Sara S. Chapman, former President of The Sage Colleges Ursula S. Colby is former Academic Dean of Russell Sage College
Preface
vii
Acknowledgments
xiii
Introduction: Democracy American Style
1
(14)
Part I Organizing Government in America
15
(56)
What's at Stake?
17
(4)
A Nation of States: Creating the Constitution
21
(14)
The Union Challenged
35
(14)
Organizing Government in the Twentieth Century
49
(22)
Part II Government, the Economy, and Citizens
71
(60)
What's at Stake?
73
(4)
Hands-Off (Mostly)
77
(6)
Abiding Issues for Government in a ``Free'' Economy
83
(18)
Your Money: How Does Government Spend It?
101
(6)
FDR's New Deal and the Fortunes of Capitalism Reconsidered
107
(4)
The Clinton Years
111
(8)
Government and the Global Economy: New Questions
119
(12)
Part III Foreign Policy: The ``Indispensable Nation''?
131
(90)
What's at Stake?
133
(4)
The United States and Globalization
137
(10)
Current Debates
147
(16)
Reaching the Present: Foreign Policy Through the World Wars
163
(6)
What Next?
169
(6)
Part IV Can the Center Hold?
A Case in Point: Immigration and Immigrants
173
(2)
What's at Stake?
175
(10)
Issues in Immigration Policy
185
(10)
Bottom Lines: Economic and Labor Issues
195
(10)
Immigrant Policy: Where Are We Now? Why Does It Matter?
205
(6)
California and Beyond
211
(10)
Conclusion
221
(6)
Endnotes
227
(8)
References
235
(6)
Index
241
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