| PART I The Constitutional System |
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Constructing the Government: The Founding and the Constitution |
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From The Origins of the American Constitution |
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3 | (9) |
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12 | (5) |
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``The Paranoid Style in American Politics'' |
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17 | (6) |
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The Debate: An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution |
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23 | (1) |
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From An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States |
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23 | (5) |
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From Charles Beard and the Constitution: A Critical Analysis of ``An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution'' |
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28 | (6) |
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Federalism and the Separation of Powers: Then and Now |
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The Federalist, Nos. 51 and 46 |
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34 | (9) |
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From The Price of Federalism |
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43 | (9) |
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``Guns, the Commerce Clause, and the Court'' |
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52 | (4) |
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The Debate: Separation of Powers and the Balance of Institutional Power |
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55 | (1) |
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``The Unimperial Presidency'' |
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56 | (9) |
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``The Wounded Constitution'' |
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65 | (7) |
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The Constitutional Framework and the Individual: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights |
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72 | (37) |
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``The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions'' |
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73 | (6) |
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``Letter from Birmingham Jail, 1963'' |
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79 | (9) |
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``In Defense of Prejudice'' |
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88 | (9) |
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The Debate: Free Speech and the Internet |
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``Policing Cyberspace''---[The Editors of The Nation] |
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97 | (2) |
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``The Internet: A Clear and Present Danger?'' |
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99 | (4) |
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``The Limits of Freedom'' |
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103 | (6) |
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| Part II Institutions |
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Congress: The First Branch |
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109 | (42) |
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From Congress: The Electoral Connection |
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109 | (4) |
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``Too Representative Government'' |
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113 | (15) |
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``Reelection Tips for Legislators'' |
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128 | (5) |
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``The Nihilists: If Only Congress Could Be Truly Partisan'' |
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133 | (5) |
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The Debate: Pork-Barrel Politics |
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137 | (1) |
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``Rolling Out the Pork Barrel'' |
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138 | (3) |
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``Roll Out the Barrel: The Case Against the Case Against Pork'' |
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141 | (10) |
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The President: From Chief Clerk to Chief Executive |
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151 | (40) |
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``The Power to Persuade'' from Presidential Power |
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151 | (10) |
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161 | (4) |
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``Presidents and Economics: One-Star Generalizations'' |
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165 | (7) |
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The Debate: The Reach of Presidential Power |
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172 | (1) |
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``Perspectives on the Presidency'' from The Presidency in a Separated System |
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172 | (6) |
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``The Out-of-Control Presidency'' |
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178 | (13) |
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Bureaucracy in a Democratic System |
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191 | (44) |
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``The Study of Administration'' |
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191 | (9) |
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From Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It |
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200 | (9) |
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209 | (11) |
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The Debate: Is the IRS Out of Control? |
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219 | (1) |
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220 | (9) |
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``Accentuate the Negative'' |
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229 | (2) |
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231 | (4) |
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235 | (44) |
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235 | (7) |
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``The Court in American Life'' from Storm Center: The Supreme Court in American Politics |
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242 | (7) |
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``The Demise of Race-Based Admission Policies'' |
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249 | (7) |
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The Debate: Interpreting the Constitution and Original Intent |
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255 | (1) |
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``The Imperial Judiciary...And What Congress Can Do About It'' |
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256 | (10) |
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``The Judicial Vigilantes'' |
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266 | (13) |
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| Part III Political Participation |
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Public Opinion and the Mass Media |
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279 | (37) |
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``Polling the Public'' from Public Opinion in a Democracy |
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279 | (8) |
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``Choice Words: If You Can't Understand Our Poll Questions, Then How Can We Understand Your Answers?'' |
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287 | (5) |
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``Why Americans Hate Politics and Politicians'' |
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292 | (7) |
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The Debate: Are the Media Out of Touch? Covering Monicagate |
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298 | (1) |
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``Rush From Judgment: How the Media Lost Their Bearings'' |
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299 | (9) |
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``Newspapers Savaged Other Presidents Too'' |
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308 | (2) |
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``Polarization and Presidentialism'' |
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310 | (6) |
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316 | (43) |
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``The Voice of the People: An Echo'' from The Responsible Electorate |
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316 | (6) |
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``Give'em Hell' These Days Is a Figure of Speech'' |
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322 | (9) |
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``Who Cares About Campaign Conduct? Discussing The Consequences of Misleading Political Advertising'' |
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331 | (10) |
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``Why Didn't Conservatives Turn Out?'' |
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341 | (4) |
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``Democrats in Political Debt for Black Turnout in South'' |
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345 | (6) |
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The Debate: Should Campaign Finance Be Reformed? |
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350 | (1) |
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``Five-Point Reform Proposal Would Fix Campaign System'' |
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351 | (3) |
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``Ten Big Lies About Campaign Finance Reform'' |
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354 | (5) |
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359 | (51) |
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``The Decline of Collective Responsibility in American Politics'' |
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359 | (11) |
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``Elephantiatis: Weakness in the Republican Coalition'' |
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370 | (8) |
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Third Parties and the Presidential Race |
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378 | (5) |
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``A Pox on Both Our Parties'' |
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383 | (9) |
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The Debate: Party Politics in America: Should the Two-Party System Be Strengthened? |
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391 | (1) |
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``A Report of the Committee on Political Parties: Toward a More Responsible Two-Party System''---American Political Science Association |
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392 | (4) |
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``Of Political Parties Great and Strong: A Dissent'' |
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396 | (14) |
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410 | (41) |
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``Political Association in the United States'' from Democracy in America |
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410 | (3) |
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``The Logic of Collective Action'' from The Rise and Decline of Nations |
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413 | (10) |
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423 | (4) |
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The Debate: PACs and Politics: Was Madison Right? |
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426 | (1) |
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427 | (6) |
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``The Alleged Mischiefs of Faction'' from the Governmental Process |
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433 | (7) |
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``The Hyperpluralism Trap'' |
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440 | (11) |
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| Part IV Public Policy |
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451 | (35) |
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``The Science of `Muddling Through''' |
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451 | (9) |
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``American Business, Public Policy, Case Studies, and Political Theory'' |
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460 | (7) |
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``Why Our Democracy Doesn't Work'' |
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467 | (8) |
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The Debate: What to Do with the Budget Surplus |
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474 | (1) |
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``Would a 10 Percent Across-the-Board Tax Cut Be Fair to All Taxpapers?'' |
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475 | (3) |
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478 | (8) |
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Government and the Economy |
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486 | (43) |
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``Call for Federal Responsibility'' |
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486 | (5) |
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``Against the Proposed New Deal'' |
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491 | (5) |
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``It's Not the Economy, Stupid'' |
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496 | (13) |
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``The GDP Myth: Why `Growth' Isn't Always a Good Thing'' |
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509 | (9) |
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The Debate: The Role of Government in the Economy |
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518 | (1) |
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``Gray Markets and Greased Pigs'' |
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518 | (3) |
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``The Era of `Big' Government: Why You'd Miss It If It Went'' |
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521 | (8) |
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529 | (36) |
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``A Program for Social Security'' |
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529 | (4) |
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``Growing American Inequality: Sources and Remedies'' |
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533 | (8) |
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``The New American Consensus: Government of, by, and for the Comfortable'' |
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541 | (11) |
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The Debate: Social Security Reform |
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551 | (1) |
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``Whither Social Security? Transition It, Then Retire It'' |
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552 | (4) |
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``Security Risk: The Plot to Kill Social Security'' |
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556 | (9) |
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Foreign Policy and World Politics |
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565 | (100) |
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``The Sources of Soviet Conduct''---``X'' |
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565 | (7) |
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``Isolationism Be Demned'' |
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572 | (5) |
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``The New Interventionism: The Search for a Just International Law'' |
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577 | (8) |
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The Debate: American Foreign Policy---Isolationism or Involvement? |
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584 | (1) |
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``The Meaning of Kosovo'' |
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585 | (3) |
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``The Perils of a Moral Imperative'' |
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588 | (2) |
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``Bill Clinton's War''---[The Editors of The Progressive] |
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590 | (5) |
| APPENDIX |
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Marbury v. Madison (1803) |
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595 | (5) |
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McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) |
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600 | (5) |
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Barron v. Baltimore (1833) |
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605 | (2) |
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607 | (5) |
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Brown v. Board of Education (1954) |
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612 | (2) |
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United States v. Nixon (1974) |
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614 | (5) |
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Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey (1992) |
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619 | (6) |
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United States v. Lopez (1995) |
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625 | (8) |
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The Declaration of Independence |
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633 | (4) |
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The Constitution of the United States of America |
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637 | (14) |
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Amendments to the Constitution |
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651 | (14) |
| Acknowledgments |
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