Preface

Acknowledgments



PART I: Introduction

The Lawyer and the Heavyweight

The Policy Domains

Representatives and Their Clients



PART II:The Washington Representatives

The Organization of Work

The Careers of Representatives

Ideology, Colleague Networks, and Professional Autonomy



PART III: Targets of Representation

Contact with Government Institutions

The Government officials



PART IV: Consensus and Conflict

Allies and Adversaries

Elite Networks in National Policy Making

Participation and Success in Policy Decisions



Conclusion

Structure and Uncertainty in Private Interest Representation



Notes

References

Index

John P. Heinz is Distinguished Research Fellow, American Bar Foundation, and Owen L. Coon Professor of Law, Northwestern University.

Edward O. Laumann is George Herbert Mead Distinguished Service Professor of Sociology, and Provost, University of Chicago.

Robert L. Nelson is Research Fellow, American Bar Foundation, and Associate Professor of Sociology, Northwestern University.

Robert H. Salisbury is Sidney Souers Professor of American Government, Washington University, St. Louis.