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Tables of Contents for The New Progressive Era
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
vii
Introduction
ix
Part One: Background and Diagnosis
Lessons from the First Progressive Movement
3
38
Popular Sovereignty
3
5
Deliberation
8
6
What the Progressives Did to Encourage Deliberation
14
4
The Public Interest
18
7
Centralization, Order, and Expertise
25
16
The Emergence of Modern Politics
41
30
The Rise of Federal Regulation and Interest-Group Liberalism
41
4
Civil Rights
45
3
Experiments with Participatory Democracy
48
5
Political Reform after Watergate
53
7
Reform Ideas in the 1990s
60
11
Trends in Civil Society
71
42
Toward a Theory of Citizenship
71
5
Associational Life
76
3
Trust
79
8
Political Knowledge and Participation
87
7
Deliberation
94
4
Public-Spiritedness in an Affluent Society
98
15
Part Two: Reform Proposals
Elections
113
28
General Principles
113
3
A Corrupt System
116
7
How the Money Is Spent: Political Consultants
123
7
Approaches to Reform
130
11
Journalism in the Public Interest
141
32
Freedom of the Press
141
3
The Money Power
144
7
The Duties of a Free Press
151
7
Public Journalism and Its Critics
158
8
Public Journalism and Watchdog Journalism
166
7
Legislation and Regulation
173
38
Deliberation in Legislatures
173
5
Legislative Procedures and Lobbying
178
6
Tax Reform
184
3
Regulatory Reform
187
6
Partnerships with Local Bodies
193
8
The National Security Apparatus
201
10
Civil Society
211
30
Philanthropies and Civil Investing
214
5
Membership Organizations
219
2
Unions
221
7
Schools and Civic Education
228
6
Citizens
234
7
A Summary of Principles and Proposals
241
2
Index
243
12
About the Author
255