Representing America : The Citizen and the Professional Legislator in the House of Representatives
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0739117270
ISBN-13
9780739117279
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint
Lexington Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 16th, 2007
Print length
132 Pages
Weight
322 grams
Dimensions
23.80 x 16.10 x 1.60 cms
Product Classification:
Political leaders & leadershipCentral government
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During the 1990s, many members of the House of Representatives could be characterized as citizen legislators - they either voluntarily limited their term in office or they had no prior political experience. This work compares the representational styles of these legislators with the professional legislators, elected at the time.
Representing America looks at the critical question of how to ensure that legislators represent their constituents'' interests. Using qualitative and quantitative analysis, Herrick and Fisher investigate whether professional politicians, who have prior political experience and seek to hold office as long as possible, or citizen politicians, who come from the private sector and have no prior political experience, make better representatives. They focus on key differences in representation between citizen and professional legislators elected to the Unites States House of Representatives from 1992-1998. Representing America is a valuable study for scholars and students with an interest in representative institutions and behaviors.
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