1. Chapter 1/Introduction

1.1 Chapter 1 The Political Novel

1.2 Chapter 1 The Washington Novel

1.3 Chapter 1 Elite Theory and Ruling Elites

1. Chapter 2/Class Consciousness in Late-Twentieth-Century America

2.1 Chapter 2 Post-War Working-Class Consciousness

2.2 Chapter 2 Post-War Ruling-Class Consciousness

3.1 Chapter 3 A Brief History of Elite Theory

3.2 Chapter 3 Contemporary American Elite Theory

3.3 Chapter 3 Class and the Elite

3.4 Chapter 3 Power

1. Chapter 4/Gore Vidal's Washington D. C.: Maintaining Legitimacy

1. Chapter 5/Allen Drury's Advise and Consent: Moderate Ruling-Elite Ideology

1. Chapter 6/Joan Didion's Democracy: Moderate Ruling-Elite Constituencies

1. Chapter 7/Ward Just's Echo House: Implementing Policy/Accepting Others

1. Chapter 8/ Conclusion

8.1 Chapter 8 The Cultural Problem

8.2 Chapter 8 The Political Problem