ABSTRACT
Governance in America is undergoing a great transformation. For some, this is a crisis. For others, it’s a welcome evolution. No one knows for certain how all this will end up: better, worse, or perhaps just different from the past. The transformation is driven by events, movements, information technology, national public policy, and institutional change, all interacting and all taking governance in different, often contradictory, directions, and into unknown territory (see Figure 1.1). Some are calling for a new “social contract” to govern America. Others see no need for change. Others believe this is all business as usual.
