Dilemmas of representation : local politics, national factors, and the home styles of modern U.S. Congress members / Sally Friedman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Friedman, Sally, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

State governments--United States.

State governments.

Federal government--United States.

Federal government.

Representative government and representation--United States.

Representative government and representation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While the Congress literature of the 1970s and 1980s led to the dominant impression that all politics is local, in recent years legislative behavior has pointed in more national directions. Dilemmas of Representation comprehensively examines the multifaceted activities of several legislators from New York, one of the country's most diverse states. Legislators still include strong local components in their home styles, but a variety of national factors now contribute notably to an understanding of local politics. This book encourages the reader to think more about the appropriate balance of local and national emphasis in legislator home styles, and also the advantages and disadvantages of the contrasting representational styles used by some contemporary representatives.

Contents:

Introduction

Overview of theoretical and methodological concerns

Rethinking the local-national debate

National parties, individual choices (with Christopher Witko)

The local-national connection and the representation of minorities (with Michael Rogers)

Balancing constituencies : Fennos bulls-eye model in the 1990's

Concluding perspectives.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-265) and index.

ISBN:

9780791480212

0791480216

9781429498203

142949820X

OCLC:

172980990