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.