Melo and Carlos Pereira, Making Brazil Work: Checking the President in a Multiparty System. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index, 232 pp.; hardcover $100, paperback $95, ebook $69.99. Marcos Mendes, Inequality, Democracy, and Growth in Brazil: A Country at the Crossroads of Economic Development. London: Elsevier, 2014. Glossary, index, 280 pp.; paperback $49.95. Jeffrey D. Needell, ed., Emergent Brazil: Key Perspectives on a New Global Power. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2015. Figures, tables, bibliography, index, 322 pp.; hardcover $79.95. Oliver Stuenkel and Matthew M. Taylor, eds., Brazil on the Global Stage: Power, Ideas, and the Liberal International Order. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. Figures, tables, bibliography, index, 245 pp.; hardcover $100, ebook $79.99.     

Old and New Forms of Civic Engagement

Maxwell A. Cameron, Eric Hershberg, and Kenneth E. Sharpe, eds., New Institutions for Participatory Democracy in Latin America: Voice and Consequence. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. Tables, figures, bibliography, index, 263 pp.; hardcover $100, paperback $30. Jean‐Paul Faguet, Decentralization and Popular Democracy: Governance from Below in Bolivia. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2012. Maps, tables, figures, bibliography, index, 372 pp.; hardcover $85, paperback $35, e‐book $35. Sharon F. Lean, Civil Society and Electoral Accountability in Latin America. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. Tables, figures, bibliography, index, 197 pp.; hardcover $95; ebook. Eduardo Silva, ed., Transnational Activism and National Movements in Latin America: Bridging the Divide. New York: Routledge, 2013. Tables, figures, bibliography, index, 212 pp.; hardcover $140, paperback $42.95. Guillermo Trejo, Popular Movements in Autocracies: Religion, Repression, and Indigenous Collective Action in Mexico. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. Maps, tables, figures, bibliography, index, 339 pp.; hardcover $109.99, paperback $27.99, e‐book $22.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this issue. Christopher Darnton, Rivalry and Alliance Politics in Cold War Latin America. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014. Figures, tables, notes, index, 285 pp.; paperback $40.46, Kindle $35.96. Flavia Freidenberg and Julieta Suárez‐Cao, eds., Territorio y poder: nuevos actores y competencia política en los sistemas de partidos multinivel en América Latina. Salamanca: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca, 2014. Tables, figures, bibliography, appendix, 386 pp.; paperback. Richard Sandbrook, Reinventing the Left in the Global South: The Politics of the Possible. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Tables, figures, bibliography, index, 309 pp.; paperback $34.99. Ignacio Walker, Democracy in Latin America: Between Hope and Despair. Translated by Krystin Krause, Holly Bird, and Scott Mainwaring. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2013. Bibliography, index, 262 pp.; paperback $38. Aaron Ansell, Zero Hunger: Political Culture and Antipoverty Policy in Northeast Brazil. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2014. Illustrations, maps, tables, appendixes, notes, bibliography, index, 256 pp.; paperback $32.95. Ronald H. Chilcote, Intellectuals and the Search for National Identity in Twentieth‐Century Brazil. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Bibliography, index, 306 pp.; hardcover $99, ebook. Charles Amo‐Yartey and Therese Turner‐Jones, eds., Caribbean Renewal: Tackling Fiscal and Debt Challenges. Washington, DC: International Monetary Fund, 2014. Tables, bibliography, index, 314 pp.; paperback $25, e‐book $9.99. Matthew Louis Bishop, The Political Economy of Caribbean Development. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. Tables, notes, bibliography, index, 257 pp.; hardcover $95, ebook, pdf. Rose J. Spalding, Contesting Trade in Central America: Market Reform and Resistance. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2014. Tables, figures, appendixes, bibliography, index, 334 pp.; hardcover $60; paperback $29.95. Thomas C. Wright, Impunity, Human Rights, and Democracy: Chile and Argentina, 1990–2005. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2014. Acronyms, notes, bibliography, index, 206 pp.; hardcover $55. Kirsten Weld, Paper Cadavers: The Archives of Dictatorship in Guatemala. Durham: Duke University Press, 2014. Photographs, abbreviations, notes, bibliography, index, 352 pp.; hardcover $99.95, paperback $26.95, Kindle $14.55.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this issue. Carlos Eduardo Poggio Teixeira, Brazil, the United States, and the South American Subsystem: Regional Politics and the Absent Empire. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2014. Abbreviations, bibliography, index, 169 pp.; hardcover $80, paperback $36.99, ebook $22.07. Matthew E. Carnes, Continuity Despite Change: The Politics of Labor Regulation in Latin America. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2014. Tables, figures, bibliography, index, 256 pp.; hardcover $65. Tasha Fairfield, Private Wealth and Public Revenue in Latin America: Business Power and Tax Politics. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Figures, tables, acronyms, appendixes, bibliography, index, 364 pp.; hardcover $99, ebook $79. Eduardo Moncada, Cities, Business, and the Politics of Urban Violence in Latin America. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2016. Bibliography, index, 248 pp.; hardcover $65, ebook. Teri L. Caraway, María Lorena Cook, and Stephen Crowley, eds., Working Through the Past: Labor and Authoritarian Legacies in Comparative Perspective. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2015. Photographs, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index, 296 pp.; hardcover $79.95, paperback $27.95. Elin Skaar, Camila Gianella Malca, and Trine Eide, After Violence: Transitional Justice, Peace, and Democracy. New York: Routledge, 2015. Figures, tables, index, 232 pp.; hardcover $145, paperback $54. David A. Steinberg, Demanding Devaluation: Exchange Rate Politics in the Developing World. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2015. Illustrations, figures, tables, appendix, notes, bibliography, index, 288 pp.; hardcover $45. UN Women, Progress of the World's Women 2015–16: Transforming Economies, Realizing Rights. New York: United Nations, 2015. Figures, tables, maps, notes, index, bibliography, 342 pp.; web version, http://progress.unwomen.org/en/2015     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this issue. Steve Ellner, ed., Latin America's Radical Left: Challenges and Complexities of Political Power in the Twenty‐First Century. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2014. Bibliography, index, 306 pp.; hardcover $94, paperback $33, ebook $31.99. Kenneth M. Roberts, Changing Course in Latin America: Party Systems in the Neoliberal Era. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Illustrations, tables, appendix, bibliography, index, 330 pp.; hardcover $95, paperback $34.99, ebook $28. Kurt Weyland, Making Waves: Democratic Contention in Europe and Latin America Since the Revolutions of 1848. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Tables, figures, bibliography, index, 326 pp.; hardcover $85, paperback $29.99, ebook $24. Rebecca Weitz‐Shapiro, Curbing Clientelism in Argentina: Politics, Poverty, and Social Policy. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2014. Figures, tables, bibliography, index, 206 pp.; hardcover $90, ebook $72. Miriam Shakow, Along the Bolivian Highway: Social Mobility and Political Culture in a New Middle Class. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014. Figures, table, appendix, glossary, bibliography, index, 272 pp.; hardcover $65, ebook $65. Paul Almeida, Mobilizing Democracy: Globalization and Citizen Protest. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014. Illustrations, maps, figures, tables, bibliography, index, 216 pp.; hardcover $59.95, paperback $29.95, ebook $29.95. Ricardo Hausmann and Francisco R. Rodríguez, eds., Venezuela Before Chávez: Anatomy of an Economic Collapse. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2013. Figures, tables, appendixes, notes, bibliography, index, 488 pp.; hardcover $119, paperback $35.95. Carew Boulding, NGOs, Political Protest, and Civil Society. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Maps, figures, tables, bibliography, index, 232 pp.; hardcover $90, ebook $72. Melani Cammett and Lauren M. Maclean, eds., The Politics of Non‐state Social Welfare. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2014. Illustrations, tables, figures, bibliography, index, 328 pp.; hardcover $79.95, paperback $29.95.     

The New Political Economy of Natural Resources in Latin America

Anthony Bebbington and Jeffrey Bury, eds., Subterranean Struggles: New Dynamics of Mining, Oil, and Gas in Latin America. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2013. Photographs, maps, figures, tables, abbreviations, bibliography, index, 361 pp.; hardcover $60, paperback $30. Noel Maurer, The Empire Trap: The Rise and Fall of U.S. Intervention to Protect American Property Overseas, 1893–2013. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013. Illustrations, map, tables, figures, notes, bibliography, index, 568 pp.; hardcover $39.50; ebook available. Michael L. Ross, The Oil Curse: How Petroleum Wealth Shapes the Development of Nations. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012. Illustrations, tables, abbreviations, appendixes, bibliography, index, 312 pp.; paperback $22.95, ebook available. Elana Shever, Resources for Reform: Oil and Neoliberalism in Argentina. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2012. Map, figures, notes, bibliography, index, 231 pp.; hardcover $70, paperback $22.95, ebook $22.95.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this issue. Virginia Garrard‐Burnett, Mark Atwood Lawrence, and Julio E. Moreno, eds., Beyond the Eagle's Shadow: New Histories of Latin America's Cold War. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2013. Figures, table, 352 pp.; hardcover $55. Juan Pablo Luna and Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser, eds., The Resilience of the Latin American Right. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014. Illustrations, figures, tables, abbreviations, notes, bibliography, index, 392 pp.; hardcover $69.95, paperback $34.95, ebook $34.95. Ernesto Calvo, Legislator Success in Fragmented Congresses in Argentina: Plurality Cartels, Minority Presidents, and Lawmaking. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Figures, tables, notes, bibliography index, 232 pp.; hardcover $95, ebook $76. Alison E. Post, Foreign and Domestic Investment in Argentina: The Politics of Privatized Infrastructure. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Figures, tables, abbreviations, bibliography, index, 263 pp.; hardcover $95, ebook $76. Silvia Posocco, Secrecy and Insurgency: Socialities and Knowledge Practices in Guatemala. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2014. Illustrations, 272 pp.; hardcover $49.95, ebook $49.95. Charles Bowden, Murder City: Ciudad Juárez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields. New York: Nation Books, 2011. Figures, tables, index, 360 pp.; paperback $16.99, ebook $16.99. Molly Molloy and Charles Bowden, eds., El Sicario: The Autobiography of a Mexican Assassin. New York: Nation Books, 2011. Figures, tables, index, 224 pp.; paperback $15.99, ebook $15.99. Suzanne Simon, Sustaining the Borderlands in the Age of NAFTA: Development, Politics, and Participation on the U.S.‐Mexico Border. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 2014. Notes, bibliography, index, 240 pp.; hardcover $55, ebook $9.99. Charles F. Walker, The Tupac Amaru Rebellion. Cambridge: Belknap Press, 2014. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index, 376 pp.; hardcover $29.95. Daniel Brinks, Marcelo Leiras, and Scott Mainwaring, eds., Reflections on Uneven Democracies: The Legacy of Guillermo O'Donnell. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014. Illustrations, tables, figures, bibliography, chronology, index, 432 pp.; hardcover $69.95, paperback $34.95, ebook $34.95.     

New Scholarship on Peru's Internal Conflict

Jaymie Patricia Heilman, Before the Shining Path: Politics in Rural Ayacucho, 1895–1980. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2010. Map, bibliography, index, 272 pp.; hardcover $60. Maiah Jaskoski, Military Politics and Democracy in the Andes. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013. Maps, bibliography, index, 322 pp.; hardcover $58, ebook $58. Richard Kernaghan, Coca's Gone: Of Might and Right in the Huallaga Post‐Boom. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2009. Bibliography, index, 320 pp.; hardcover $65, paperback $19.95, ebook $19.95. Miguel La Serna, The Corner of the Living: Ayacucho on the Eve of the Shining Path Insurgency. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2012. Maps, illustrations, bibliography, index, 304 pp.; paperback $35; ebook $29.99. Kimberly Theidon, Intimate Enemies: Violence and Reconciliation in Peru. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012. Glossary, map, bibliography, index, 480 pp.; hardcover $75; paperback $29.95, ebook $29.95.     

Gang Wars of Central America: What Anthropologists Have to Say

Deborah T. Levenson, Adiós Niño: The Gangs of Guatemala City and the Politics of Death. Durham: Duke University Press, 2013. Photographs, notes, bibliography, index, 200 pp.; hardcover $84.95, paperback $23.95. Kevin Lewis O'Neill, Secure the Soul: Christian Piety and Gang Prevention in Guatemala. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2015. Illustrations, appendix, notes, bibliography, index, 304 pp.; hardcover $85, paperback $29.95, ebook $29.95. Elana Zilberg, Space of Detention: The Making of a Transnational Gang Crisis Between Los Angeles and San Salvador. Durham: Duke University Press, 2011. Notes, bibliography, index, 360 pp.; hardcover $99.95, paperback $27.95, ebook $13.99.     

Normative and Empirical Perspectives on Constitutionalism and Presidentialism

Maxwell A. Cameron, Strong Constitutions: Social‐Cognitive Origins of the Separation of Powers. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. Figures, notes, bibliography, index, 268 pp.; hardcover $65, paperback $31.95, ebook. Roberto Gargarella, Latin American Constitutionalism, 1810–2010: The Engine Room of the Constitution. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. Notes, bibliography, index, 298 pp.; hardcover $74, ebook. Michael L. Mezey, Presidentialism: Power in Comparative Perspective. Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2013. Bibligraphy, index, 260 pp.; hardcover $58, ebook $58. Gabriel L. Negretto, Making Constitutions: Presidents, Parties, and Institutional Choice in Latin America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. Figures, tables, appendix, notes, bibliography, index, 296 pp.; hardcover $95, paperback $32.99, ebook $26.     

Drug Trafficking and Drug Policies in the Americas: Change,Continuity, and Challenges

Bruce M. Bagley and Jonathan D. Rosen, eds., Drug Trafficking, Organized Crime, and Violence in the Americas Today. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2015. Figures, tables, index, 464 pp.; hardcover $84.95, paperback $35. Julie Marie Bunck and Michael Ross Fowler, Bribes, Bullets, and Intimidation: Drug Trafficking and the Law in Central America. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2012. Figures, maps, tables, abbreviations, bibliography, index, 448 pp.; hardcover $93.95, paperback $34.95. Winifred Tate, Drugs, Thugs, and Diplomats: U.S. Policymaking in Colombia. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2015. Illustrations, bibliography, index, 304 pp.; hardcover $90, paperback $25.95, ebook $24.65. Roberto Zepeda and Jonathan D. Rosen, eds., Cooperation and Drug Policies in the Americas: Trends in the Twenty‐First Century. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2014. Bibliography, index, 288 pp; hardcover $100, paperback $39.99, ebook $39.99.