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Robert A. Wilson, ed. Power and the Presidency. New York, NY: Public Affairs, 1999. Pp. xii, 162. $20.00 hardbound.

Rosen article for the New Republic, "The Supreme Court Commits Suicide," next to a Weekly Standard piece by Nelson Lund lauding the Court's "Act of Courage."

Charles O. Jones, ed. Preparing To Be President: The Memos of Richard E. Neustadt. Washington, DC: AEI Press, 2000. Pp. vii, 194. $25.00 hardbound.

Dennis L. Soden, ed. The Environmental Presidency. Albany: SUNY Press, 1999. Pp. xi, 366. $73.50 hardbound, $24.95 softbound.

Judy Schneider and Michael L. Koempel. Congressional Deskbook 2001-2002: 107th Congress. Alexandria, VA: The Capitol.Net, Inc., 2001. Pp. xxviii, 610. $79.50 softbound.

Diana Dwyre and Victoria A. Farrar-Myers. Legislative Labyrinth: Congress and Campaign Finance Reform. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press, 2000. Pp. xii, 291. $22.95 softbound.     

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Martin Katzman, Cities and Frontiers in Brazil Philip Musgrove, Consumer Behavior in Latin America (An ECIEL Study) William R. Cline and Enrique Delgado, eds., Economic Integration in Central America Wayne A. Cornelius and Robert V. Kemper, eds., Metropolitan Latin America: The Challenge and the Response James M. Malloy, ed., Authoritarianism and Corporatism in Latin America Merilee S. Grindle, Bureaucrats, Politicians, and Peasants in Mexico: A Case Study in Public Policy COURTS, CRIME, AND LAW Richard Lehne, The Quest for Justice: The Politics of School Finance Reform Ray C. Jeffrey, Crime Prevention through Environmental Design Linda Medcalf, Law and Identity: Lawyers. Native Americans and Legal Practice Benno C. Schmidt, Jr., Freedom of the Press vs. Public Access Lawrence A. Gooberman, Operation Intercept: The Multiple Consequences of Public Policy Milton Heumann, Plea Bargaining: The Experiences of Prosecutors, Judges and Defense Attorneys enneth C. Laudon, Communications Technology and Democratic Participation Raymond Bowers, Alfred M. Lee, and Cary Hershey, eds., Communications for a Mobile Society: An Assessment of New Technology Roy Bahl, ed., The Fiscal Outlook for Cities: Implications of a National Urban Policy Mark Gottdiener, Planned Sprawl: Private and Public Interests in Suburbia Anthony James Catanese and W. Paul Farmer, eds., Personality, Politics and Planning: How City Planners Work Robert L. Lineberry, Equality and Urban Policy: The Distribution of Municipal Public Services John J. Harrigan and William C. Johnson, Governing the Twin Cities Region, The Metropolitan Council in Comparative Perspective D. S. Chauhan, Public Labor Relations: A Comparative State Study A. Lawrence Chickering, ed., Public Employee Unions: A Study of the Crisis in Public Sector Labor Relations Martin Binkin and Shirley J. Bach, Women and the Military Martin Binkin, with Herschel Ranter and Rolf H. Clark, Shaping the Defense Civilian Work Force: Economics, Politics, and National Security Richard K. 3etts, Soldiers. Statesmen, and Cold War Crises Selig Harrison, China. Oil, and Asia; Conflict Ahead? J. T. Pempel, ed., Policymakinq in Contemporary Japan Fred H. Sanderson, Japan's Food Prospects and Policies A. Doak Barnett, China and the Major Powers in East Asia Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Tactical Nuclear Weapons: European Perspectives Thomas H. Etzold and John Lewis Gaddis, eds., Containments: Documents on American Policy and Strategy, 1945-1950 William O. McCagg, Jr., Stalin Embattled. 1943-1948 Barry B. Hughes, The Domestic context of American Foreign Policy     

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Irene Dankelman and Joan Davidson, Women and Environment in the Third World. Alliance for the Future M. Kazim Bacchus, Educational Policy and Development Strategy in the Third World. Per Pinstrup-Andersen (ed.), Food Subsidies in Developing Countries. Costs, Benefits and Policy Options. James R. Simpson, The Economics of Livestock Systems in Developing Countries. Farm and Project Level Analysis.     

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John V. Vilanilam, Reporting a Revolution. The Iranian Revolution and the NIICO Debate. New Delhi: James Lang, Inside Development in Latin America; A Report from the Dominican Republic, Colombia, and Brazil. Chapel Hill and London: Ram K. Vepa, Modern Small Industry in India: Problems and Prospects. New Delhi: Gerald Leach and Robin Mearns, Beyond the Woodfuel Crisis. People, Land and Trees in Africa. London:     

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David H. Guston, Between Politics and Science: Assuring the Productivity and Integrity of Research .
Michael Kenny and James Meadowcroft (Eds.), Planning Sustainability .
Cathie Jo Martin, Stuck in Neutral: Business and the Politics of Human Capital Investment Policy .
Michael Mason, Environmental Democracy .
Michael Moran, Governing the Health Care State: A Comparative Study of the United Kingdom, the United States and Germany .
Stephen D. Sugarman and Frank R. Kemerer (Eds.), School Choice and Social Controversy: Politics, Policy, and Law .
Joseph P. Viteritti, Choosing Equality: School Choice, the Constitution, and Civil Society .
Jay D. White, Taking Language Seriously: The Narrative Foundations of Public Administration Research .     

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Per Lindskog and Jan Lundqvist, Why Poor Children Stay Sick. The Human Ecology of Child Health and Welfare in Rural Malawi. Research report no. 85. Uppsala: Nico Vink, The Telenovela and Emancipation: A Study on TV and Social Change in Brazil. Amsterdam: Rashid Amjad (ed.), To the Gulf and Back: Studies on the Economic Impact of Asian Labour Migration. New Delhi: Krishnalekha Sood, Trade and Economic Development; India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, New Delhi: ILO-ARTEP, Employment and Structural Change in Indian Industries: John A. Dixon, Richard A. Carpenter, Louise A. Fallon, Paul B. Sherman and Supachit Manipomoke, Economic Analysis of the Environmental Impacts of Development Projects. London: David C. Gordon, Images of the West: Third World Perspectives. Savage, MD:     

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Peter G. Brown and Henry Shue, eds., Food Policy: The Responsibility of the United States in the Life and Death Choices
Eleanor B. Steinberg and Joseph A. Yager with Gerard M. Brannon, New Means of Financing International Needs
William R. Cline, Noboru Kawanabe, T.O.M. Kronsjö, and Thomas Williams, Trade Negotiations in the Tokyo Round: A Quantitative Assessment
L. N. Rangarajan, Commodity Conflict; The Political Economy of International Commodity Negotiations
Erwin G. Krasnow and Lawrence D. Longley, The Politics of Broadcast Regulation     

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Race Mathews, David Bennett — a Memoir, Melbourne, Australian Fabian Society (Pamphlet 44), 1985, pp. v + 59. $3.00 (paper)

S. Graubard (ed.), Australia: the Daedalus Symposium, Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1985, pp.441. $9.95 (paper)

Senate Standing Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs, A Bill of Rights for Australia? An Exposure Report, Canberra, AGPS, 1985, pp.128. $7.60 (paper)

Dean Jaensch, An Introduction to Australian Politics, 2nd edition, Melbourne, Longman Cheshire, 1984, pp.318. $11.95 (paper)     

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Sanford Borins, Innovating with Integrity: How Local Heroes are Transforming American Government .
Milton M. Carrow, Robert P. Churchill, and Joseph J. Cordes, Democracy, Social Values, and Public Policy .
Joseph D. Davey, The Politics of Prison Expansion: Winning Elections by Waging War on Crime. Westport
Sherry Glied, Chronic Condition: Why Health Reform Fails .
Erich Goode, Between Politics and Reason: The Drug Legalization Debate.
Peter J. Haas, and J. Fred Springer, Applied Policy Research: Concepts and Cases .
Rodney E. Hero, Faces of Inequality: Social Diversity in American Politics .
Stuart S. Nagel, Policy Within and Across Developing Nations .
Paul L. Posner, The Politics of Unfunded Mandates: Whither Federalism
Howard Schuman, Charlotte Steeh, Lawrence Bobo, and Maria Krysan, Racial Attitudes in America: Trends and Interpretations (rev. ed.) .
Mark E. Rushefsky and Kant Patel, Politics, Power, & Policy Making: The Case of Health Care Reform in the 1990s .
Donald A. Sylvan and James F. Voss (eds.), Problem Representation in Foreign Policy Decision Making .
Edward P. Weber, Pluralism by the Rules: Conflict and Cooperation in Environmental Regulation .
Walter A. Zelman and Robert A. Berenson, The Managed Care Blues and How to Cure Them .