Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of Tables; Series Editor's Foreword; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; The Watershed Congress and Theory Development; 1997: Three Scenes from Act II of the GOP Revolution; The Reelection Goal and Ambition Theory: Mayhew and Fenno Revisited; The Development of 104th Freshman Class Cohesion; Perspectives of the 104th GOP Freshmen: An Overview; Freshmen and Principles: The Contract as Mission; Freshmen and Principals: The Perception of a Mandate; The Freshmen as a Political Unit: Limitations and Dimensions
Leadership and Freshman Class Power Relations in the HouseLearning by Doing: The Progress of the 104th Class; Putting the 104th Freshman Class into Perspective; Epilogue; Interview List; Research Design and Data Acquisition; References; Index
Summary
Based upon freshmen class surveys and interviews, this book seeks to understand the 104th GOP freshmen's high class identity and group power as well as the nature and scope of the class's legislative learning
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-325) and index
