Part 1 the politica lsystem sources of political change: values, institutions and policy agendas, Gillian Peele; the American electoral system, Bruce E. Cain; American political parties, Daniel Hays Lowenstein; presidential leadership, Colin Campbell; congress and legislative activism, Christopher J. Bailey; supreme court, Richard Hodder-William; public bureaucracy, B. Guy Peters. Part 2 Public policy: the changing federal balance, Desmond S. King; economic policy, Joseph Hogan; social welfare policy, Robert X. Browning; American foreign policy, Miles Kahler. Part 3 Current issues: the budget deficit, Stanley E. Collender; immigration reforms - a Mexican American perspecitve, Rodolfo O. de la Garza. Part 5 conclusion: an era of divided government, Morris P. Fiorina.