| Part 1: Introduction and Preliminaries |
| 1 | What is the Role of Government? (PDF) |
| Part 2: Institutions and American Politics |
| 2 | Understanding Institutions: The Median Voter Theorem (PDF) |
| 3 | Agenda Setting: The Committee Model (PDF 1) (PDF 2) |
| 4 | Making Legislation: Veto Players (PDF) |
| 5 | Making Legislation: Ideas and Policy Entrepreneurs (PDF) |
| 6 | The Preferences of Policymakers: Elections and Responsiveness |
| Part 3: Public Opinion, Elections, and Democracy |
| 7 | Campaigns and Elections (PDF 1) (PDF 2) |
| 8 | The Measure and Meaning of Public Opinion (PDF) |
| 9 | The Structure of Public Opinion (PDF) |
| 10 | Understanding Public Opinion and American Politics: War and Race (PDF) |
| Part 4: Personal Interests and Political Equality |
| 11 | Mobilization of Interests (PDF) |
| 12 | Participation and the Political System (PDF) |
| Part 5: American Politics: Bringing it all Together |
| 13 | The Welfare Implications of Government |
| 14 | Conclusions (PDF) |