The Transformation of American Politics

List of Figures vii

List of Tables ix

List of Contributors xi

INTRODUCTION 1

CHAPTER ONE: American Politics in the Long Run by Paul Pierson and Theda Skocpol 3

PART ONE: The Shifting Political Landscape 17

CHAPTER TWO
The Rise and Reconfiguration of Activist Government by Paul Pierson 19

CHAPTER THREE: Government Activism and the Reorganization of American Civic Democracy by Theda Skocpol 39

CHAPTER FOUR: Parties, Electoral Participation, and Shifting Voting Blocs by Andrea Louise Campbell 68

PART TWO: Conservatives on the Rise 103

CHAPTER FIVE: Seizing Power: Conservatives and Congress since the 1970s by Julian E. Zelizer 105

CHAPTER SIX: Economic Insecurity, Party Reputations, and the Republican Ascendance by Mark A. Smith 135

CHAPTER SEVEN: Conservative Mobilization against Entrenched Liberalism by Steven M. Teles 160

PART THREE: Policy and Politics in the New American Polity 189

CHAPTER EIGHT: The Transformed Welfare State and the Redistribution of Political Voice by Suzanne Mettler 191

CHAPTER NINE: The Policy Effects of Political Polarization by Nolan McCarty 223

CHAPTER TEN: Tax Politics and the Struggle over Activist Government by Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson 256

CONCLUSION 281

CHAPTER ELEVEN: Political Development and Contemporary American Politics by Paul Pierson and Theda Skocpol 283

References 295

Index 321