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2006

diciembre
29 John Grisham The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town Doubleday 2006
22 Ian Cram Contested Words: Legal Restrictions on Freedom of Speech in Liberal Democracies Ashgate 2006
15 Neal Gabler Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination Knopf 2006
01 Walter Benn Michaels The Trouble With Diversity: How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality Metropolitan Books 2006
         noviembre
24 Arturo Navarro Cultura: ¿Quién Paga? Gestión, infraestructura y audiencias en el modelo chileno de desarrollo cultural RIL editores 2006
17 Barack Obama The Audacity of Hope Crown Publishers 2006
10 George Rupp Globalization Challenged: Conviction, Conflict, Community Columbia University Press 2006
03 Bob Woodward State of Denial Simon & Schuster 2006
                         octubre
27 Robert Dahl  On Political Equality Yale University Press 2006
20 Cass Sunstein Laws of Fear: Beyond the Precautionary Principle Cambridge University Press 2005
06 Ernst Tugendhat Autoconciencia y autodeterminación Fondo Cultura Económica 2005
                                 septiembre
29 Joseph Stiglitz Making Globalization Work W.W. Norton 2006
22 Nicholas Lemann Redemption: The Last Battle of the Civil War Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2006
15 Ian Buruma Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance Penguin Press 2006
08 Jim Dwyer & Kevin Flynn 102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers Times Books 2005
01 Raymond Martin, John Barresi The Rise and Fall of Soul and Self Columbia University Press 2006
                                                             agosto
25 Arjun Appadurai Fear of Small Numbers Duke University Press 2006
18 John Kiesling Diplomacy Lessons: Realism for an Unloved Superpower Potomac Books 2006
11 John Lynch Simón Bolívar: A Life Yale University Press 2006
04 Harold Bruff Balance of Forces: Separation of Powers Law in the Administrative State Carolina Academic Press 2006
                                                                                 julio
28 Thomas Ricks Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq Penguin Press 2006
21 Amartya Sen Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny Norton 2006
14 Ron Suskind The One Percent Doctrine Simon & Schuster 2006
07 Ellen Schrecker (ed.) Cold War Triumphalism: The Misuse of History After the Fall of Communism The New Press 2004
                                                                                             junio
30 Steven Smith Reading Leo Strauss: Politics, Philosophy, Judaism The University of Chicago Press 2006
23 Rachel Sieder, Alan Angell, Line Schjolden The Judicialization of Politics in Latin America Palgrave Macmillan 2005
16 Robert Gerwarth The Bismarck Myth: Weimar Germany and the Legacy of the Iron Chancellor Oxford University Press 2005
09 Ronald Dworkin Justice in Robes Harvard University Press 2006
02 Sidney Tarrow Power in Movement: Social Movements and Contentious Politics Cambridge University Press 1998
                                                                                    mayo
26 Bernard Manin Principes du gouvernement représentatif Flammarion 
19 Richard Rodriguez Hunger of Memory D.R. Godine 1982
12 Jean Cohen & Andrew Arato Civil Society and Political Theory MIT Press 2002
05 Mark Danner Torture and Truth NY Review of Books 2004
                                                                                                                        abril
28 John Dryzek Deliberative Democracy and Beyond Oxford University Press 2002
21 Aristide Zolberg A Nation by Design Harvard University Press 2006
13 Gretchen Helmke Courts under Constraints: Judges, Generals, and Presidents in Argentina Cambridge University Press 2005
07 Joseph Stiglitz & Andrew Charlton Fair Trade for All: How Trade can Promote Development Oxford University Press 2006
                                                                                                             marzo
31 Barrington Moore Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy Beacon Press 1966
24 Anthony W. Pereira Political (In)Justice University of Pittsburgh Press 2005
17 Alan Dershowitz Preemption: a Knife that Cuts Both Ways W. W. Norton 2006
10 Francis Fukuyama America at the Crossroad Yale University Press 2006
03 Kwame Anthony Appiah Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers W.W. Norton 2006
                                                                                                                        febrero
24 Madeleine Ferrières Sacred Cow, Mad Cow: A History of Food Fears Columbia University Press 2005
17 James Risen State of War Free Press 2006
10 Daron Acemoglu & James A. Robinson Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy Cambridge University Press 2005
03 Luis Roniger, Mario Sznajder El legado de las violaciones de los derechos humanos en el Cono Sur Al Margen 2005
                                                                                                                                                                            enero
27 Hannah Arendt On Violence Harcourt, Brace & Company 1969
20 Eleanor Clift & Tom Brazaitis Madam President: Shattering the Last Glass Ceiling Scribner 2000
13 Husain Haqqani Pakistan: Between Mosque and Military Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 2005
06 Nueva Constitución para Israel

            2005

diciembre
23 Frances Hagopian & Scott P. Mainwaring The Third Wave of Democratization in Latin America: Advances and Setbacks Cambridge University Press 2005
16 Ellen Kennedy Constitutional Failure: Carl Schmitt in Weimar Duke University Press 2004
09 Guillermo O'Donnell Contrapuntos: Ensayos escogidos sobre autoritarismo y democratización Paidós 1999
02 George Packer The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2005
               noviembre
25 Moisés Naím Illicit: How Smugglers, Traffickers and Copycats are Hijacking the Global Economy Doubleday 2005
18 Robert Fisk The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East Knopf  2005
11 Sean Wilentz The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln W.W. Norton 2005
04 Ira Katznelson When Affirmative Action Was White W.W. Norton 2005
                                           octubre
28 Pierce O'Donnell In Time of War: Hitler's Terrorist Attack on America New Press 2005
21 Fredrik Uggla Negotiating Constitutional Changes During Chile's Transition to Democracy LAPS 47:2 2005
14 Thomas Pogge World Poverty and Human Rights: Cosmopolitan Responsibilities and Reforms Polity Press 2002
07 Richard Bernstein The Abuse of Evil: The Corruption of Politics and Religion since 9/11 Polity Press 2005
                                                             septiembre
30 Akhil Reed Amar America's Constitution: A Biography Random House 2005
23 David McCullough 1776 Simon & Schuster 2005
16 Roberto Gargarella Las teorías de la justicia después de Rawls Paidós 1999
09 Heraldo Muñoz Una Guerra Solitaria Random House Mondadori 2005
02 Stephen G. Brooks Producing Security Princeton University Press 2005
                                                                                     agosto
26 Iris Marion Young Justice and the Politics of Difference Princeton University Press 1990
19 Albert O. Hirschman The Passions and the Interests: Political Arguments for Capitalism Before its Triumph Princeton University Press 1977
12 Susan Moller Okin Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women? Princeton University Press 1999
05 Branko Milanovic Worlds Apart: Measuring International and Global Inequality Princeton University Press 2005
                                                                               julio
29 Amnesty International Guantánamo and Beyond: The Continuing Pursuit of Unchecked Executive Power AI 2005
22 Tushnet, Tribe and Waldron on Judicial Review
15 Floyd Abrams Speaking Freely: Trials of the First Amendment Viking 2005
08 Philip Pettit Republicanism: A Theory of Freedom and Government Oxford University Press 1997
01 Romeo Dallaire Shake Hands With the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda Carroll & Graf 2004
                                                                                      junio
24 David Archard Children, Rights and Childhood Routledge 2004
17 Lawrence Friedman American Law in the Twentieth Century Yale University Press 2002
10 Michael Walzer Arguing About War Yale University Press 2004
                                                                                              mayo
27 Philip Ball Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads to Another Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2004
20 Ben Ross Schneider Business Politics and the State in Twentieth-Century Latin America Cambridge University Press 2004
13 Jared Diamond Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed Viking 2004
06 Andrew F. Cooper y Thomas Legler Intervention Without Intervening?: The OAS Defense and Promotion of Democracy in the Americas Palgrave Macmillan 2005
                                                                                                                                abril
29 Alan Schroeder Presidential debates: forty years of high-risk TV Columbia University Press 2000
22 John Lukacs Democracy and Populism: Fear and Hatred Yale University Press 2005
15 Jeffrey Sachs The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time Penguin Press 2005
08 Eric Posner & Jack Goldmith The Limits of International Law Oxford University Press 2005
01 Pierre Rosanvallon La Démocratie Inachevée Gallimard 2000
                                                                                                                     marzo
18 Richard Bradley Harvard Rules: The Struggle for the Soul of the World's Most Powerful University HarperCollins 2005
11 John Prados Hoodwinked: The Documents that Reveal How Bush Sold Us a War New Press 2004
04 Richard Parker John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economics Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2005
                                                                                                                                     febrero
25 Louis Fisher Military Tribunals and Presidential Power: American Revolution to the War on Terrorism University Press of Kansas 2005
18 Brian Loveman The Constitution of Tyranny: Regimes of Exception in Spanish America University of Pittsburgh Press 1993
11 Ernst Fraenkel The Dual State: A Contribution to the Theory of Dictatorship Oxford University Press 1941
                                                                                                                                                                    enero
28 Alan Dershowitz Rights From Wrongs: A Secular Theory of the Origins of Rights Basic Books 2004
07 Richard A. Posner Catastrophe: Risk and Response Oxford University Press 2004

                    2004

diciembre
31 Matthew Crenson & Benjamin Ginsberg Downsizing Democracy: How America Sidelined Its Citizens and Privatized Its Public Johns Hopkins Univ. Press 2002
24 Timothy Garton Ash Free World : America, Europe, and the Surprising Future of the West Random House 2004
17 William E. Scheuerman Liberal Democracy and the Social Acceleration of Time Johns Hopkins University Press 2004
10 Alan Wolfe The Transformation of American Religion: How We Actually Live Our Faith Free Press 2003
03 John Micklethwait & Adrian Wooldrodge The Right Nation: Conservative Power in America Penguin 2004
                      noviembre
26 Nicola Lacey A Life of H.L.A.Hart Oxford University Press 2004
19 Giorgio Agamben Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life Stanford University Press 1998
12 Geoffrey R. Stone Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime W. W. Norton 2004
05 James Mann Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush’s War Cabinet Viking 2004
                                     octubre
29 David Laitin Identity in Formation: The Russian-Speaking Populations in the Near Abroad Cornell University Press 1998
22 Robert Putnam Making Democracy Work Princeton University Press 1993, Bowling Alone Simon & Schuster 2000
15 Peter Kornbluh Pinochet: Los Archivos Sectretos Crítica 2004
08 Anne Norton Leo Strauss and the Politics of American Empire Yale University Press 2004
01 Art Spiegelman In the Shadow of No Towers Pantheon 2004
                                                    septiembre
24 James Schlessinger Informe Abu Ghraib Sept. 2004
10 Arthur Schlessinger War and the American Presidency W.W. Norton 2004
03 Eric Hobsbawm Interesting Times: A Twentieth-Century Life Pantheon 2003
                                                             agosto
27 Omid Payrow Shabani Democracy, Power and Legitimacy University of Toronto Press 2003
20 Anonymous Imperial Hubris Brassey's Inc. 2004
06 George Soros The Bubble of American Supremacy Public Affairs 2003
                                                                                julio
30 John Rawls The Law of Peoples Harvard University Press 2001
23 Cass R. Sunstein The Second Bill of Rights Basic Books 2004
16 Alasdair MacIntyre After Virtue University of Notre Dame Press 1981
09 Ross Poole Nation and Identity Routledge 1999
02 Quentin Skinner Liberty Before Liberalism Cambridge University Press 1998
                                                                                        junio
25 Bill Clinton My Life Knopf 2004
18 Francis Fukuyama State-Building: Governance and World Order in the 21st Century Cornell University Press 2004
11 John W. Dean Worse Than Watergate Little, Brown and Company 2004
04 Ian Buruma & Avishai Margalit Occidentalism: the West in the Eyes of its Enemies The Penguin Press 2004
                                                                                                             mayo
27 John M. Carey & Mathew S. Shugart Executive Decree Authority Cambridge University Press 1998
20 Mahmood Mamdani Good Muslim, Bad Muslim Pantheon Books 2004
14 Michael Ignatieff The Lesser Evil Princeton University Press 2004
07 Joseph Wilson The Politics of Truth Carroll & Graf 2004
                                                                                                          abril
30 Bob Woodward Plan of Attack Simon & Schuster 2004
23 Niall Ferguson Colossus: the Price of America’s Empire The Penguin Press 2004 
16 Jagdish Bhagwati In Defense of Globalization Oxford University Press 2004
08 David Dadge Casualty of War: The Bush Administration’s Assault on a Free Press Prometheus Books 2004
02 Zbigniew Brzezinski The Choice: Global Domination or Global Leadership Basic Books 2004
                                                                                                                                              marzo
26 Richard Clarke Against All Enemies: Inside America’s War on Terror Free Press 2004
19 Walter Isaacson Benjamin Franklin: An American Life Simon & Schuster 2003
12 David K. Shipler The Working Poor: Invisible in America Alfred A. Knopf 2004
05 Samuel Huntington Who We Are Simon & Schuster 2004
                                                                                                                                                           febrero
27 Richard Perle & David Frum An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror Random House 2003
20 Bruce Ackerman We The People: Foundations Harvard University Press 1991
13 "Perestroika" en la ciencia política estadounidense
06 Tulio Halperín Donghi The Contemporary History of Latin America Duke University Press 1993
                                                                                                                                                                            enero
30 Ron Suskind The Price of Loyalty Simon & Schuster 2004
16 Stephen Schlesinger Act of Creation, The Founding of the United Nations Westview Press 2003
09 Ted Galen Carpenter Bad Neighbor Policy: Washington’s Futile War on Drugs in Latin America Palgrave Macmillan 2003

                        2003

diciembre
26 Howard Dean Winning Back America Simon & Schuster 2003
19 Theodore Lowi The Personal President: Power Invested, Promise Unfulfilled Cornell University Press 1985
12 Eric Alterman What liberal media?: the truth about bias and the news Basic Books 2003
05 Robert Rubin In an Uncertain World: Tough Choices From Wall Street to Washington Random House 2003
                noviembre
28 Jimmy Carter The Hornet’s Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War Simon & Schuster 2003
21 Madeleine Albright Madame Secretary Miramax 2003
14 J.G.A. Pocock The Machiavellian Moment Princeton University Press 2003
07 Víctor Bulmer-Thomas The Economic History of Latin America Since Independence Cambridge 2003
                           octubre
31 Wesley Clark Winning Modern Wars: Iraq, Terrorism, and the American Empire Public Affairs 2003
24 Jedediah Purdy Being America: Liberty, Commerce, and Violence in an American World Alfred A. Knopf 2003
17 The New Republic
10 Joseph Nye The Paradox of American Power Oxford University Press 2002
03 Paul Krugman The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century W.W. Norton 2003
                                    septiembre
26 Charles Taylor et.al., Multiculturalism: examining the politics of recognition Princeton University Press 1994
12 Varios sobre el 11 de Septiembre de 2001
05 Reporting Civil Rights: American Journalism 1941-1963 (vol. 1); 1963-1973 (vol. 2)
                                                    agosto
29 Sidney Blumenthal The Clinton Wars Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2003
22 Andrew Arato Civil Society, Constitution and Legitimacy Rowman and Littlefield 2000
14 Failed States Report 2003
08 Jared Diamong Guns, Germs and Steel W.W. Norton 1997
01 Ziauddin Sardar Merryl Wyn Davies Why do People Hate America? The Disinformation Co. 2002
                                                                    julio
25 Paul Berman Terror and Liberalism W.W. Norton 2003
18 John J. Mearsheimer The Tragedy of Great Power Politics W.W. Norton 2001
11 Cecilia O’Leary To Die For: the Paradox of American Patriotism Princeton University Press 1999
04 Thomas L. Friedman The Lexus and the Olive Tree Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1999
                                                                                    junio
27 Robert Dallek An Unfinished Life Brown, and Co. 2003
20 Robert Dahl How Democratic is the American Constitution? Yale University Press 2001
13 Bruce Ackerman, Ian Ayres Voting With Dollars Yale University Press 2002
06 Joseph J. Ellis Founding Brothers Alfred A. Knopf 2000
                                                                                                      mayo
30 Michael Hardt, Antonio Negri Empire Harvard University Press 2000
23 Bernard Lewis The Crisis of Islam Modern Library 2003
16 Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy
09 Greg Palast The Best Democracy Money Can Buy Pluto Press 2002
02 Cass Sunstein Designing Democracy: What Constitutions Do Oxford University Press 2001
                                                                                                                    abril
25 James Moore, Wayne Slater Bush´s Brain Wiley 2003
    Lou Dubose, Jan Reid, Carl M. Cannon Boy Genius Public Affairs 2003
11 Robert Kagan Of Paradise and Power Alfred A. Knopf 2003
04 Clinton Rossiter Constitutional Dictatorship Princeton University Press 1948