Introduction: Revisiting the "Reagan revolution" / W. Elliot Brownlee
Ronald Reagan and the American public philosophy / Hugh Heclo
Reagan and the transformation of American conservatism / Ted V. McAllister
Reagan: The soft-sell populist / Terri Bimes
Sticking to his guns: Reagan and national security / Chester J. Pach, Jr.
Reagan and the Soviets: winning the Cold War? / Beth A. Fischer
Reagan, Euromissiles, and Europe / Samuel F. Wells, Jr.
Taxation / W. Elliot Brownlee and C. Eugene Steuerle
Riding the third rail: social security reform / Martha Derthick and Steven M. Teles
The welfare state / Gareth Davies
Natural resources and environmental policy / Jeffrey K. Stine
Failing the test: immigration reform / Otis L. Graham, Jr.
Civil rights policy / Hugh Davis Graham
Mobilizing women: the "social issues" / Donald T. Critchlow
Federal judgeships in retrospect / David M. O'Brien
Afterword: The legacies of the Reagan years / James T. Patterson.