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

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

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

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