Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface and Acknowledgments ix
4. Preface and Acknowledgments xi
5. 1. UNDERSTANDING ENTRENCHMENT 1
6. 2. ARISTOCRACY AND INHERITED WEALTH 32
7. 3. RACIAL SLAVERY AS AN ENTRENCHED CONTRADICTION 56
8. 4. THE CONSERVATIVE DESIGN OF LIBERAL DEMOCRACY 105
9. 5. ENTRENCHING PROGRESSIVE CHANGE 134
10. 6. DEMOCRACY AND THE POLITICS OF ENTRENCHMENT 186
11. Notes 209
12. Index 245