Volume 134 - Number 2 - Summer 2019

Forecasting Models and the Presidential Vote
Kenneth A. Wink compares and contrasts a number of U.S. presidential election forecasting models and finds that some perform better than others. He argues that some systematic factors have an impact in every election regardless of the characteristics of the candidates, the effectiveness of the campaigns, and the events that occur in a particular election year.

Unequal and Unrepresented: Political Inequality and the People’s Voice in the New Gilded Age, Kay Lehman Schlozman
Reviewed by Spencer Piston

Cultural Evolution: People’s Motivations are Changing, and Reshaping the World, Ronald F. Inglehart
Reviewed by George E. Marcus

Are Politics Local? The Two Dimensions of Party Nationalization around the World, Scott Morgenstern
Reviewed by Arjan H. Schakel

Volume 134 - Number 1 - Spring 2019

Constitutional Foundations of Military Coups
ABDULLAH AYDOGAN argues that military coups are less likely to occur in countries with parliamentary systems. In these countries, he claims, military elites seeking to remove chief executives often select other strategies, such as threatening legislators.

Unstable Majorities: Polarization, Party Sorting, and Political Stalemate, Morris P. Fiorina
Reviewed by Matt Grossmann

Challenged Hegemony: The United States, China, and Russia in the Persian Gulf, Steven A. Yetiv
Reviewed by F. Gregory Gause III

Strategic Frames: Europe, Russia, and Minority Inclusion in Estonia and Latvia, Jennie L. Schulze
Reviewed by Melanie H. Ram

Deep Roots: How Slavery Still Shapes Southern Politics, Avidit Acharya
Reviewed by Edward B. Rugemer

Volume 133 - Number 4 - Winter 2018-19

Why Trump Won’t Retrench: The Militarist Redoubt in American Foreign Policy
PETER HARRIS assesses the likelihood of a retrenchment in overseas commitments under President Donald J. Trump. He argues that the Trump administration may challenge aspects of the liberal international order, but is unlikely to retrench from America’s military commitments abroad.

American Grand Strategy and East Asian Security in the Twenty-First Century, David C. Kang
Reviewed by NICHOLAS D. ANDERSON

The Battle for the Court: Interest Groups, Judicial Elections, and Public Policy, Lawrence Baum
Reviewed by Michael J. Nelson

Latino Identity and Political Attitudes: Why Are Latinos Not Republican?, Angel Saavedra Cisneros
Reviewed by Heath Brown

Volume 133 - Number 3 - Fall 2018

The De-Institutionalization of Congress
ANTHONY J. CHERGOSKY and Jason M. Roberts argue that institutional changes in the United States Congress have eroded its capacity to enact laws and perform its essential duties. They maintain that the poor performance of Congress in recent years has resulted from these structural reforms which may not be permanent, but are difficult to reverse.

Hard Target: Sanctions, Inducements, and the Case of North Korea, Stephan Haggard
Reviewed by Bryan R. Early

Brexit: Why Britain Voted to Leave the European Union, Harold D. Clarke
Reviewed by Thomas S. Robinson

Black Republicans and the Transformation of the GOP ,Conservative but Not Republican: The Paradox of Party Identification and Ideology among African Americans, Joshua D. Farrington
Reviewed by Andra Gillespie

Ike and McCarthy: Dwight Eisenhower's Secret Campaign against Joseph McCarthy, David A. Nichols
Reviewed by Patrick Maney

Volume 133 - Number 2 - Summer 2018

The South China Sea and U.S.-China Rivalry
Andrew Scobell analyzes why the South China Sea has become a central matter in U.S.–China relations. He contends that geopolitics explains why this body of water has become such a contentious issue.

The Imprint of Congress, David R. Mayhew
Reviewed by Frances E. Lee

Nuclear Politics: The Strategic Causes of Proliferation, Alexandre Debs
Reviewed by Matthew Fuhrmann

Race and the Politics of Deception: The Making of an American City, Christopher Mele
Reviewed by Paru Shah

Voting Together: Intergenerational Politics and Civic Engagement among Hmong Americans, Carolyn Wong
Reviewed by Kau Vue