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Book SynopsisLooks at the mechanisms that govern how policy is enacted and implemented in the United States. This book includes essays on topics ranging from those dealing with the microfoundations of congressional output, to large N empirical analyses that assess theories of lawmaking, to policy-centered case studies.
Trade Review"Adler and Lapinski open the first significant window into the macropolitical role that Congress plays in society, bringing together the leaders in the field of American politics to begin a cohesive treatment of the subject."
—Jeffery Jenkins, Northwestern University"
The Macropolitics of Congress brings together an impressive array of scholarship on the dynamics of lawmaking in the American political system. Readers will enjoy the broad range of historical, theoretical, and methodological contributions offered throughout the book."
—Sarah Binder, George Washington University"An impressive set of contributions."
—Steven S. Smith, Washington University, St. LouisTable of ContentsList of Contributors ix Acknowledgments xv Introduction: Defining the Macropolitics of Congress by John S. Lapinski and E. Scott Adler 1 Part I: Theoretical Approaches to the Macropolitics of Congress Chapter 1: Macropolitics and Micromodels: Cartels and Pivots Reconsidered by Keith Krehbiel 21 Chapter 2: Bureaucratic Capacity and Legislative Performance by John D. Huber and Nolan McCarty 50 Part II: The Macropolitics of Representation Chapter 3: Public Opinion and Congressional Policy: A Macro-Level Perspective by Robert S. Erikson, Michael B. MacKuen, and James A. Stimson 79 Chapter 4: The Substance of Representation: Studying Policy Content and Legislative Behavior by Ira Katznelson and John S. Lapinski 96 Part III: Testing Theories of Macropolitics across Time Chapter 5: Macropolitics and Changes in the U.S. Code: Testing Competing Theories of Policy Production, 1874-1946 by Valerie Heitshusen and Garry Young 129 Chapter 6: Does Divided Government Increase the Size of the Legislative Agenda? by Charles R. Shipan 151 Part IV: Macropolitics and Public Policy Chapter 7: The Macropolitics of Telecommunications Policy, 1899-1998: Lawmaking, Policy Windows, and Agency Control by Grace R. Freedman and Charles M. Cameron 173 Chapter 8: The Influence of Congress and the Courts over the Bureaucracy: An Analysis of Wetlands Policy by Brandice Canes-Wrone 195 Chapter 9: Legislative Bargaining and the Macroeconomy by E. Scott Adler and David Leblang 211 Part V: Understanding the Macropolitics of Congress Chapter 10: Lawmaking and History by David R. Mayhew 241 Chapter 11: Rational Choice, History, and the Dynamics of Congress by David Brady 251 Index 259
