Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Time for a New Approach 1
5. PART I. KEY IDEAS
6. 1. Summary of Propositions 23
7. 2. Acknowledging the State 26
8. 3. States and Societies 31
9. 4. Leaders and Their Goals 35
10. 5. Strategies for Governing 43
11. 6. Factors and Forces 50
12. 7. Laws, Organizations, Programs, and Practices 55
13. 8. Aspects of Institutional Stewardship 59
14. 9. Challenges in Strategy-Making 65
15. 10. The Struggle for Mastery 72
16. 11. Danger, Strategic Fragility, and Realism 77
17. 12. Time and Progress 81
18. 13. Unexceptionalism 87
19. PART II. DILEMMAS IN STRATEGY-MAKING
20. 14. Efficiency or Extravagance 93
21. 15. Tight or Loose Control 98
22. 16. Separation or Connection 103
23. 17. Present or Future 107
24. 18. Commitment or Equivocation 112
25. 19. Planning or Improvisation 116
26. PART III. APPLYING THE APPROACH
27. 20. Research 123
28. 21. Teaching 127
29. 22. Practice 131
30. Conclusion: Grand Challenges 135
31. A Glossary of States 141
32. Further Reading 153
33. Notes 157
34. Index 193