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"An excellent book on the modern Senate... Sinclair deftly combines quantitative and qualitative research approaches with insights drawn from organization and rational choice theory to provide an appealing analysis of institutional change and to speculate wisely on its broader normative significance." -- Political Science Quarterly

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Barbara Sinclair is professor of political science at the University of California, Riverside.

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Hardcover: 248 pages
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press (June 1, 1989)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0801837669
ISBN-13: 978-0801837661
Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,876,412 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The Senate has changed from an "encapsulated men's club" to a "publicity machine operated for the purposed of linking senators with national interest groups and factions," according to political scientist Nelson Polsby (1981, 22). Read the first page

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Armed Services, Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report, Howard Metzenbaum, New York, United States, Congressional Quarterly Almanac, Lowell Weicker, New Right, Agriculture Committee, Finance Committee, Majority Leader Dole, South Africa, Edward Kennedy, Jesse Helms, Orrin Hatch, Sam Nunn, Supreme Court, Budget Committee, Howard Baker, Jeff Bingaman, Legislative Reorganization Act, Tom Harkin, Washington Post, Bill Bradley, Common Cause

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