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Tables of Contents for The Contentious Senate
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Table and Figures
ix
Preface
xi
Party Politics and Ideology in the Contemporary Senate
1
20
Nicol C. Rae
Colton C. Campbell
Part One Deliberation, Committees, and Public Policy
Senate Floor Deliberation: A Preliminary Inquiry
21
22
Roger H. Davidson
Principle or Party? Foreign and National Security Policymaking in the Senate
43
22
Christopher J. Deering
Part Two Leadership and Message Politics
The Senate Leadership Dilemma: Passing Bills and Pursuing Partisan Advantage in a Nonmajoritarian Chamber
65
26
Barbara Sinclair
Senate Leaders, Minority Voices: From Dirksen to Daschle
91
16
Burdett Loomis
Message Politics and Senate Procedure
107
24
C. Lawrence Evans
Walter J. Oleszek
Part Three Senate Reform in Historical Perspective
Twentieth-century Senate Reform: The View from the Inside
131
16
Donald A. Ritchie
Twentieth-century Senate Reform: Three Views from the Outside
147
20
Richard A. Baker
Afterword Reflections on Forty Years of the Senate
167
4
Donald R. Matthews
Bibliography
171
12
Index
183
12
About the Contributors
195