Conceptualizing Containment: The Iranian Threat and the Future of Gulf Security
ZACHARY K. GOLDMAN and MIRA RAPP-HOOPER discuss American security interests in the Persian Gulf region and the prospects for effective cooperation among Gulf states to contain Iran. They find that it is unlikely that the United States will be able to establish a containment regime that relies upon the Gulf Cooperation Council and that informal, bilateral ties to states in the region are a preferable policy recourse. 

Philosophical Pragmatism and the Constitutional Watershed of 1912
TRYGVE THRONTVEIT argues that intellectuals and activists indebted to the pragmatist tradition of American philosophy decisively shaped the debate between Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson during the election of 1912. 

Did Bush Democratize the Middle East? The Effects of External–Internal Linkages
Bruce Gilley examines how the so-called Freedom Agenda of President George W. Bush affected politics in the Middle East. He concludes that this agenda generally exerted positive effects on democratic change in the region, although often working in unintended ways and usually interacting with domestic factors. 

International Influence, Domestic Activism, and Gay Rights in Argentina
OMAR G. ENCARNACIÓN explores the development of gay rights in Argentina. He focuses on the role of gay rights activists as internal filters of international gay rights trends and on their capacity for molding their strategies to the domestic environment. 

The India Lobby and the Nuclear Agreement with India
DINSHAW MISTRY discusses the campaign of Indian-American lobbying for a civilian nuclear agreement with India. He argues that Indian Americans were part of a broader “India lobby” which helped advance legislation on the civilian nuclear agreement through Congress. 

A Presidential Nation: Causes, Consequences, and Cures, Michael A. Genovese
Reviewed by JULIA R. AZARI

The Postcolonial State in Africa: Fifty Years of Independence, 1960–2010, Crawford Young
Reviewed by Gretchen Bauer

The Undeserving Rich: American Beliefs about Inequality, Opportunity, and Redistribution, Leslie McCall
Reviewed by Robert Y. Shapiro

Coping with Crisis: Government Reactions to the Great Recession, Nancy Bermeo and Jonas Pontusson, eds.
Reviewed by THOMAS B. PEPINSKY

The Politics of Disaster: Tracking the Impact of Hurricane Andrew, David K. Twigg ; The Wrong Complexion for Protection: How the Government Response to Disaster Endangers African American Communities, Robert D. Bullard and Beverly Wright
Reviewed by Patrick S. Roberts

China and Africa: A Century of Engagement, David H. Shinn and Joshua Eisenman
Reviewed by IAN TAYLOR

Chinese and Indian Strategic Behavior: Growing Power and Alarm, George J. Gilboy and Eric Heginbotham
Reviewed by CHRISTOPHER TWOMEY

Democracy Prevention: The Politics of the U.S.–Egyptian Alliance, JASON BROWNLEE
Reviewed by ROBERT SPRINGBORG

Security Integration in Europe: How Knowledge-based Networks Are Transforming the European Union, MAI’A K. DAVIS CROSS
Reviewed by ANDREW T. WOLFF

American Journalism and International Relations: Foreign Correspondence from the Early Republic to the Digital Era, Giovanna Dell’Orto
Reviewed by HOLLI A. SEMETKO

At Liberty to Die: The Battle for Death with Dignity in America, Howard Ball
Reviewed by JAMES M. HOEFLER

Deficits, Debt, and the New Politics of Tax Policy, Dennis S. Ippolito
Reviewed by BARBARA L. NEUBY

Fighting for the Speakership: The House and the Rise of Party Government, Jeffrey A. Jenkins and Charles Stewart III
Reviewed by Chris Den Hartog

Gender and Justice: Why Women in the Judiciary Really Matter, Sally J. Kenney
Reviewed by Susan Gluck Mezey

Learning While Governing: Expertise and Accountability in the Executive Branch, Sean Gailmard and John W. Patty
Reviewed by Michael M. Ting

Limited Government and the Bill of Rights, Patrick M. Garry
Reviewed by Ralph A. Rossum

Mexican Inclusion: The Origins of Anti-Discrimination Policy in Texas and the Southwest, Matthew Gritter
Reviewed by DAVID A. BADILLO

No Citizen Left Behind, Meira Levinson
Reviewed by ANAND R. MARRI

On Voter Competence, Paul Goren
Reviewed by MARTHA KROPF

Open for Business: Conservatives’ Opposition to Environmental Regulation, Judith A. Layzer
Reviewed by BENJAMIN C. WATERHOUSE

Persuasion and Power: The Art of Strategic Communication, James P. Farwell
Reviewed by HAMILTON BEAN

Religious Rhetoric and American Politics: The Endurance of Civil Religion in Electoral Campaigns, Christopher B. Chapp
Reviewed by SARA A. MEHLTRETTER DRURY

Rethinking Anti-Americanism: The History of an Exceptional Concept in American Foreign Relations, Max Paul Friedman
Reviewed by Sophie Meunier

Strength in Numbers: The Political Power of Weak Interests, Gunnar Trumbull
Reviewed by MICHAEL C. MUNGER

The Political Philosophy of Alexander Hamilton, Michael P. Federici
Reviewed by JAMES H. READ

The Presidential Road Show: Public Leadership in an Era of Party Polarization and Media Fragmentation, Diane J. Heith
Reviewed by MATTHEW ESHBAUGH‐SOHA

The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, Jeanne Theoharis
Reviewed by Clayborne Carson

Up against a Wall: Rape Reform and the Failure of Success, Rose Corrigan
Reviewed by CARRIE N. BAKER

Global Health and International Relations, Colin McInnes and Kelley Lee
Reviewed by CHRISTOPHER H. FOREMAN, JR.

Electoral Systems and Political Context: How the Effects of Rules Vary across New and Established Democracies, Robert G. Moser and Ethan Scheiner
Reviewed by NOAM LUPU