"It seemed to me that we knew something about how issues were decided, but that we knew much less about how they got t…"

"The phrase "an idea whose time has come" captures a fundamental reality about an irresistible movement that sweeps ov…"

"The agenda, as I conceive of it, is the list of subjects or problems to which government officials, and people outsid…"

"Setting the agenda and getting one's way, however, are two very different things."

"One goal of a senator or representative is satisfying constituents. Publicity is essential, and one way to get public…"

"A fair body of scholarship has come to challenge the view that elected officials reign supreme."

"There is nothing automatic about campaign pledges finding their way into public policy."

"Public opinion may sometimes direct government to do something, but it more often constrains government from doing so…"

"People are sometimes reluctant to take big steps. Apprehensive about being unable to calculate the political fallout,…"

"Participants perceive swings in national mood, elections bring new administrations to power and new partisan or ideol…"