The Impression of Influence : : Legislator Communication, Representation, and Democratic Accountability / / Sean J. Westwood, Justin Grimmer, Solomon Messing.
Constituents often fail to hold their representatives accountable for federal spending decisions-even though those very choices have a pervasive influence on American life. Why does this happen? Breaking new ground in the study of representation, The Impression of Influence demonstrates how legislat...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (224 p.) :; 22 line illus. 20 tables. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Representation, Spending, and the Personal Vote
- 2. Solving the Representative's Problem and Creating the Representative's Opportunity
- 3. How Legislators Create an Impression of Influence
- 4. Creating an Impression, Not Just Increasing Name Recognition
- 5. Cultivating an Impression of Influence with Actions and Small Expenditures
- 6. Credit, Deception, and Institutional Design
- 7. Criticism and Credit: How Deficit Implications Undermine Credit Allocation
- 8. Representation and the Impression of Influence
- 9. Text as Data: Methods Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index