We had bought this a while ago in paperback, and it was sitting around. I
was always tempted by it -- something from a pol. sci. academic written
for the general public, on a timely topic. Took a while to get started, and
an even longer while to finish, but it was worth it. Nice book, persuasively
argued and covering many relevant aspects of the discussion. Yet it feels
at the same time somewhat dry and repetive, and could at time do with a little
more rigour. Following old-school social science habits, it is amply footnoted
but even then somewhat short of detail (e.g. on the many cited regression
analyses). Still recommended.
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