These files contain the datasets and charts presented in Frank Baumgartner and Bryan Jones'
book, Agendas and Instability in American Politics (Chicago, 1993).
These time series data are in Microsoft Excel 5.0/97 format, each file consisting
of two spreadsheets. The first is a reproduction of the chart presented
in the book. The second is the data that was used to prepare the chart.
The names of the files correspond to the number of the figure in the book.
Figure |
Title |
Download |
File Size |
| 4.1 |
Annual number of articles on civilian nuclear power and percentage of articles
coded positive, 1900-1986 |
fig4-1.xls |
24 K |
| 4.2 |
Increased regulatory activities of the AEC/NRC |
fig4-2.xls |
19 K |
| 4.3 |
Increasingly negative tone of congressional hearings on nuclear power |
fig4-3.xls |
18 K |
| 4.4 |
Stock market performances of nuclear utilities versus other indices, 1962-1988 |
fig4-4.xls |
41 K |
| 5.1 |
Annual coverage of smoking in the Reader's Guide and tobacco consumption,
1900-1986 |
fig5-1.xls |
24 K |
| 5.2 |
Congressional hearings on smoking |
fig5-2.xls |
18 K |
| 5.3 |
Annual coverage of pesticides in the Reader's Guide |
fig5-3.xls |
24 K |
| 5.4 |
Congressional hearings on pesticides |
fig5-4.xls |
24 K |
| 6.1 |
Shifting topics of pesticide coverage in the Reader's Guide, 1900-1987 |
fig6-1.xls |
27 K |
| 6.2 |
Changing topics of smoking and tobacco coverage in the New York Times
Index, 1946-1988 |
fig6-2.xls |
17 K |
| 6.3 |
Changing tone of government actions reported in the New York Times Index coverage of smoking, 1946-1988 |
fig6-3.xls |
16 K |
| 6.4 |
Coverage of automobile safety in the Reader's Guide and traffic fatalities,
1900-1986 |
fig6-4.xls |
27 K |
| 7.1 |
Articles in the Reader's Guide and congressional hearings on urban affairs |
fig7-1.xls |
24 K |
| 7.2 |
Congressional hearings on urban affairs and total federal grants to states
and localities |
fig7-2.xls |
20 K |
| 7.3a |
Congressional hearings on urban affairs and federal grants to states and
localities, by category |
fig7-3a.xls |
20 K |
| 7.3b |
Congressional hearings on urban affairs and federal grants to states and
localities, by category |
fig7-3b.xls |
20 K |
| 7.3c |
Congressional hearings on urban affairs and federal grants to states and
localities, by category |
fig7-3c.xls |
20 K |
| 7.3d |
Congressional hearings on urban affairs and federal grants to states and
localities, by category |
fig7-3d.xls |
20 K |
| 7.4 |
Responses to Gallup Poll question on America's most important domestic problems |
fig7-4.xls |
20 K |
| 8.1 |
Congressional and media attention to drug abuse |
fig8-1.xls |
24 K |
| 8.2 |
Congressional hearings on drug abuse |
fig8-2.xls |
19 K |
| 8.3 |
Congressional and media attention to alcohol abuse |
fig8-3.xls |
24 K |
| 8.4 |
Media attention to child abuse |
fig8-4.xls |
21 K |
| 8.5 |
Four categories of coverage of child abuse in the New York Times Index,
1900-1988 |
fig8-5a.xls
fig8-5b.xls
|
22 K |
| 8.6 |
Congressional hearings on child abuse and New York Times Index coverage
of government action |
fig8-6.xls |
24 K |
| 9.1 |
Trade associations in the United States |
fig9-1.xls |
16 K |
| 9.2 |
Ratio of profit to citizens' groups over time |
fig9-2.xls |
133 K |
| 10.2 |
Congressional hearings on air transportation, 1944-1989 |
fig10-2.xls |
19 K |
| 11.1 |
Congressional hearings on intergovernmental relations |
fig11-1.xls |
16 K |
| 11.2 |
Impact of federal grants on state and local spending priorities |
fig11-2.xls |
37 K |
| A.1 |
Coverage of smoking in the Reader's Guide and the New York Times
Index |
figA-1.xls |
20 K |
| B.1 |
Regression residuals for grants predicted by hearings on urban affairs |
figB-1.xls |
17 K |
