Early start: preschool politics in the United States

The preschool puzzle

Early childhood policy and the American welfare state

Historical precedents and forces for change

A watershed episode: the comprehensive child development act

Venue shopping, federalism, and the role of the states

Congressional activity and the dissolving early childhood coalition

Policy stability and political change in the 1980s

The congressional heritage of a critical juncture

The contemporary preschool movement in the states

The future of preschool politics.