Reconceiving Decision-Making in Democratic Politics
Attention, Choice, and Public Policy

Preface
Introduction: A Nonmarginalist Approach for Political Science
Pt. 1: The Paradox of Temporal Political Choice
1: Attention and Agendas in Politics
2: Rationality in Political Choice
3: Attention and Temporal Choice in Politics
4: A Change of Mind or a Change of Focus?
5: Raising and Focusing Attention in the Mass Public
Pt. 2: The Paradox of Issue Evolution
6: Macropolitics: Is Political Conflict Recurrent?
7: Policy Subsystems and the Processing of Issues
8: The Serial Policy Shift
9: Governments as Adaptive Systems
10: Political Choice and Democratic Governance
Appendix: Spatial Choice Theory and Attentional Dynamics
Bibliography
Index
International Political Science Association's Research Committee on the Structure and Organization of Government (SOG): Charles A. Levine Memorial Book Prize
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APSA Political Psychology Section: Robert E. Lane Award
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Political Science: American Government and Politics
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