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| Creating a New Nation | |
| The Great Political Experiment | |
| Defining Federalism and Organized Power in the "First New Nation" | |
| Endless Nuances | |
| The Four Characteristics of Federalism | |
| Fluidity and Continuity | |
| Outcomes of Federalism | |
| Follow the Bouncing Ball--The Uncertainties of Federalism Looking Ahead | |
| Reordering the Rules on Power and Governance | |
| Questioning the Traditional Rules on Power and Governance | |
| New Theories and the Old Regime: Sowing Seeds of Change | |
| The Articles of Confederation: The First Effort at Self-Governance | |
| The Constitutional Convention: The Second Effort at Self-Governance | |
| From the Past to the Present | |
| Organizing a Federal System of Government | |
| The Appeal of Tradition | |
| Tradition: The Conservative Ethic in America | |
| To Trust or Not to Trust the People--Conflicting Themes | |
| The Constitution: Assigned Powers and Early Interpretations | |
| Pitting Liberty against Equality? | |
| Tradition, Yes, But What Tradition? | |
| Institutional Change Agents: Political Wellsprings | |
| The Courts as Change Agents | |
| The President as a Change Agent | |
| Congress as a Change Agent | |
| National Institutions on the March | |
| Informal Pressures on the Power Flow | |
| Political Parties | |
| Interest Groups | |
| Bureaucracy: Pushing from the Periphery of Power | |
| Public Opinion | |
| Informal Pressures: Ambiguous but Real | |
| The Dimensions of Modern Federalism | |
| Vertical Federalism | |
| National/State Relations | |
| National/Local Federalism | |
| State/Local Relations | |
| Federal Grants-in-Aid as a Catalyst for Control | |
| National/Private Sector Relations | |
| Vertical Federalism in Perspective | |
| Horizontal Federalism: Arrangements Among the States | |
| State Political Cultures in the Federal Framework | |
| Public Opinion and Policy Differences | |
| State-to-State Competition | |
| Regional Cooperation | |
| Horizontal Federalism in the Twenty-first Century | |
| The International Dimension of Federalism | |
| The Many Faces of Globalization | |
| Immigration | |
| Security | |
| International Dimensions in a Domestic Context | |
| Continuity and Change | |
| Explaining Federalism in the Twenty-first Century | |
| Problem-Solving in a Defined Political Structure | |
| Emerging Themes, New Directions, Unanswered Questions | |
| The Future of American Federalism | |
| Notes | |
| Index | |
| About the Author | |
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