The End of the American century: the shape of the closing quarter / Philip John Davies -- America's silent revolution: social policy in the United States / John E. Schwarz -- The Environmental agenda and the Environmental Protection Agency / Fredric A. Waldstein -- The Inexorable rise of the national debt / Michael E. Bradley -- Transforming the east-west relationship / G. Wyn Rees and David Sadler -- Asserting US power / David Ryan -- Enter women: modest change in US politics / Georgia Duerst-Lahti -- Benign neglect: the realpolitic of race and ethnicity / F. Dale Parent and Wayne Parent -- Media: becoming an autonomous force / Richard Davis -- Campaign spending and public mistrust: the limited impact of reform / Philip John Davies -- The Transformation of the policy landscape / John Kenneth White and John A. Kromkowski -- Leadership: the presidency and congress / Thomas C. Mans