Contents of Volume 14 Issue 5, September 2008

Marc Debus,

"Office and Policy Payoffs in Coalition Governments," 515-538.

Rainbow Murray,

"The Power of Sex and Incumbency: A Longitudinal Study of Electoral Performance in France," 539-554.

Jana Kunicova and Thomas Frederick Remington,

"Mandates, Parties and Dissent: Effect of Electoral Rules on Parliamentary Party Cohesion in the Russian State Duma, 1994-2003," 555-574.

David Cutts, Sarah Childs and Edward Fieldhouse,

"'This Is What Happens When You Don't Listen': All-Women Shortlists at the 2005 General Election," 575-595.

William Cross,

"Democratic Norms and Party Candidate Selection: Taking Contextual Factors into Account," 596-619.

Bonnie N. Field and Peter M. Siavelis,

"Candidate Selection Procedures in Transitional Polities: A Research Note," 620-639.

Michael D. McDonald and Ian Budge, Elections, Parties, Democracy: Conferring the Median Mandate.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.
Party Politics, 14 (September, 2008), 640-642. (Reviewed by Adrian Blau)

Marc J. Hetherington, Why Trust Matters: Declining Political Trust and the Demise of American Liberalism.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2005 (2nd printing 2007).
Party Politics, 14 (September, 2008), 642-645. (Reviewed by Christopher J. Anderson)

John Bartle and Anthony King (eds), Britain at the Polls 2005.

Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press, 2006.

Dennis Kavanagh and David Butler, The British General Election of 2005.

Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

Pippa Norris and Christopher Wlezien (eds), Britain Votes 2005.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.
Party Politics, 14 (September, 2008), 645-647. (All three reviewed by Thomas P. Wolf)

Peter Burnell (ed.), Globalising Democracy: Party Politics in Emerging Democracies.

Abingdon: Routledge, 2006.

Thomas Carothers, Confronting the Weakest Link: Aiding Political Parties in New Democracies.

Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2006.
Party Politics, 14 (September, 2008), 648-650. (Both reviewed by Paul G. Lewis)

Susanne Jungerstam-Mulders (ed.), Post-Communist EU Member States: Parties and Party Systems.

Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006.
Party Politics, 14 (September, 2008), 650-652. (Reviewed by Karen Henderson)

Fiona Macaulay, Gender Politics in Brazil and Chile: The Role of Parties in National and Local Policymaking.

New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Party Politics, 14 (September, 2008), 652-654. (Reviewed by Gwynn Thomas)

Larry Diamond and Marc F. Plattner (eds), Electoral Systems and Democracy.

Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
Party Politics, 14 (September, 2008), 654-656. (Reviewed by Henk van der Kolk)