Cover Art: Muerte Solitaria de un Raspachin (Solitary Death of a Coca Leaf Picker) was painted in 2008 by Iris, a former rebel combatant in Colombia’s civil war. About 80 former rank-and-file members of paramilitary and rebel organizations, as well as government soldiers, painted 420 paintings In workshops organized by Colombian artist Juan Manuel Echavarría over a two-year period. The purpose of this historical memory project was to bring “The War We Have Not Seen,” as the exhibition of paintings was called, to the Colombian public. It particularly sought to document the experience of the rural youth—many recruited as child fighters—who largely fought the war. Painted on detachable panels to ensure their portability, the paintings were exhibited in major cities of Colombia, including Medellín, Cali, and Bogotá, and in Miami, USA; Bordeaux, France; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. For more information see the essay by exhibition curator Ana Tiscornia at http://www.laguerraquenohemosvisto.com/english/ensayo_tiscornia.html.
Book Reviews: Political Theory
The Politics of Autism: Navigating the Contested Spectrum. By John J. PitneyJr . Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2015. 180p. $38.00. - The Capacity Contract: Intellectual Disability and the Question of Citizenship. By Stacy Clifford Simplican. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2015. 192p. $87.50 cloth. $25.00 paperback.
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Unconditional Equality: Gandhi’s Religion of Resistance. By Ajay Skaria. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2016. 408p. $105.00 cloth. $30.00 paper.
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Ethical Loneliness: The Injustice of Not Being Heard. By Jill Stauffer. New York: Columbia University Press, 2015. 240p. $55.00.
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The Paradox of Liberation: Secular Revolutions and Religious Counterrevolutions. By Michael Walzer. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2015. 172p. $26.00.
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Thinking in Public: Strauss, Levinas, Arendt. By Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015. 312p. $59.95 cloth.
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Counting Species: Biodiversity in Global Environmental Politics. By Rafi Youatt. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2015. 198p. $87.50 cloth, $25.00 paper.
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Voters’ Verdicts: Citizens, Campaigns and Institutions in State Supreme Court Elections. By Chris W. Bonneau and Damon M. Cann. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2015. 176p. $40.00 cloth.
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Preventing Regulatory Capture: Special Interest Influence and How to Limit It. Edited by Daniel Carpenter and David A. Moss. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013. 530p. $77.00 cloth, $27.99 paper.
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Presidential Leadership in Public Opinion: Causes and Consequences. By Jeffrey E. Cohen. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2015. 222p. $90.00 cloth, $34.99 paper.
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Do Guns Make Us Free?: Democracy and the Armed Society. By Firmin DeBrabander. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2015. 274p. $30.00.
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Reform without Justice: Latino Migrant Politics and the Homeland Security State. By Alfonso Gonzales. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. 220p. $105.00 cloth, $31.95 paper.
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The Political Consequences of Motherhood. By Jill S. Greenlee. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 2014. 290p. $80.00 cloth, $45.00 paper.
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Judging Free Speech: First Amendment Jurisprudence of US Supreme Court Justices. Edited by Helen J. Knowles and Steven B. Lichtman. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. 288p. $110.00 cloth, $30.00 paper, $19.99 e-book.
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Failed Promises: Evaluating the Federal Government’s Response to Environmental Justice. Edited by David M. Konisky. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2015. 269p. $53.00 cloth, $30.00 paper.
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Subsidizing Democracy. By Michael G. Miller. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2013. 201p. $39.95.
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Sailing the Water’s Edge: The Domestic Politics of American Foreign Policy. By Helen V. Milner and Dustin Tingley. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2015. 352p. $35.00 cloth, $27.95 paper.
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Becoming Bureaucrats: Socialization at the Front Lines of Government Service. By Zachary Oberfield. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014. 248p. $59.95.
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America’s Battle for Media Democracy: The Triumph of Corporate Libertarianism and the Future of Media Reform. By Victor Pickard. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2015. 247p. $85.00 cloth, $29.99 paper.
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Narcissism and Politics: Dreams of Glory. By Jerrold M. Post. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. 252p. $88.00 cloth, $29.99 paper.
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Insuring Children’s Health: Contentious Politics and Public Policy. By Alice Sardell. Baltimore, MD: Lynne Rienner, 2014. 183p. $55.00.
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