Book Reviews

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THE CHINA MODEL: Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy | By Daniel A. Bell

Paul Evans

CENTRIFUGAL EMPIRE: Central-Local Relations in China | By Jae Ho Chung

Lior Rosenberg

TRANSFORMING PATRIARCHY: Chinese Families in the Twenty-First Century | Edited by Gonçalo Santos and Stevan Harrell

Leslie K. Wang

LEFTOVER WOMEN: The resurgence of gender inequality in China | By Leta Hong Fincher

Bryna Goodman

CHINA’S ASIAN DREAM: Empire Building Along the New Silk Road | By Tom Miller

Tai Wei Lim

GODDESS ON THE FRONTIER: Religion, Ethnicity, and Gender in Southwest China | By Megan Bryson

C. Patterson Giersch

NUCLEAR DEBATES IN ASIA: The Role of Geopolitics and Domestic Processes | Edited by Mike M. Mochizuki and Deepa M. Ollapally

John P. DiMoia

SMART DIPLOMACY: Exploring China-India Synergy | By P.S. Suryanarayana; foreword by Ambassador Tommy Koh

Jiye Kim

DICTATORS AND THEIR SECRET POLICE: Coercive Institutions and State Violence | By Sheena Chestnut Greitens

Patrick Hein

COALITIONS OF THE WELL-BEING: How Electoral Rules and Ethnic Politics Shape Health Policy in Developing Countries | By Joel Sawat Selway

Gavin W. Jones