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Contents Introduction / 1 Part One: Wages of Empire The Transatlantic Predicament PIERRE MANENT / 15 American Democracy: The Perils of Imperialism? NIALL FERGUSON / 29 Part Two: Creeds and Parties Defending Liberty: Liberal Democracy and the Limits of Public Power WILLIAM A. GALSTON / 57 A Clear and Present Danger: The Doctrine of Political Nonfoundationalism JAMES W. CEASER / 75 The Dangers of Conservative Populism ALAN WOLFE / 96 Part Three: A Divided People? The Future of the Liberal Family SUSAN SHELL / 117 Political Voice in an Age of Inequality KAY LEHMAN SCHLOZMAN AND TRACI BURCH / 140 The Real Immigration Crisis PETER SKERRY / 174 Religion and Polarization JAMES Q. WILSON / 193 Part Four: Dilemmas of Self-Government The End of Savings PETER RODRIGUEZ / 217 Rational Control, or Life without Virtue HARVEY C. MANSFIELD / 238 The Corruption of Democratic Leadership HUGH HECLO / 249 Contributors / 267 Index / 271 America at Risk ...

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