This chapter reviews the relevant intellectual traditions in economics, political science, and
law. It considers the demand for environmental policy instruments and examines the supply …

This article provides an overview of a broad range of literatures in the development of a
framework that specifies the role of public opinion in US foreign policy. Normally, public …

This book represents a considerable revision and expansion of Public Choice II (1989). As
in the previous additions, all of the major topics of public choice are covered. These include …

Keith T. Poole and Howard Rosenthal have analyzed 16 million individual roll call votes
spanning the two centuries since the two Houses of Congress began recording votes in …

The congressional agenda, Frances Lee contends, includes many issues about which
liberals and conservatives generally agree. Even over these matters, though, Democratic …

Over the last two decades institutional critics have increasingly charged that moneyed
interests dominate the legislative process in Congress. Systematic research on campaign …

Most models of political decision-making maintain that individual preferences remain
relatively constant. Why, then, are there often sudden abrupt changes in public opinion on …

In Ideology and Congress, authors Poole and Rosenthal have analyzed over 13 million
individual roll call votes spanning the two centuries since Congress began recording votes …

One of the chief tasks facing political leaders is to build and maintain unity within their
parties. This text examines the relationship between party leaders and Members of …

The common sense of man approves the judgment mentioned by Puffen-dorf, that the
Bolognian law which enacted," that whoever drew blood in the streets should be punished …