Overreach and Incoherence Hobble America’s Most Powerful Weapon; The Dangerous New Logic of American Politics in a Nationalized Era; Hamas’s Quest for Power
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The Rise and Fall of Economic Statecraft

Overreach and Incoherence Hobble America’s Most Powerful Weapon

 By Henry Farrell

 

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Partisan Nation: The Dangerous New Logic of American Politics in a Nationalized Era

Pierson and Schickler explain why the long-held assumption that competition in the United States’ two-party system will drive both parties to compete for voters in the center no longer holds.

Reviewed by Jessica T. Mathews

 
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Hamas: The Quest for Power

Milton-Edwards and Farrell offer a clear-eyed account of Hamas’s development, from its early days in Gaza as an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood during the first Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation, or intifada, in 1987 to its shocking attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.

Reviewed by Lisa Anderson

 

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East Central Europe since 1989: Politics, Culture, and Society

 

In this strikingly original account of East Central European experience since 1989, Sabrina Ramet and Lavinia Stan, both veteran observers of the region, tackle the central challenges in the political and economic sectors, with further chapters focusing on the media, transitional justice, the religious sphere, gender inequality, and local fiction.

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East Central Europe since 1989: Politics, Culture, and Society

In this strikingly original account of East Central European experience since 1989, Sabrina Ramet and Lavinia Stan, both veteran observers of the region, tackle the central challenges in the political and economic sectors, with further chapters focusing on the media, transitional justice, the religious sphere, gender inequality, and local fiction.

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John Lewis: A Life

Greenberg’s richly detailed, moving biography tells the story of the exemplary life of the civil rights leader John Lewis, whose fierce dedication and political skills eventually earned him the sobriquet “the conscience of the Congress.”

Reviewed by Jessica T. Mathews

 

Late Industrialization, Tradition, and Social Change in South Korea

Ha explains why, as South Korea underwent rapid industrialization in the 1960s and 1970s, traditional social ties became more rather than less important, leading personal connections to undergird the country’s social, political, and economic networks.

Reviewed by Andrew J. Nathan