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Illuminates the workings of democracies beyond the United States. This book presents an account of how policy issues rise and fall on the national agenda. It offers a different interpretation by taking the long view of several issues - including nuclear energy, urban affairs, smoking, and auto safety.

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"Agendas and Instability in American Politics reminds us that ideas, institutions, and (yes) politics all matter.... It is at once a grand synthesis of the past and a path-breaking work against which future studies will be measured." - American Political Science Review, on the first edition"

Agendas and Instability in American Politics

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    A Paperback / softback by Frank R. Baumgartner, Bryan D. Jones

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/05/2009
      ISBN13: 9780226039497, 978-0226039497
      ISBN10: 0226039498
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      Book Synopsis
      Illuminates the workings of democracies beyond the United States. This book presents an account of how policy issues rise and fall on the national agenda. It offers a different interpretation by taking the long view of several issues - including nuclear energy, urban affairs, smoking, and auto safety.

      Trade Review
      "Agendas and Instability in American Politics reminds us that ideas, institutions, and (yes) politics all matter.... It is at once a grand synthesis of the past and a path-breaking work against which future studies will be measured." - American Political Science Review, on the first edition"

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