Part 1: Introduction and Preliminaries |
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What is the Role of Government? (PDF) |
Part 2: Institutions and American Politics |
2 |
Understanding Institutions: The Median Voter Theorem (PDF) |
3 |
Agenda Setting: The Committee Model (PDF 1) (PDF 2) |
4 |
Making Legislation: Veto Players (PDF) |
5 |
Making Legislation: Ideas and Policy Entrepreneurs (PDF) |
6 |
The Preferences of Policymakers: Elections and Responsiveness |
Part 3: Public Opinion, Elections, and Democracy |
7 |
Campaigns and Elections (PDF 1) (PDF 2) |
8 |
The Measure and Meaning of Public Opinion (PDF) |
9 |
The Structure of Public Opinion (PDF) |
10 |
Understanding Public Opinion and American Politics: War and Race (PDF) |
Part 4: Personal Interests and Political Equality |
11 |
Mobilization of Interests (PDF) |
12 |
Participation and the Political System (PDF) |
Part 5: American Politics: Bringing it all Together |
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The Welfare Implications of Government |
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Conclusions (PDF) |