CONTENTS

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Foreword vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. CONTENTS xi
5. TABLES xii
6. Charts xii
7. Illustrations xii
8. Introduction 1
9. Part One. The Origins of the Modern Senate
10. I. THE LIMITS OF PARTY 11
11. II. THE DYNAMICS OF LEADERSHIP 43
12. III.THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS 73
13. Part Two. Politics and Society The Elements of Change
14. IV. THE ASCENT TO POWER 111
15. V.THE POLITICAL PROFESSION 137
16. VI. THE STRUCTURE OF STATE POLITICS 159
17. VII. THE BUSINESS OF INFLUENCE 191
18. VIII. IN DEFENSE OF PARTY GOVERNMENT 221
19. Part Three. The Uses of Power
20. IX. THE PEOPLE AND THEIR GOVERNMENT 243
21. Appendixes. Bibliographical Note. Notes. Index
22. APPENDIX A. PROCEDURES FOLLOWED IN PRESENTING THE CAREERS OF UNITED STATES SENATORS 271
23. APPENDIX Β. PARTY MEMBERSHIP, SOCIAL ORIGINS, AND POLITICAL CAREERS 274
24. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE 276
25. NOTES 287
26. INDEX 339