Political Chronicles: July to December 1999

Commonwealth of Australia, by Rae Wear, p.214
New South Wales, by David Clune, p.221
Victoria, by Nick Economou, p.226
Queensland, John Wanna, p.5237
Western Australia, David Black and Harry C. J. Phillips, p.245
South Australia, Andrew Parkin, p.254
Tasmania, Tony McCall, p.262
Northern Territory, David Carment, p.270
Australian Capital Territory, Sonia Palmieri, p.277     

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

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.     

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

Book reviewed in this article:
Carothers, Thomas. Aiding Democracy Abroad: 7he Learning Curue.
Ottaway, Marina, and Thomas Carothers, eds. Funding virtue: Civil Society Aid and Democracy Promotion.
Jorge, Antonio, Jorge Salazar-Carrillo, and Bernadette West, eds. Capital Markets, Growth, and Economic Policy in Latin America.
Macario, Carla, Regis Bonelli, Adriaan Ten Kate, and Gunnar Niels, eds. Export Growth in Latin America: Policies and Performance.
Prillaman, William C. The Judiciary and Democratic Decay in Latin America: Declining Confidence in the Rule of Law.
Mesa-Lago, Carmelo, with Albert0 Arenas de Mesa, Ivan Brenes, Veronica Montecinos, and Mark Samara. Market, Socialist, and Mixed Economies: Comparative Policy and Performance—Chile, Cuba, and Costa Rica.
Walker, Thomas W., and Ariel C. Armony, eds. Repression, Resistance, and Democratic Transition in Central America.
Wood, Elisabeth Jean. Forging Democracy from Below: Insurgent Transitions in South Africa and El Salvador.
Popkin, Margaret. Peace Without Justice: Obstacles to Building the Rule of Law in El Salvador.
Warren, Kay B. Indigenous Movements and Their Critics: Pan-Maya Activism in Guatemala.
Metoyer, Cynthia Chsvez. Women and the State in Post-Sandinista Nicaragua.
Andreas, Peter. Border Games: Policing the US.-Mexico Divide.     

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.     

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.     

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. 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.     

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     

Asian Industrialization in Latin American Perspective: The Limits to Institutional Analysis

Kang, David C. Crony Capitalism: Corruption and Development in South Korea and the Philippines. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Figures, tables, notes, bibliography, index, 220 pp.; hardcover $60, paperback $27.99.
Chibber, Vivek. Locked in Place: State-Building and Late Industrialization in India. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003. Figures, tables, abbreviations, notes, bibliography, index, 360 pp.; hardcover $49.50, paperback $22.95.     

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.     

'The environment in international relations'

Books reviewed in this article:
Desai, U. (ed.), Ecological Policy and Politics in Developing Countries:Economic Growth, Democracy, and Environment
Elliott, L. M., The Global Politics of the Environment
Hayward, T., Political Theory and Ecological Values
Homer-Dixon, T. F., Environment, Scarcity, and Violence
Jameson, F. and Miyoshi, M. (eds), The Cultures of Globalization
Kuetting, G., Environment, Society and International Relations:Towards More Effective International Environmental Agreements
Litfin, K. T. (ed.), The Greening of Sovereignty in World Politics
Maguire, D. C. and Rasmussen, L. L., Ethics for a Small Planet:New Horizons on Population, Consumption, and Ecology
McGinnis, M. V. (ed.), Bioregionalism
Renner, M., Fighting for Survival: Environmental Decline, SocialConflict and the New Age of Insecurity
Schaeffer, R. K. (ed.), Understanding Globalization: The SocialConsequences of Political, Economic, and Environmental Change
Weiss, E. B. and Jacobson, H. K. (eds), Engaging Countries:Strengthening Compliance with International Environmental Accords
Young, O. R. (ed.), Global Governance: Drawing Insights from theEnvironmental Experience     

Political Chronicles: January to June 2000

Commonwealth of Australia, by Rae Wear, p.558
New South Wales, by David Clune, p.564
Victoria, by Nick Economou, p.569
Queensland, John Wanna, p.575
Western Australia, David Black and Harry C. J. Phillips, p.581
South Australia, Vern Marshall, p.588
Tasmania, Tony McCall, p.595
Northern Territory, David Carment, p.602
Australian Capital Territory, Gwynneth Singleton, p.608     

Political Chronicles: January to June 1999

Commonwealth of Australia, by Rae Wear, p.544
New South Wales, by David Clune, p.551
Victoria, by Nick Economou, p.564
Queensland, John Wanna, p.572
Western Australia, David Black and Harry C. J. Phillips, p.580
South Australia, Andrew Parkin, p.589
Tasmania, Tony McCall, p.596
Northern Territory, David Carment, p.605
Australian Capital Territory, Sonia Palmieri, p.613     

Political Chronicles: July to December 1998

Commonwealth of Australia, by Rae Wear, p.254
New South Wales, by David Clune, p.259
Victoria, by Nick Economou, p.264
Queensland, John Wanna, p.271
Western Australia, David Black and Harry C. J. Phillips, p.276
South Australia, Andrew Parkin, p.284
Tasmania, Tony McCall, p.292
Northern Territory, David Carment, p.300
Australian Capital Territory, Sonia Palmieri, p.306     

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.     

Book Reviews

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.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this issue.
Andy Baker, The Market and the Masses in Latin America: Policy Reform and Consumption in Liberalizing Economies.
Mona M. Lyne, The Voter's Dilemma and Democratic Accountability: Latin America and Beyond.
María Victoria Murillo, Political Competition, Partisanship, and Policy Making in Latin American Public Utilities.
Krister Andersson, Gustavo Gordillo de Anda, and Frank van Laerhoven, Local Governments and Rural Development: Comparing Lessons from Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Peru.
Amy Nunn, The Politics and History of AIDS Treatment in Brazil.
Arturo Escobar, Territories of Difference: Place, Movements, Life, Redes.
Marion Kaplan, Dominican Haven: The Jewish Refugee Settlement in Sosúa, 1940–1945.
Allen Wells, Tropical Zion: General Trujillo, FDR, and the Jews of Sosúa.     

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.