| Part 1: Introduction and Preliminaries |
| 1 |
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 |
| 13 |
The Welfare Implications of Government |
| 14 |
Conclusions (PDF) |
