Table of Content
I. Constitutional Foundations1. The Constitution and FoundingJack N. Rakove, A Tradition Born of StrifeRichard Hofstadter, The Founding Fathers: An Age of RealismJohn P. Roche, The Founding Fathers: A Reform Caucus in ActionJames Madison, The Federalist, No. 512. Federalism and Intergovernmental RelationsJames Madison, The Federalist, No. 39McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)John D. Donahue, The Devil in DevolutionStanley J. Freedberg, Jr. and Marilyn Werber Serafini, Health and Welfare: Contagious Confusion3. Civil Liberties and Civil RightsNear v. Minnesota (1931)Fred Friendly, From the Saturday Press to the New York TimesGideon v. Wainwright (1963)Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)Lawrence and Garner v. Texas (2003)Stuart Taylor, Jr., Rights, Liberties, and Security: Recalibrating the Balance after September 11Brown v. Board of Education (1954; 1955)Peter H. Schuck, Affirmative Action: Don't Mend It or End It--Bend ItJoint Statement of Constitutional Law Scholars, Reaffirming Diversity: A Legal Analysis of the University of Michigan Affirmative Action CasesII. People and Politics4. Public OpinionBenjamin Ginsberg, Polling and the Transformation of Public OpinionLarry M. Bartels, Is "Popular Rule" Possible?Michael W. Traugott, Can We Trust the Polls?5. Participation and Civic EngagementMicah L. Sifry, Finding the Lost VotersMichael Schudson, Voting Rites: Why We Need a New Concept of CitizenshipRobert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social CapitalRobert D. Putnam, Bowling Together: The United State of America6. Political PartiesJohn H. Aldrich, The Case for the Importance of Political PartiesJeffrey Toobin, The Great Election GrabPaul Allen Beck, A Tale of Two Electorates: The Changing American Party Coalitions, 1952-20007. Campaigns and ElectionsThomas E. Patterson, The Long Campaign: The Politics of TediumMcConnell v. The Federal Election Commission (2003)James E. Campbell, The Stagnation of Congressional ElectionsDan Hellinger, Weaving the Tangled Web into Political Action8. The Mass MediaJoshua Meyrowitz, Lowering the Political Hero to Our LevelScott L. Althaus, American News Consumption During Times of National CrisisRobert S. Pritchard, The Pentagon Is Fighting--and Winning--the Public Relations War9. Interest GroupsJames Madison, The Federalist, No. 10Jeffrey H. Birnbaum, Lobbyists--Why the Bad Rap?Theda Skocpol, Associations Without MembersAllan J. Cigler and Burdett A. Loomis, From Big Bird to Bill Gates: Organized Interests and the Emergence of HyperpoliticsIII. Institutions10. CongressKenneth A. Shepsle, Th Changing Textbook CongressSarah A. Binder, Going Nowhere: A Gridlocked Congress?Richard E. Cohen, "The Evolution of Tom DeLayElizabeth Kolbert, "The Student: How Hillary Clinton Set Out to Master the Senate11. The PresidencyRichard E. Neustadt, The Power to PersuadeRobert A. Dahl, Myth of the Presidential MandateJames MacGregor Burns, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., and Fred I. Greenstein, Rating the Presidents: Purpose, Criteria, ConsequencesJohn J. DiIulio, Jr., Inside the Bush Presidency: Reflections of an Academic Interloper12. BureaucracyE.J. Dionne, Jr., "Political Hacks" Versus " Bureaucrats": Can't Public Servants Get Some Respect?Charles Peters, From Ouagadougou to Cape Canaveral: Why the Bad News Doesn't Travel UpStephen Cass, How to Fix the NASA DisasterJames Q. Wilson, Constraints on Public ManagersThe Economist, Washington's Mega-Merger13. The Supreme CourtAlexander Hamilton, The Federalist, No. 78Marbury v. MadisonRichard A. Posner, What Am I? A Potted Plant?Ramesh Ponnuru, Sandra's Day: Why the Rehnquist Court Has Been the O'Connor Court and How to Replace Her (Should It Come to That)IV. Public Policy14. PolicymakingDeborah Stone, StoriesPietro S. Nivola, Regulation: The New Pork BarrelChristopher Jencks, Liberal Lessons from Welfare ReformGregg Easterbrook, Safe Deposit: The Case for Foreign AidIvo H. Daalder and James M