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| Foundations of American Government | |
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| Preface/Walkthrough | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| About the Authors | |
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| American Government: Democracy in Action | |
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| American Democracy and the Individual Citizen | |
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| The Unique Democracy of the United States | |
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| Themes of This Book | |
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| Citizen Participation in Democratic Government | |
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| Pathways of Action | |
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| Pathways of Action: Active Students and Local Air Pollution Laws | |
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| Pathways Profile: A. Philip RandolphDiversity in American Society | |
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| Citizen Participation and Pathways: The Example of Abortion | |
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| Change and Stability in American Government | |
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| Sources of Stability | |
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| Pathways Profile: The Political Culture of Our Neighbor to the North | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Early Governance and the Constitutional Framework | |
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| The Cry for Liberty, Equality, . . . and Slavery? | |
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| The Nature of Government and Politics | |
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| Types of GovernmentsEconomic Systems | |
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| Early Governance in America | |
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| Pathways of Action: The Sons of Liberty | |
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| The American Revolution | |
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| Pathways Profile: Thomas Paine and the "Common Sense" of Democracy | |
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| The Declaration of Independence | |
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| The Colonial Experience and the Pathways of Change | |
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| Pathways Past and Present: Tiimothy McVeigh's Revolution? | |
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| The Articles of Confederation | |
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| Limitations of the Articles of Confederation | |
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| Shays's Rebellion: An Alternative Look | |
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| The Constitutional Convention | |
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| The Great Compromise | |
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| The Three-Fifths Compromise | |
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| The Sectional Compromise | |
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| The U.S. Constitution | |
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| The Struggle over Ratification | |
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| The Federalist Papers | |
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| The Anti-Federalists' Response Other Challenges Faced by the New Nation | |
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| A Second Revolution Jacksonian Democracy Conclusion | |
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| Part 2 | |
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| Federalism No Child Left Behind and the Ongoing Debate over Authority | |
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| Why Divide Authority in the First Place? | |
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| The Evolution of Federalism in the United States Before the Civil | |
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| War PATHWAYS PROFILE: John Marshall | |
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| Pathways of Action: The Civil War and the Failure of American Politics | |
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| Federalism after the Civil War Federal Power: The Supreme Court and the New Deal Recent Trends in Federalism | |
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| The New Deal and Cooperative Federalism | |
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| The Great Society and Creative Federalism | |
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| The Changing Nature of Federal Grants | |
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| Pathways of Action: Mandates to Prompt Change New Federalism | |
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| Pathways Past and | |