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""Widely acclaimed for its originality and penetration, this award-winning study of American thought in the twentieth century examines the ways in which the spread of pragmatism and scientific naturalism affected developments in philosophy, social science, and law, and traces the effects of these developments on traditional assumptions of democratic theory.""

CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. The Inquiry -- 1 American Constitutional Federalism as aNormative Problem -- Part I. Structural Intrinsics -- 2 Federalism as Doubly Blurred -- 3 Federalism as Fractionated -- 4 Federalism as Instrumental -- 5 Federalism as Contingent -- Part II. Consequential Dynamics -- 6 Kaleidoscopic Politics -- 7 Readjusting Components -- 8 Contested Authorities -- 9 Evolving Understandings -- Part III. Conclusion -- 10 The "Arduous Enterprise" -- Notes -- Index