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Tables of Contents for Contemplating the People's Branch
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
vi
Part I Madison Meets the Web: Constitutional Ideals in Modern Society
1
56
The Design of Popular Government
13
3
Thomas Paine
Representing the People
16
3
Edmund Burke
Congress during the Convention and Ratification
19
14
Michael J. Malbin
Groups, Representation, and Race Conscious Districting: A Case of the Emperor's Clothes
33
24
Lani Guinier
Part II Congressional Elections: Is Getting There Half the Fun?
57
73
The Role of Elections in the Preservation of Liberty: Excerpts from The Federalist Papers
70
9
James Madison
The Strategic Context of Congressional Elections
79
17
Paul S. Herrnson
The Day after Reform: Sobering Campaign Finance Lessons from the American States
96
13
Michael J. Malbin
Thomas L. Gais
All Scandal Politics Is Local: Ethical Lapses, the Media, and Congressional Elections
109
14
Daniel M. Shea
Campaigns Are Like War
123
7
Linda Killian
Part III The House Will Come to Order! Managing the Legislative Process
130
96
Taking Charge of the House
143
26
C. Lawrence Evans
Walter J. Oleszek
Transformational Leader or Faithful Agent? Principal-Agent Theory and House Majority Party Leadership
169
20
Barbara Sinclair
Legislative Leadership: Apprenticeship in the School of Chaos
189
11
Tom Loftus
House Broken
200
3
Richard Lowry
Little Theatre: Committees in Congress
203
15
Tim Groseclose
David C. King
The Driving Force of Bud Shuster
218
8
Jeff Plungis
Part IV Purists and Pragmatists: The Complex World of Legislative Policy Making
226
69
Separate but Equal Branches: Congress and the Presidency
241
12
Charles O. Jones
Participation in Congress: Introduction
253
9
Richard L. Hall
Congressional Leadership of Public Opinion
262
16
Lawrence R. Jacobs
Eric D. Lawrence
Robert Y. Shapiro
Steven S. Smith
The Washington Higher Education Community: Moving beyond Lobbying 101
278
17
Constance E. Cook
Part V Future Shock: The Fate of Legislative Bodies in America
295
59
The Changing Textbook Congress
303
11
Kenneth A. Shepsle
Congress Bashing: External Pressures for Reform and the Future of the Institution
314
11
Norman J. Ornstein
Amy L. Schenkenberg
Into the Twenty-First Century: Will Women Break the Political Glass Ceiling?
325
15
Jean Reith Schroedel
Nicola Mazumdar
The Home Style Homepage: Legislator Use of the World Wide Web for Constituency Contact
340
8
E. Scott Alder
Chariti E. Gent
Cary B. Overmeyer
How Will Congress Navigate the New Media Maelstrom?
348
6
Carroll J. Doherty
Glossary
354