FRANCINE SANDERS ROMERO is Assistant Professor of Public Administration at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She is the author of Presidents from Theodore Roosevelt through Coolidge, 1901-1929 (Greenwood Press, 2001).

• Preface Determinants of Civil Rights Policy: The Role of Institutional Structure and Majority Opinion The Complexities of Public Opinion on Civil Rights Policies: Roots and Targets of Opposition Congress's Modern Civil Rights Record Legislative Action and the Majoritarian Link Addressing the Remaining Congressional Puzzles The Supreme Court's Modern Civil Rights Record Supreme Court Decision Making and the Majoritarian Link Determinants of Civil Rights Policy Making: The Founders Predictions and Beyond Appendix I: Congressional Data Appendix II: Supreme Court Data Appendix III: Democratic Party Platforms, Selected Statements References Index

FRANCINE SANDERS ROMERO is Assistant Professor of Public Administration at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She is the author of Presidents from Theodore Roosevelt through Coolidge, 1901-1929 (Greenwood Press, 2001).

• Preface Determinants of Civil Rights Policy: The Role of Institutional Structure and Majority Opinion The Complexities of Public Opinion on Civil Rights Policies: Roots and Targets of Opposition Congress's Modern Civil Rights Record Legislative Action and the Majoritarian Link Addressing the Remaining Congressional Puzzles The Supreme Court's Modern Civil Rights Record Supreme Court Decision Making and the Majoritarian Link Determinants of Civil Rights Policy Making: The Founders Predictions and Beyond Appendix I: Congressional Data Appendix II: Supreme Court Data Appendix III: Democratic Party Platforms, Selected Statements References Index

FRANCINE SANDERS ROMERO is Assistant Professor of Public Administration at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She is the author of Presidents from Theodore Roosevelt through Coolidge, 1901-1929 (Greenwood Press, 2001).

• Preface Determinants of Civil Rights Policy: The Role of Institutional Structure and Majority Opinion The Complexities of Public Opinion on Civil Rights Policies: Roots and Targets of Opposition Congress's Modern Civil Rights Record Legislative Action and the Majoritarian Link Addressing the Remaining Congressional Puzzles The Supreme Court's Modern Civil Rights Record Supreme Court Decision Making and the Majoritarian Link Determinants of Civil Rights Policy Making: The Founders Predictions and Beyond Appendix I: Congressional Data Appendix II: Supreme Court Data Appendix III: Democratic Party Platforms, Selected Statements References Index