Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Contributors ix
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Introduction. Defining the Macropolitics of Congress 1
6. PART I: Theoretical Approaches to the Macropolitics of Congress
7. 1 Macropolitics and Micromodels: Cartels and Pivots Reconsidered 21
8. 2 Bureaucratic Capacity and Legislative Performance 50
9. PART II: The Macropolitics of Representation
10. 3 Public Opinion and Congressional Policy: A Macro-Level Perspective 79
11. 4 The Substance of Representation: Studying Policy Content and Legislative Behavior 96
12. PART III: Testing Theories of Macropolitics across Time
13. 5 Macropolitics and Changes in the U.S. Code: Testing Competing Theories of Policy Production, 1874–1946 129
14. 6 Does Divided Government Increase the Size of the Legislative Agenda? 151
15. PART IV: Macropolitics and Public Policy
16. 7 The Macropolitics of Telecommunications Policy, 1899–1998: Lawmaking, Policy Windows, and Agency Control 173
17. 8 The Influence of Congress and the Courts over the Bureaucracy: An Analysis of Wetlands Policy 195
18. 9 Legislative Bargaining and the Macroeconomy 211
19. PART V: Understanding the Macropolitics of Congress
20. 10 Lawmaking and History 241
21. 11 Rational Choice, History, and the Dynamics of Congress 251
22. Index 259