This article ascertains the impact of local candidates on vote choice in the 2000 Canadian election. The authors show that 44 per cent of Canadian voters formed a preference for a local candidate and that this preference had an effect on vote choice independent of how people felt about the parties and the leaders. The findings suggest that the local candidate was a decisive consideration for 5 per cent of Canadian voters, 6 per cent outside Quebec and 2 per cent in Quebec. Although preference for a local candidate had a similar effect on urban and rural voters, as well as on voters of varying degrees of sophistication, the findings revealed that rural voters and more sophisticated voters were more likely to have formed a preference for their local candidate. As a consequence, the local candidate was more likely to be a decisive consideration for more sophisticated rural voters.

BLAIS, ANDRÉ, ELISABETH GIDENGIL, RICHARD NADEAU AND NEIL NEVITTE. Anatomy of a Liberal Victory: Making Sense of the Vote in the 2000 Canadian Election. By Linda Trimble 187

NEVITTE, NEIL, ed. Value Change and Governance in Canada. By Donald E. Blake 188

MONIÈRE, DENIS. Pour comprendre le nationalisme au Québec et ailleurs. Par François- Pierre Gingras 190

LAMOUREUX, DIANE. L'amère patrie. Féminisme et nationalisme dans le Québec contemporain. Par Édith Garneau 192

MACLURE, JOCELYN. Récits identitaires. Le Québec à l'épreuve du pluralisme. Par Geneviève Nootens 195

MASSOLIN, PHILIP. Canadian Intellectuals, The Tory Tradition, and the Challenge of Modernity, 1939-1970. By William Christian 197

BETCHERMANN, LITA-ROSE. Ernest Lapointe: Mackenzie King's Great Quebec Lieutenant. By Robert Bothwell 198

BRODIE, IAN. Friends of the Court: The Privileging of Interest Groups Litigants in Canada. By Miriam Smith 200

ROACH, KENT. The Supreme Court on Trial: Judicial Activism or Democratic Dialogue. By Gerald Baier 202

BERNIER, ROBERT. Un siècle de propagande? Information. Communication. Marketing gouvernemental. Par Anne-Marie Gingras 203

JOFFRIN, LAURENT. Le gouvernement invisible. Naissance d'une démocratie sans le peuple. Par Réjean Pelletier 205

LUXTON, MEG AND JUNE CORMAN. Getting By in Hard Times: Gendered Labour at Home and on the Job. By Stephanie Ross 207

VILLALBA, BRUNO ET XAVIER VANDENDRIESSCHE, sous la direction de. Le Front National et le Droit. Par Alain Baccigalupo 209

HAYNES, JEFF. Democracy in the Developing World: Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. By Bruce Morrison 212

DEFFONTAINES, JEAN-PIERRE ET JEAN-PIERRE PROD'HOMME. Territoires et acteurs du développement local : de nouveaux lieux de démocratie. Par Guy Chasson 214

CORRALES, JAVIER. Presidents without Parties: The Politics of Economic Reform in Argentina and Venezuela in the 1990s. By Anil Hira 215

JEFFREY, LESLIE ANN. Sex and Borders: Gender, National Identity, and Prostitution Policy in Thailand. By Teri Caraway 216

GAUDREAULT-DESBIENS, JEAN-FRANÇOIS. Le sexe et le droit. Sur le féminisme de Catharine MacKinnon. Par Ann Robinson 218

HAFFNER, SEBASTIAN. Allemagne, 1918. Une révolution trahie. Par Augustin Simard 220

CRAIG, LEON HAROLD. Of Philosophers and Kings: Political Philosophy in Shakespeare's Macbeth and King Lear. By Edward Andrew 223

LECA, JEAN. Pour(quoi) la philosophie politique : petit traité de science politique, Tome 1. Par Chedly Belkhodja 225

PIOTTE, JEAN-MARC. Les neufs clés de la modernité. Par Gilles Labelle 227

NARDIN, TERRY. The Philosophy of Michael Oakeshott. By Jeremy Rayner 228

RAEDER, LINDA C. John Stuart Mill and the Religion of Humanity. By Richard Vernon 230

FROESE, KATRIN. Rousseau and Nietzsche: Toward an Aesthetic Morality. By Sophie Bourgault 231

TOURAINE, ALAIN. Beyond Neoliberalism. By Pascale Dufour 233

BAUDRILLARD, JEAN. D'un fragment l'autre. Entretiens avec François L'Yvonnet. Par Yves Laberge 234

WYN JONES, RICHARD, ed. Critical Theory and World Politics. By Jacqueline Best 235

DERRIENNIC, JEAN-PIERRE. Les guerres civiles. Par Hugo Loiseau 236

O'LEARY, BRENDAN, IAN LUSTICK AND TOM CALLAGHY, eds. Right-Sizing the State: The Politics of Moving Borders. By Tobias Theiler 237

BARNETT, MICHAEL. Eyewitness to a Genocide: The United Nations and Rwanda. By John Hickman 239

GOLDSTEIN, AVERY. Deterrence and Security in the 21st Century: China, Britain, France and the Enduring Legacy of the Nuclear Revolution. By David G. Haglund 240

CLARKSON, STEPHEN. Uncle Sam and US: Globalization, Neoconservatism, and the Canadian State. By W. Andy Knight 899

WALLOT, JEAN-PIERRE, sous la direction de. La Commission Pepin-Robarts quelque vingt ans aprés. Le débat qui n'a pas eu lieu. Par Simon Langois 900

MARTIN, MICHEL, dir. Andrée Ferretti : La passion de l'engagement. Discours et textes (1964-2001). Par Denyse Côté 902

ABU-LABAN, YASMEEN and CHRISTINA GABRIEL. Selling Diversity: Immigration, Multiculturalism, Employment Equity, and Globalization. By Leslie A. Pal 905

HALE, GEOFFREY, The Politics of Taxation in Canada. By Michael J. Prince 906

NOLIN, PIERRE CLAUDE, Président. Le cannabis. Rapport du Comité spécial du Sénat sur les drogues illicites. Par Line Beauchesne 907

TARDY, ÉVELYNE. Les femmes et les conseils municipaux du Québec. Par Jocelyne Praud 909

PERL, ANTHONY. New Departures: Rethinking Rail Passenger Policy in the Twenty- First Century. By Dan Madar 912

FREITAG, MICHEL, avec la collaboration d'Yves Bonny. L'oubli de la société : Pour une théorie critique de la postmodernité. Par Ulric Deschênes 913

BERNSTEIN, STEVEN. The Compromise of Liberal Environmentalism. By Matthew Paterson 915

LEISS, WILLIAM. In the Chamber of Risks: Understanding Risk Controversies. By James Tansey 916

THÉRET, BRUNO. Protection sociale et fédéralisme. L'Europe dans le miroir de l'Amérique du Nord. Par Daniel Béland 917

DELWIT, PASCAL, dir. Libéralismes et partis libéraux en Europe. Par Vincent Lemieux 920

DRIVER, STEPHEN AND LUKE MARTELL. Blair's Britain. By Alexandra Dobrowolsky 921

PALIER, BRUNO. Gouverner la Sécurité sociale. Par Jacinthe Michaud 922

HOOK, GLENN D., JULIE GILSON, CHRISTOPHERW. HUGHES AND HUGO DOBSON. Japan's International Relations: Politics, Economics and Security. By Tsuyoshi Kawasaki 927

CHAPPELL, LOUISE A. Gendering Government: Feminist Engagement with the State in Australia and Canada. By Jill Vickers 929

BALDEZ, LISA. Why Women Protest: Women's Movements in Chile. By Susan Franceschet 930

HAYES, MICHAEL T. The Limits of Policy Change: Incrementalism, Worldview, and the Rule of Law. By Andrea Migone 931

GAGNON, BERNARD. La philosophie morale et politique de Charles Taylor. Par Benoît Dubreuil 933

MOSCHONAS, GERASSIMOS, Trans. GREGORY ELLIOT. In the Name of Social Democracy: The Great Transformation: 1945 to the Present; and PIERSON, CHRISTOPHER. Hard Choices: Social Democracy in the 21st Century. By David Laycock 935

STANKIEWICZ, W. J. The Essential Stankiewicz: On the Importance of Political Theory. By Herminio Meireles Teixeira 937

BLATTBERG, CHARLES. From Pluralist to Patriotic Politics: Putting Practice First. By Simone Chambers 940

JANARA, LAURA, Democracy Growing Up: Authority, Autonomy, and Passion in Tocqueville's Democracy in America. By Catherine A. Holland 941

This article examines the lessons "learned" and the legacies inherent in the downfall of authoritarian communism in central and eastern Europe in view of post-communism's first decade. It is argued that the events of 1989-1991 were revolutionary in dramatically and unexpectedly establishing new regimes and ushering in simultaneous and multilateral (political, economic, social, national) change. Furthermore, 1989-1991 represents a rejection of "grand narrative" large-scale social experimentation in political arrangements in favour of hybridism and incrementalism. Ten key maxims are introduced as a means of analyzing this historical rupture and understanding the variety of experiences across the region.

HOBERG, GEORGE, sous la direction de. La capacité de choisir : Le Canada dans une nouvelle Amérique du Nord. Par Denis Michaud 441

LACOMBE, SYLVIE. La rencontre de deux peuples élus : comparaison des ambitions nationale et impériale au Canada entre 1896 et 1920. Par François Charbonneau 442

MCBRIDE, STEPHEN. Paradigm Shift: Globalization and the Canadian State. By Dennis Pilon 445

MCANDREW, MARIE. L'immigration et diversité à l'école. Le débat québécois dans une perspective comparative. Par Phyllis Dalley 447

HOWLETT, MICHAEL, ed. Canadian Forest Policy: Adapting to Change. By Wyn Grant 448

ADAMS, DUANE, ed. Federalism, Democracy and Health Policy in Canada. By Daniel Cohn 449

LEESON, HOWARD A., ed. Saskatchewan Politics: Into the Twenty-First Century. By Paul G. Thomas 451

CAMERON, DAVID R. AND GRAHAM WHITE. Cycling into Saigon: The Conservative Transition in Ontario. By Steve Patten 452

FEREJOHN, JOHN, JOHN N. RAKOVE AND JONATHAN RILEY, eds. Constitutional Culture and Democratic Rule. By Michael Lusztig 453

HIBBING, JOHN R. AND ELIZABETH THIESS-MORSE, eds. What Is It about Government That Americans Dislike? By Gus diZerega 454

WINOCK, MICHEL. La Belle Époque. La France de 1900 à 1914. Par Pierre Simonneau 456

MENDELSOHN, MATTHEW AND ANDREW PARKIN, eds. Referendum Democracy: Citizens, Elites, and Deliberation in Referendum Campaigns. By David Stewart 458

IGNATIEFF, MICHAEL. Human Rights as Politics and Idolatry. By Brian Orend 459

RIOUX, JEAN-FRANÇOIS, sous la direction de. La sécurité humaine : une nouvelle conception des relations internationales. Par Miguel de Larrinaga 460

BALME, RICHARD, DIDIER CHABANET ET VINCENT WRIGHT, sous la direction de. L'action collective en Europe. Par Bernard Jouve 463

COHEN, LENARD J. Serpent in the Bosom. The Rise and Fall of Slobodan Miloševic«. By Stanislav Kirschbaum 466

DUSSOUY, GÉRARD. Quelle géopolitique au XXIe siècle? Par Juan-Luis Klein 467

RASHID, AHMED. L'ombre des taliban. Par Sami Aoun 468

LÉGARÉ, FRANÇOIS. Terrorisme. Peurs et réalité. Par Dany Deschênes 470

TAYLOR, CHARLES. Varieties of Religion Today: William James Revisited. By Robert Meynell 472

BALIBAR, ETIENNE ET GÉRARD RAULET, sous la direction de. Marx démocrate: Le manuscrit de 1843. Par Étienne Cantin 473

PANITCH, LEO. Renewing Socialism: Democracy, Strategy, and Imagination. By Claudio Katz 475

BAUM, BRUCE. Rereading Power and Freedom in J. S. Mill. By Wendy Donner 476

CARTER, APRIL AND GEOFFREY STOKES, eds. Democratic Theory Today. By Boris DeWiel 478

BARNARD, FREDERICK M. Democratic Legitimacy: Plural Values and Political Power. By Greg Pyrcz 479

ZUCKER, ROSS. Democratic Distributive Justice. By Colin M. Macleod 480

TSEBELIS, GEORGE. Veto Players: How Political Institutions Work. By Csaba Nikolenyi 482

MAY, CHRISTOPHER. The Information Society: A Sceptical View; and WEBSTER, FRANK, ed. Culture and Politics in the Information Age: A New Politics. By Darin Barney 483

HAMPSON, FEN OLIVER, NORMAN HILLMER AND MAUREEN APPEL MOLOT, eds. Canada among Nations 2001: The Axworthy Legacy; and HILMER, NORMAN AND MAUREEN APPEL MOLOT, eds. Canada among Nations 2002: A Fading Power. By Tom Keating 485

LUSSIER, ANDRÉ. Le nationalisme québécois sur le divan. Par Frédéric Boily 666

THéRIAULT, JOSEPH YVON. Critique de l'américanité. Mémoire et démocratie au Québec. Par Guy Lachapelle 668

LEMIEUX, VINCENT. L'étude des politiques publiques. Les acteurs et leur pouvoir, 2e édition. Par Christian Poirier 670

MCKENZIE, JUDITH. Environmental Politics in Canada: Managing the Commons into the Twenty-First Century; and PARSON, EDWARD, ed. Governing the Environment: Persistent Challenges, Uncertain Innovations. By Debora L. Vannijnatten 673

SAVITCH, HANK V. AND PAUL KANTOR. Cities in the International Marketplace. By Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly 674

MILNER, HENRY. Civic Literacy: How Informed Citizens Make Democracy Work. By Gregg M. Olsen 676

ISBESTER, KATHERINE. Still Fighting: The Nicaraguan Women's Movement, 1977-2000; and KAMPWIRTH, KAREN. Women and Guerrilla Movements: Nicaragua, El Salvador, Chiapas, Cuba. By Jeffery R. Webber 679

ROY, OLIVIER. Les illusions du 11 septembre. Le débat stratégique face au terrorisme. Par Dany Deschênes 682

FONTAINE, JOSEPH ET PATRICK HASSENTEUFEL, sous la direction de. To change or not to change? Les changements de l'action publique à l'épreuve du terrain. Par Anne Mevellec 684

LAUVAUX, PHILIPPE. Destins du présidentialisme. Par Mariette Sineau 685

LUCIAK, ILJA A. After the Revolution: Gender and Democracy in El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Guatemala. By Monica Escudero 687

RAMEL, FRéDéRIC, avec la collaboration de DAVID CUMIN. Philosophie des relations internationales. Par Philippe Constantineau 689

CHAMBERS, SIMONE AND WILL KYMLICKA, eds. Alternative Conceptions of Civil Society. By Shaun P. Young 690

PLANINC, ZDRAVKO, ed. Politics, Philosophy, Writing: Plato's Art of Caring for Souls. By Dana Jalbert Stauffer 692

LACASCADE, JEAN-LOUIS. Les métamorphoses du jeune Marx. Par étienne Cantin 693

OTTESON, JAMES R. Adam Smith's Marketplace of Life. By Laurent Dobuzinskis 694

HAYDEN, PATRICK. John Rawls: Towards a Just World Order. By Ernie Keenes 696

MORIN, EDGAR. Pour une politique de civilisation. Par Yves Laberge 698

KITCHING, GAVIN. Seeking Social Justice through Globalization: Escaping a Nationalist Perspective; and HELLIWELL, JOHN F. Globalization and Well-Being. By Philip G. Cerny 699

BRUNEL, GILLES et CLAUDE-YVES CHARRON, sous la direction de. La communication internationale : mondialisation, acteurs et territoires socio-culturels. Par Radu Dobrescu 701