Readings in American Politics: Analysis and Perspectives Book

Preface xi

About the Editor xiii

1 Fundamentals

1.1 from The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups Mancur Olson 1

1.2 "The Tragedy of the Commons" Garrett Hardin 20

1.3 from The Logic of Delegation D. Roderick Kiewiet Mathew McCubbins 34

2 The Constitution and the Founding

2.1 The Federalist, No. 10 James Madison 47

2.2 The Federalist, No. 51 James Madison 54

2.3 Letters from the Federal Farmer, No. 2 Anonymous 58

2.4 Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court Nominee, July 2009 62

3 Federalism

3.1 The Federalist, No. 39 James Madison 67

3.2 from Federalism: Origin, Operation, Significance William H. Riker 73

3.3 United States v. Lopez (1995) 88

3.4 "The Madisonian Scheme to Control the National Government" Jenna Bednar 98

4 Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

4.1 from Behind the Mule Michael Dawson 109

4.2 Brown v. Board of Education (1954) 124

4.3 Roe v. Wade (1973) 129

4.4 Grutter v. Bollinger (2003) 142

5 Congress

5.1 from Congress: The Electoral Connection David Mayhew 157

5.2 from The Logic of Congressional Action R. Douglas Arnold 170

5.3 from The Logic of Lawmaking Gerald Strom 180

5.4 from Setting the Agenda: Responsible Party Government in the U.S. House of Representatives Gary W. Cox Mathew D. Mccubbins 201

6 The Presidency

6.1 from Presidential Power and the Modern Presidents: The Politics of Leadership from Roosevelt to Reagan Richard E. Neustadt 221

6.2 "Bargaining and Presidential Power" Charles M. Cameron 230

6.3 from Who Leads Whom? Presidents, Policy, and the Public Brandice Canes-Wrone 236

6.4 from Power without Persuasion: The Politics of Direct Presidential Action William G. Howell 256

6.5 Signing Statement of H.R. 2863 George W. Bush 270

7 The Bureaucracy

7.1 from Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It James Q. Wilson 273

7.2 "Congressional Oversight Overlooked: Police Patrols versus Fire Alarms" Mathew D. McCubbins Thomas Schwartz 287

7.3 from The Forging of Bureaucratic Autonomy Daniel Carpenter 302

8 The Judiciary

8.1 from The Least Dangerous Branch: The Supreme Court at the Bar of Politics Alexander M. Bickel 307

8.2 Bowers v. Hardwick (1986) 325

8.3 Lawrence v. Texas (2003) 330

8.4 Bush v. Gore (2000) 341

8.5 from Judges and Their Audiences Lawrence Baum 353

9 Public Opinion

9.1 from The Democratic Dilemma: Can Citizens Learn What They Need to Know? Arthur Lupia Mathew D. Mccubbins 365

9.2 from Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood Kristin Luker 378

9.3 from A Divider, Not a Uniter Gary Jacobson 398

10 Participation

10.1 from Mobilization, Participation, and American Democracy Steven Rosenstone John Mark Hansen 409

10.2 from Private Roots of Public Action Nancy Burns Kay Schlozman Sidney Verba 427

11 Interest Groups

11.1 from The Organization of Interests: Incentives and the Internal Dynamics of Political Interest Groups Terry M. Moe 445

11.2 from Outside Lobbying: Public Opinion and Interest Group Strategies Ken Kollman 458

11.3 from Affirmative Advocacy Dara Strolovitch 473

12 Poltical Parties

12.1 from Why Parties? The Origin and Transformation of Party Politics in America John H. Aldrich 489

12.2 from The American Voter Angus Campbell Philip E. Converse Warren E. Miller Donald E. Stokes 507

13 Elections

13.1 from The Breakthrough Gwen Ifill 515

13.2 Wesberry v. Sanders (1964) 529

13.3 McConnell v. Federal Election Commission (2003) 538

13.4 Barack Obama Inaugural Address, January 2009 551

14 The Media

14.1 "A Measure of Media Bias" Timothy Groseclose Jeffrey Milyo 557

14.2 from Media Politics: A Citizen's Guide Shanto Iyengar Jennifer McGrady 570

15 Economic Policy

15.1 from Making Globalization Work Joseph Stiglitz 579

15.2 Kelo v. New London (2005) 595

16 Social Policy

16.1 from Agendas and Instability in American Politics Frank R. Baumgartner Bryan D. Jones 605

16.2 from Polarized America Nolan Mccarty Keith Poole Howard Rosenthal 617

17 Foreign Policy

17.1 from The Powers of War and Peace: The Constitution and Foreign Affairs after 9/11 John Yoo 635

17.2 Speech to the United Nations General Assembly, September 23, 2009 Barack Obama 645

Acknowledgments 657