Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Part 1 - Setting the Stage -- Chapter 1 - The Endangered: Species, Acts, and Democracy -- Chapter 2 - A History of Endangered Species in the United States -- Chapter 3 - Statutory, Administrative, and Academic Evolution of the Endangered Species Act -- Chapter 4 - Traditional Analyses of the Endangered Species Act -- Part 2 - A Policy Design Analysis of the Endangered Species Act -- Chapter 5 - Policy Elements of the Endangered Species Act -- Chapter 6 - Social Construction of Endangered Species Act Targets -- Chapter 7 - Technical Legitimacy of the Endangered Species Act -- Chapter 8 - Context of the Endangered Species Act -- Chapter 9 - Implications of the Endangered Species Act for Democracy -- Chapter 10 - Property Rights and the Endangered Species Act -- Chapter 11 - Summary and Recommendations -- Appendix 1 - Clause-specific Assumptions of Endangered Species Act Authors -- Appendix 2 - Common and Latin Names of Species Mentioned in the Text -- Appendix 3 - Legal Citations -- References -- Index -- About the Authors.