Introduction: How to Read This Book | |
The Founding: Debating the Constitution James Madison, Federalist No. 10 Brutus, Anti-federalist Paper, 18 October 1787 | |
Democracy: Overrated or Undervalued | |
Democracy's Romantic Myths Paul Rogat Loeb, The Active Citizen | |
The New Federalism: Does It Create Laboratories of Democracy or a Race to the Bottom | |
Beyond the Beltway John D. Donahue, The Devil in Devolution | |
Immigration: Good or Bad for American Democracy | |
Immigration Is Good Newt Gingrich, Patriotic Immigration | |
Political Economy: How Democratic Is the Free Market Economy | |
Capitalism and Freedom Samuel Bowles, Frank Roosevelt, and Richard Edwards, Corporate Capitalism Hurts American Democracy | |
Civil Liberties and War: Debating the USA Patriot Act Viet Dinh, Defending Liberty Against the Tyranny of Terror Stephen J. Schulhofer, No Checks, No Balances: Discarding Bedrock Constitutional Principles | |
Civil Rights: How Far Have We Progressed | |
One Nation, Indivisible David K. Shipler, A Country of Strangers | |
Church-State Relations: Was the United States Founded as a Christian Nation | |
The Centrality of Our Creator in Defining America Brooke Allen, Our Godless Constitution | |
The New Media and the Internet: Corporate Wasteland or Democratic Frontier | |
The Daily We Robert McChesney, The Power of the Producers | |
Political Polarization: How Divided Are We | |
Bipolar Disorder James Q. Wilson, How Divided Are We? | |
Campaigns and Elections: Professionals Versus Activists | |
Political Consultants and Electoral Democracy Jerome Armstrong and Markos Moulitsas Z?niga, Consultants Versus Netroots | |
Debating the Deficit and the Size of Government Stephen Moore, Tax Policy: The Theory Behind the Supply-Side Model Jonathan Chait, Race to the Bottom | |
Congress: Can Our Representatives Serve the Public Good | |
Congressional Individualism and the Collective Dilemma Barbara Sinclair, Political Parties in the House Today | |
The Presidency: How Much Difference Does the Individual Make | |
Lessons from the Modern Presidency Stephen Skowronek, The Changing Political Structures of Presidential Leadership | |
The Judiciary: How Should It Interpret Our Constitution | |
Textualism and the Constitution Stephen Breyer, Active Liberty and the Constitution | |
Economic Inequality: A Threat to Democracy | |
Myths of Rich and Poor Paul Krugman, For Richer | |
The United States and the Global Economy: Serving Citizens or Corporate Elites | |
Revolution Is U.S. David C. Korten, When Corporations Rule the World | |
U.S. Foreign Policy After September 11: Hegemony or International Cooperation | |
The Case for Goliath Charles W. Kegley Jr. and Gregory A. Raymond, The Imperiled American Imperium | |
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