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Books reviewed in this issue. Christopher Darnton, Rivalry and Alliance Politics in Cold War Latin America. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014. Figures, tables, notes, index, 285 pp.; paperback $40.46, Kindle $35.96. Flavia Freidenberg and Julieta Suárez-Cao, eds., Territorio y poder: nuevos actores y competencia política en los sistemas de partidos multinivel en América Latina. Salamanca: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca, 2014. Tables, figures, bibliography, appendix, 386 pp.; paperback. Richard Sandbrook, Reinventing the Left in the Global South: The Politics of the Possible. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Tables, figures, bibliography, index, 309 pp.; paperback $34.99. Ignacio Walker, Democracy in Latin America: Between Hope and Despair. Translated by Krystin Krause, Holly Bird, and Scott Mainwaring. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2013. Bibliography, index, 262 pp.; paperback $38. Aaron Ansell, Zero Hunger: Political Culture and Antipoverty Policy in Northeast Brazil. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2014. Illustrations, maps, tables, appendixes, notes, bibliography, index, 256 pp.; paperback $32.95. Ronald H. Chilcote, Intellectuals and the Search for National Identity in Twentieth-Century Brazil. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Bibliography, index, 306 pp.; hardcover $99, ebook. Charles Amo-Yartey and Therese Turner-Jones, eds., Caribbean Renewal: Tackling Fiscal and Debt Challenges. Washington, DC: International Monetary Fund, 2014. Tables, bibliography, index, 314 pp.; paperback $25, e-book $9.99. Matthew Louis Bishop, The Political Economy of Caribbean Development. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. Tables, notes, bibliography, index, 257 pp.; hardcover $95, ebook, pdf. Rose J. Spalding, Contesting Trade in Central America: Market Reform and Resistance. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2014. Tables, figures, appendixes, bibliography, index, 334 pp.; hardcover $60; paperback $29.95. Thomas C. Wright, Impunity, Human Rights, and Democracy: Chile and Argentina, 1990-2005. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2014. Acronyms, notes, bibliography, index, 206 pp.; hardcover $55. Kirsten Weld, Paper Cadavers: The Archives of Dictatorship in Guatemala. Durham: Duke University Press, 2014. Photographs, abbreviations, notes, bibliography, index, 352 pp.; hardcover $99.95, paperback $26.95, Kindle $14.55. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Maxwell A. Cameron, Strong Constitutions: Social-Cognitive Origins of the Separation of Powers. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. Figures, notes, bibliography, index, 268 pp.; hardcover $65, paperback $31.95, ebook. Roberto Gargarella, Latin American Constitutionalism, 1810-2010: The Engine Room of the Constitution. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. Notes, bibliography, index, 298 pp.; hardcover $74, ebook. Michael L. Mezey, Presidentialism: Power in Comparative Perspective. Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2013. Bibligraphy, index, 260 pp.; hardcover $58, ebook $58. Gabriel L. Negretto, Making Constitutions: Presidents, Parties, and Institutional Choice in Latin America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. Figures, tables, appendix, notes, bibliography, index, 296 pp.; hardcover $95, paperback $32.99, ebook $26. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Anthony Bebbington and Jeffrey Bury, eds., Subterranean Struggles: New Dynamics of Mining, Oil, and Gas in Latin America. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2013. Photographs, maps, figures, tables, abbreviations, bibliography, index, 361 pp.; hardcover $60, paperback $30. Noel Maurer, The Empire Trap: The Rise and Fall of U.S. Intervention to Protect American Property Overseas, 1893-2013. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013. Illustrations, map, tables, figures, notes, bibliography, index, 568 pp.; hardcover $39.50; ebook available. Michael L. Ross, The Oil Curse: How Petroleum Wealth Shapes the Development of Nations. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012. Illustrations, tables, abbreviations, appendixes, bibliography, index, 312 pp.; paperback $22.95, ebook available. Elana Shever, Resources for Reform: Oil and Neoliberalism in Argentina. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2012. Map, figures, notes, bibliography, index, 231 pp.; hardcover $70, paperback $22.95, ebook $22.95. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ABSTRACT Taylor C. Boas, Presidential Campaigns in Latin America: Electoral Strategies and Success Contagion. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2016. Figures, tables, appendixes, bibliography, index, 276 pp.; hardcover $99.99, ebook. John Gledhill, The New War on the Poor: The Production of Insecurity in Latin America. London: Zed Books, 2015. Map, bibliography, index, 256 pp.; paperback $29.95, ebook $23.96. Ezequiel A. González-Ocantos, Shifting Legal Visions: Judicial Change and Human Rights Trials in Latin America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016. Figures, tables, bibliography, index, 342 pp.; hardcover $110, paperback $35.99, ebook $88. Merrilee S. Grindle and Erin E. Goodman, eds., Reflections on Memory and Democracy. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2016. Photograph, 274 pp.; paperback $24.95. David Pion-Berlin, Military Missions in Democratic Latin America. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. Figures, tables, bibliography, index, 231 pp.; hardcover $105, ebook $79.99. Robert Gay, Bruno: Conversations with a Brazilian Drug Dealer. Durham: Duke University Press, 2015. Illustrations, chronology, notes, bibliography, index, 232 pp.; hardcover $89.95, paperback $14.95. Georgina Waylen, ed., Gender, Institutions, and Change in Bachelet's Chile. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. Figure, tables, bibliographies, index, 259 pp.; hardcover $105, ebook $79.99. Dickie Davis, David Kilcullen, Greg Mills, and David Spencer, A Great Perhaps? Colombia: Conflict and Convergence. London: Hurst, 2015. Maps, figures, tables, notes, bibliography, index, 288 pp.; hardcover $39.40. Mary Helen Spooner and Steven Ullmann, Cuban Health Care: Utopian Dreams, Fragile Future. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2014. Appendixes, figures, tables, bibliography, index, 152 pp.; hardcover $83, ebook $78.50. John M. Kirk, Healthcare Without Borders: Understanding Cuban Medical Internationalism. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2015. Tables, bibliography, index, 376 pp.; hardcover $79.95. Christine J. Wade, Captured Peace: Elites and Peacebuilding in El Salvador. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2016. Illustrations, abbreviations, bibliography, index, 304 pp.; hardcover $69.95, paperback $39.95, ebook. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Books reviewed in this issue. Diego Abente Brun and Larry Diamond, eds., Clientelism, Social Policy, and the Quality of Democracy. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014. Figures, index, 288 pp.; hardcover $69.95, paperback $34.95, ebook $34.95. Merike Blofield, Care Work and Class: Domestic Workers' Struggle for Equal Rights in Latin America. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2012. Acronyms, tables, notes, bibliography, index, 200 pp.; hardcover $64.95, paperback $29.95. Felipe Amin Filomeno, Monsanto and Intellectual Property in South America. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. Tables, figures, appendix, bibliography, index, 208 pp.; hardcover $95, ebook, pdf. Jennifer Pribble, Welfare and Party Politics in Latin America. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013. Illustrations, acronyms, figures, tables, bibliography, index, 232 pp.; hardcover $90, paperback $32.99, ebook $72. Rosario Queirolo, The Success of the Left in Latin America: Untainted Parties, Market Reforms, and Voting Behavior. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2013. Figures, tables, bibliography, index, 224 pp; paperback $34, ebook $23.80. Claudia Kedar, The International Monetary Fund and Latin America: The Argentine Puzzle in Context. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. 2013. Tables, figures, bibliography, index, 251 pp.; hardcover $74.50. Linda C. Farthing and Benjamin H. Kohl, Evo's Bolivia: Continuity and Change. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2014. Photographs, map, tables, bibliography, index, 254 pp.; hardcover $55, paperback $24.95. Kirsten Sehnbruch and Peter M. Siavelis, eds., Democratic Chile: The Politics and Policies of a Historic Coalition, 1990-2010. Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2013. Tables, figures, index, 375 pp.; hardcover $72.50. Lynn Stephen, We Are the Face of Oaxaca: Testimony and Social Movements. Durham: Duke University Press, 2013. Photographs, maps, video clips, acronyms, abbreviations, table, notes, bibliography, index, 368 pp.; hardcover $94.95, paperback $25.95. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]