Partners and Rivals : : Representation in U.S. Senate Delegations / / Wendy J. Schiller.

Congressional scholars have vastly underappreciated how representation in the U. S. Senate differs from the House of Representatives. In this provocative new study, Wendy J. Schiller develops a theory of dual representation--where two legislators share the same geographical constituency--to explain...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]
©2000
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (211 p.) :; 27 tables, 11 maps, 4 line illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER 1. A THEORY OF DUAL REPRESENTATION
  • CHAPTER 2. CHOOSING DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONAL CAREER PATHS
  • CHAPTER 3. DIVERSIFICATION AND MEDIA RECOGNITION
  • CHAPTER 4. REPUTATION AND CONSTITUENT EVALUATION
  • CHAPTER 5. EXPANDING THE BOUNDARIES OF ELECTORAL COALITIONS
  • CHAPTER 6. ECONOMIC INTERESTS AND CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS
  • CHAPTER 7. RETHINKING SENATE REPRESENTATION
  • APPENDIX A. MEASUREMENT OF VARIABLES
  • APPENDIX B. QUESTIONNAIRE MAILED TO NEWSPAPER EDITORS AND REPORTERS
  • APPENDIX C. NEWSPAPER ARTICLES BY SUBJECT MATTER, STATE, AND SENATOR
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX