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• Chapter 1 Democracy's Challenge(p. 1)
• Introduction(p. 1)
• Titanic Inequalities(p. 4)
• Democracy and Capitalism(p. 8)
• Standards of Democracy(p. 10)
• Change, and More Change(p. 14)
• Conclusion(p. 18)
• Part I Introduction to American Political Economy(p. 21)
• Chapter 2 Global Capitalism and American Politics(p. 27)
• Introduction(p. 27)
• The System of Capitalism(p. 28)
• The Mobilization of Bias(p. 35)
• Corporate Capitalism(p. 39)
• Who Owns America's Private Government?(p. 44)
• The Professionalization of Capital(p. 45)
• The Structure of Employment(p. 48)
• Conflict and Cohesion(p. 51)
• The Unstable Character of Capitalism(p. 54)
• The Current Situation(p. 56)
• Conclusion(p. 59)
• Chapter 3 The American State and Corporate Capitalism(p. 61)
• Introduction(p. 61)
• The First Wave of Expansion(p. 64)
• Stagnation and Challenge(p. 65)
• The Second Wave of Expansion(p. 67)
• Corporate Capitalism Unravels(p. 68)
• A New Deal(p. 70)
• The Road Not Taken(p. 72)
• Conservative Keynesianism(p. 74)
• The Golden Age of Capitalism(p. 75)
• Economic Policy Making(p. 7)
• Fiscal Policy(p. 78)
• The Budget Process(p. 81)
• Monetary Policy(p. 84)
• The End of the Golden Age of Capitalism(p. 87)
• Reaganomics(p. 88)
• Clintonomics(p. 90)
• The Global Marketplace(p. 92)
• Conclusion(p. 95)
• Part II The Many Faces of Political Participation(p. 99)
• Chapter 4 Movement for Change: Workers and Work(p. 101)
• Introduction(p. 101)
• Work Transformed: The Decline of the Independent Middle Class(p. 104)
• Creating Unions(p. 107)
• The Growth and Decline of Unions(p. 112)
• Future Labor Prospects(p. 122)
• Social Movements and Democratic Citizenship(p. 126)
• Conclusion(p. 130)
• Chapter 5 Political Parties, Elections, and Movements(p. 133)
• Introduction(p. 133)
• The Disappearing American Voter(p. 135)
• Party Systems(p. 138)
• A Two-Party System(p. 139)
• Critical Elections(p. 141)
• Party Decay(p. 142)
• The Decline of Party Organization(p. 144)
• Party Structure and Orientation(p. 145)
• Money and Elections(p. 148)
• The PAC Phenomenon(p. 153)
• Media and Elections(p. 156)
• Political Consultants(p. 158)
• The Rise and Fall of the New Deal Coalition(p. 160)
• A New Republican Party(p. 162)
• A Magical Mystery Tour: the 2000 Presidential Election(p. 164)
• Contemporary Party Coalitions(p. 168)
• A Postelectoral Era?(p. 172)
• Conclusion(p. 174)
• Part III Political Institutions(p. 177)
• Chapter 6 The Presidency: Imperial or Imperiled?(p. 181)
• Introduction(p. 181)
• The Historical Presidency(p. 185)
• The Imperial President?(p. 188)
• The Imperiled President(p. 193)
• Presidential Styles(p. 196)
• Bill Clinton as President(p. 198)
• The Exercise of Presidential Power(p. 200)
• The President's Response: End-Running the Bureaucracy(p. 211)
• Behind the Velvet Glove(p. 214)
• Conclusion(p. 215)
• Chapter 7 Congress(p. 217)
• Introduction(p. 217)
• The Origins of Congress(p. 220)
• The Historical Congress(p. 228)
• Congress as a Career(p. 232)
• Money and Congressional Elections(p. 233)
• Safe Seats and Turnover(p. 235)
• Members of Congress(p. 237)
• The Legislative Process(p. 242)
• How a Bill Becomes Law(p. 243)
• The Senate(p. 247)
• The House of Representatives(p. 253)
• Congress, the Bureaucracy, and Interest Groups(p. 259)
• Lobbying and Congress(p. 261)
• Conclusion(p. 263)
• Chapter 8 The Judiciary(p. 265)
• Introduction(p. 265)
• Politics and the Law(p. 269)
• A Dual Court System(p. 270)
• The Law and the Development of American Capitalism(p. 278)
• The Supreme Court in History(p. 280)
• The Modern Court: From Warren to Rehnquist(p. 285)
• Politics by Lawsuit(p. 292)
• Conclusion(p. 294)
• Part IV Public Policy(p. 297)
• Chapter 9 Corporate Capitalism, Foreign Policy, and the Global Political Economy(p. 299)
• Introduction(p. 299)
• American Foreign Policy Before World War II(p. 302)
• Cold War Rivalry(p. 304)
• Global Expansion and the Invisible Empire(p. 306)
• A New Era of Globalization?(p. 308)
• Globalization and Multinational Corporations(p. 311)
• Multinational Corporations(p. 315)
• The Military Establishment(p. 316)
• Political and Economic Influence(p. 319)
• The Military-Industrial Complex(p. 319)
• Foreign Policy in the Post--Cold War Era(p. 323)
• Rationalizing and Restructuring American Military Dominance(p. 325)
• The New Global Economy: Whose Globalization?(p. 328)
• Promoting Democracy Abroad(p. 332)
• Conclusion(p. 334)
• Chapter 10 The Welfare State(p. 335)
• Introduction(p. 335)
• The Historical Welfare State(p. 342)
• The New Deal(p. 343)
• Conservative and Liberal Welfare States(p. 347)
• Beyond the New Deal(p. 349)
• The Great Society and Its Backlash(p. 355)
• Clinton Democrats and the Welfare State(p. 361)
• Conclusion(p. 364)
• Chapter 11 Conclusion: American Politics, Past, Present, and Future(p. 367)
• Introduction(p. 367)
• The Reagan Revolution?(p. 369)
• The New Politics of Inequality(p. 370)
• The Clinton-Gore Administration: Bold Centrism or Broken Compact?(p. 372)
• The Compassionate Conservatism of the Bush Presidency(p. 381)
• Conclusion(p. 384)
• Credits(p. 385)
• Index(p. 387)