The Macro Polity, first published in 2002, provides a comprehensive model of American politics at the system level.

List of figures and tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. A model of the macro polity; Part I. Performance: 2. Presidential approval; 3. Presidential approval, the economy, and the future; 4. Macro partisanship: the permanent memory of party performance; 5. The group composition of macropartisan trends; Part II. Policy: 6. Public opinion; 7. Elections; 8. Public opinion and policy-making; 9. A governing system: laws and public opinion; Part III. American Politics as a System: 10. The macropolitical system; 11. The macro polity and democratic performance; References; Index.