LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi INTRODUCTION 3 CHAPTER 1 A Theory of Dual Representation 12 CHAPTER 2 Choosing Different Institutional Career Paths 33 CHAPTER 3 Diversification and Media Recognition 63 CHAPTER 4 Reputation and Constituent Evaluation 88 CHAPTER 5 Expanding the Boundaries of Electoral Coalitions 113 CHAPTER 6 Economic Interests and Campaign Contributions 143 CHAPTER 7 Rethinking Senate Representation 161 APPENDIX A Measurement of Variables 175 APPENDIX B Questionnaire Mailed to Newspaper Editors and Reporters 177 APPENDIX C Newspaper Articles by Subject Matter, State, and Senator 179 REFERENCES 185 INDEX 193
Partners and Rivals: Representation in U.S. Senate Delegations is an important and thoroughly original contribution to understanding Senators' behavior. Wendy Schiller has produced a fine piece of political science that will be of interest to every student of Congress and to every scholar interested in how electoral institutions shape congressional behavior. -- Gary Jacobson, University of California, San Diego Wendy Schiller has written a wonderful book that will be a landmark in the study of representation. There is nothing else like it in the range of methodologies employed and in the accessibility of the argument to a wide range of people. This is a book that is both scholarly and readable. -- Eric M. Uslaner, University of Maryland
Wendy J. Schiller is Mary Tefft and John Hazen White Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at Brown University.
"One of the more interesting and innovative contemporary works on the behavior of U. S. senators... Schiller examines both systematic empirical data as well as individual case studies. Her data sources are both rich and diverse... I would recommend this text for undergraduates, graduate students, and congressional scholars alike."--Greg Thorson, Congress and the Presidency
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