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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Limited Government in the Age of High Expectations -- 2 Beliefs, Values, and American Society -- The Nature of American Beliefs and Values -- Values and American Society -- Notes -- Further Reading -- 3 Constitutional Government -- Origins -- The American Constitution -- Ratification -- The Adaptive Constitution -- Assessing the Constitution -- Notes -- Further Reading -- 4 Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations -- Federalism in Theory and Practice -- The Evolution of American Federalism -- Fiscal Federalism: The Rise and Fall of the Federal Role -- A Changing Court Role? -- The Pressure for National Standards -- American Federalism and Public Expectations -- Notes -- Further Reading -- 5 American Political Parties in Transition -- The Functions of Parties -- Crisis and Change in the American Party System -- Party Decline? -- Explaining Party Change -- Toward the Millennium: A New Role for Political Parties -- Notes -- Further Reading -- 6 Political Participation and Electoral Behavior -- Patterns of American Electoral Behavior -- Dealignment, Realignment, and the Modern American Voter -- Nonelectoral Political Participation -- Notes -- Further Reading -- 7 U.S. Legislators and Their Constituents -- Representation and Congress -- Congressional Elections -- Legislators as Rational Actors -- The Work of Members of Congress -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Further Reading -- 8 Congress as Policymaker -- Functions of Congress -- Structure of Power in Congress -- Congress Under Fire -- Reform and Change in Congress -- Conclusion: Can Congress Lead? -- Notes -- Further Reading -- 9 Presidential Power -- Formal Sources of Power -- Informal Powers -- The Presidency in Crisis -- Presidential Abuse of Power and the Congressional Response

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Contents -- Figures, Charts, Tables and Maps -- Preface -- 1. Government and Urban Change -- 2. Land-Use Planning and Administration -- 3. Land Values Policies -- 4. Housing and Slum Clearance -- 5. Urban Transport Policies -- 6. Regional Economic and Industrial Location Policies -- 7. Policies Towards the Inner Cities -- 8. Politics, Policy and Urban Society -- Bibliography -- Index