It doesn't have to be like this! -- The recent decline of American democratic integrity and the case for promoting new models in civic engagement -- Next stage strategies for restoring our democracy and civic vitality -- The limits of hyper-capitalism and material accumulation for the few -- New...

The political crisis of the American state: the unsustainable state in a time of unraveling / Lawrence R. Jacobs, Desmond King -- Is inequality a threat to democracy? / John Ferejohn -- The resilient power of the states across the long nineteenth century: an inquiry into a pattern of American...