Contents
- Chapter 1—Political Culture. What Makes America America?
- Samuel P. Huntington, "One Nation, Out of Many"
- Louis Menand, "Patriot Games"
- Chapter 2—Constitutional Amendment and Structural Change
- Kathleen M. Sullivan, "What's Wrong with Constitutional Amendments?"
- Adrian Vermeule, "Constitutional Amendments and the Constitutional Common Law"
- Chapter 3—Federalism: State Power or National Power?
- Nelson Lund, "Putting Federalism to Sleep"
- John Tabin, "Supreme Substances"
- George J Annas, "Jumping Frogs, Endangered Toads, and California's Medical-Marijuana Law"
- Chapter 4—Civil Liberties: The Tradeoff between Security and Freedom
- The Progressive, "Casualties of War"
- Andrew C. McCarthy, "How to 'Connect the Dots'"
- Chapter 5—Civil Rights: Affirmative Action in Higher Education
- Justice Clarence Thomas, dissent in Barbara Grutter v. Lee Bollinger, et al. (2003)
- Timothy A. Nelsen, Frances P. Kao, Eric J. Gorman, and Amy M. Gardner, "Brief of the Clinical Legal Education Association as Amicus Curiae Supporting Respondents"
- Chapter 6—Public Opinion: Is a Polarized America Myth or Reality?
- Morris P. Fiorina, "What Culture Wars? Debunking the Myth of a Polarized America"
- James Q. Wilson, "How Divided Are We?" and a response from Morris Fiorina
- Chapter 7—Blogs and the Mainstream Media
- David D. Perlmutter and Misti McDaniel, "The Ascent of Blogging"
- Cass R. Sunstein, "Democracy and Filtering"
- Ted Vaden, "Blogs Challenge Newspaper Standards"
- Chapter 8—Ballot Initiatives: Voice of the People of the Powerful?
- David S. Broder, "Dangerous Initiatives: A Snake in the Grass Roots"
- Lino A. Graglia, "Revitalizing Democracy"
- David Sarasohn, "Taking (Back) the Initiative"
- Chapter 9—Political Parties: Time for a New Third Party?
- Peggy Noonan, "Third Time"
- Dick Meyer, "A Recipe for Third Party Victory"
- Representative Tom DeLay, "Farewell Address"
- David Brooks, "Don't Worry, Be Happy"
- Chapter 10—The Electoral College: Reform It or Leave it Alone?
- Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., "Not the People's Choice"
- Norman Ornstein, "No Need to Repeal the Electoral College"
- James Glassman, "Reform the Electoral College, Don't Toss It"
- Chapter 11—Interest Groups: A Force for Change or the Status Quo?
- Earl Latham: "The Group Basis of Politics: Notes for a Theory" (excerpts)
- Jonathan Rauch: "The Hyperpluralism Trap"
- Chapter 12—Representation in Congress: The Politics of Pork
- Sean Paige, "Rolling out the Pork Barrel"
- Jonathan Cohn, "Roll out the Barrel: The Case Against the Case Against Pork"
- Rep. Jeff Flake, "Earmarked Men"
- Sen. Larry Craig and Congressman Mike Simpson, "Earnest Earmarks"
- Chapter 13—An Imperial Presidency?
- Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., "The Imperial Presidency Redux"
- Isaacs, John, "Congress goes AWOL"
- Robert F. Turner, "FISA vs. the Constitution"
- Chapter 14—Evaluating Bureaucratic Performance: Can Government Be Run Like a Business?
- James Q. Wilson, "What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It"
- Jacob S. Hacker, "Bigger and Better"
- Chapter 15—Judicial Confirmation Hearings: What Role for the Senate?
- Janet Malcolm, "The Art of Testifying; The Confirmation Hearings as Theatre"
- Sen. John Cornyn, "R-E-S-P-E-C-T"
- Robert Post and Reva Siegel, "Questioning Justice: Law and Politics in Judicial Confirmation Hearings"
- Chapter 16—Economic Policy: Should Government Reduce Income Inequality?
- Anna Bernasek, "Income Inequality, And Its Cost"
- Donald Luskin, "Still Movin' On Up"
- The Economist, "Inequality and the American Dream"
- Chapter 17—Social Policy: Who Wins and Loses if Social Security is Privatized?
- Andrew G. Biggs, "Stock Market Declines' Effect on the Social Security Reform Debate"
- Brooke Harrington, "Can Small Investors Survive Social Security Privatization?"
- Chapter 18—Foreign Policy: Can Nation Building Succeed?
- Marina Ottaway, "Nation Building"
- Justin Logan and Christopher Preble, "Are Failed States a Threat to America?"
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