Introduction: Democracy American Style -- Organizing Government in America -- What's at Stake? -- A Nation of States: Creating the Constitution -- The Union Challenged -- Organizing Government in the Twentieth Century -- Government, the Economy, and Citizens -- What's at Stake? -- Hands-Off (Mostly) -- Abiding Issues for Government in a "Free" Economy -- Your Money: How Does Government Spend It? -- FDR's New Deal and the Fortunes of Capitalism Reconsidered -- The Clinton Years -- Government and the Global Economy: New Questions -- Foreign Policy: The "Indispensable Nation"? -- What's at Stake? -- The United States and Globalization -- Current Debates -- Reaching the Present: Foreign Policy Through the World Wars -- What Next? -- Can the Center Hold? A Case in Point: Immigration and Immigrants -- What's at Stake? -- Issues in Immigration Policy -- Bottom Lines: Economic and Labor Issues -- Immigrant Policy: Where Are We Now? Why Does It Matter? -- California and Beyond.