Going home : Black representatives and their constituents / Richard F. Fenno.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fenno, Richard F., 1926-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996.

Jordan, Barbara.

Stokes, Louis, 1925-.

Stokes, Louis.

Fattah, Chaka, 1956-.

Fattah, Chaka.

Jones, Stephanie Tubbs, 1949-2008.

Jones, Stephanie Tubbs.

United States. Congress--Constituent communication--Case studies.

United States.

African Americans--Politics and government--Case studies.

African Americans.

African American legislators--Case studies.

African American legislators.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (318 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Thirty years ago there were nine African Americans in the U.S. House of Representatives. Today there are four times that number. In Going Home, the dean of congressional studies, Richard F. Fenno, explores what representation has meant-and means today-to black voters and to the politicians they have elected to office. Fenno follows the careers of four black representatives-Louis Stokes, Barbara Jordan, Chaka Fattah, and Stephanie Tubbs Jones-from their home districts to the halls of the Capitol. He finds that while these politicians had different visions of how they should represent their districts (in part based on their individual preferences, and in part based on the history of black politics in America), they shared crucial organizational and symbolic connections to their constituents. These connections, which draw on a sense of "linked fates," are ones that only black representatives can provide to black constituents. His detailed portraits and incisive analyses will be important for anyone interested in the workings of Congress or in black politics.

Contents:

1. African American house members and representation

2. Louis Stokes : 1970-1976

3. Barbara Jordon : 1972-1973

4. Chaka Fattah : 1996-2001

5. Louis Stokes : postscript, 1998

6. Stephanie Tubbs Jones : 2000-2002

7. Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-281) and index.

ISBN:

9786613150721

9781283150729

1283150727

9780226241326

0226241327

OCLC:

721195318