{"title":"New Perspectives on State Formation","authors":"M. Dincecco","doi":"10.1017/S1537592723002232","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S1537592723002232","url":null,"abstract":"Governments in developed nations today collect high tax revenues and spend vast amounts on security, regulation, infrastructure, and social programs. Yet developed nations were in no way born with effective state institutions. What explains the emergence of the modern state? And, why did capable states first form historically in Western Europe? Proper answers to these questions are key to our understanding of modern forms of governance, including parliamentary democracy.","PeriodicalId":48097,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives on Politics","volume":"222 1","pages":"1447 - 1452"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138621240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"More Parties or No Parties: The Politics of Electoral Reform in America. By Jack Santucci. New York: Oxford University Press, 2022. 248p. $49.95 cloth.","authors":"Todd Donovan","doi":"10.1017/S1537592723002311","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S1537592723002311","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48097,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives on Politics","volume":"121 20","pages":"1469 - 1470"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138609218","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Aesthetics of Equality. Michael J. Shapiro. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023. 240p. $110.00 cloth, $32.99 paper.","authors":"Robert E. Watkins","doi":"10.1017/s1537592723002578","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s1537592723002578","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48097,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives on Politics","volume":" 1094","pages":"1459 - 1461"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138610650","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Security: A Philosophical Investigation. By David Welch. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2022. 294p. $84.99 cloth, $29.99 paper.","authors":"Matt McDonald","doi":"10.1017/s1537592723002086","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s1537592723002086","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48097,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives on Politics","volume":" 8","pages":"1525 - 1526"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138618138","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Personalization of Politics in the European Union. By Katjana Gattermann. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. 336p. $100.00 cloth.","authors":"J. Blom‐Hansen","doi":"10.1017/s1537592723002219","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s1537592723002219","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48097,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives on Politics","volume":"7 19","pages":"1505 - 1506"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138625419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Freedom Inside? Yoga and Meditation in the Carceral State. By Farah Godrej. New York: Oxford University Press, 2022. 368p. $99.00 cloth, $24.95 paper.","authors":"Anna Terwiel","doi":"10.1017/s1537592723002128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s1537592723002128","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48097,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives on Politics","volume":"52 s34","pages":"1457 - 1458"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138627602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Eco-Emancipation: An Earthly Politics of Freedom. By Sharon R. Krause. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2023. 224p. $35.00 cloth.","authors":"Mathias Thaler","doi":"10.1017/s1537592723002116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s1537592723002116","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48097,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives on Politics","volume":" 35","pages":"1454 - 1455"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138614259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Matthew Levendusky, Josh Pasek, Bruce Hardy, R. Holbert, Kate Kenski, Yotam Ophir, A. Renninger, Daniel Romer, Dror Walter, Kenneth Winneg, K. Jamieson
{"title":"Review Index","authors":"Matthew Levendusky, Josh Pasek, Bruce Hardy, R. Holbert, Kate Kenski, Yotam Ophir, A. Renninger, Daniel Romer, Dror Walter, Kenneth Winneg, K. Jamieson","doi":"10.1017/s1537592723002888","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s1537592723002888","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48097,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives on Politics","volume":" 41","pages":"1538 - 1539"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138614486","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Delivering on Promises: The Domestic Politics of Compliance in International Courts. By Lauren J. Peritz. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2022. 336p. $105.00 cloth, $35.00 paper.","authors":"Oumar Ba","doi":"10.1017/s1537592723002554","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s1537592723002554","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48097,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives on Politics","volume":" 6","pages":"1533 - 1534"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138614585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In Praise of Skepticism: Trust but Verify. By Pippa Norris. New York: Oxford University Press, 2022. 318p. $110.00 cloth, $32.99 paper.","authors":"M. Hooghe","doi":"10.1017/s1537592723002372","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s1537592723002372","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48097,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives on Politics","volume":" 8","pages":"1506 - 1507"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138615810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}