1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452468003321

Autore

Fenno Richard F. <1926->

Titolo

The challenge of congressional representation [[electronic resource] /] / Richard F. Fenno

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-674-07430-0

0-674-07428-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Disciplina

328.73/0734

Soggetti

Legislators - United States

Representative government and representation - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Constituencies, Connections, and Representation -- 2 Barber Conable -- 3 Glenn Poshard -- 4 Karen Thurman -- 5 Jim Greenwood -- 6 Zoe Lofgren -- 7 Constituency-Centered Scholarship -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

At a moment when Congress is widely viewed as hyper-partisan and dysfunctional, Richard Fenno provides a variegated picture of American representational politics. The Challenge of Congressional Representation offers an up-close-and-personal look at the complex relationship between members of Congress and their constituents back home. When not crafting policy in Washington, the 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives are busy assessing and building voter support in their districts. Fenno delves into the activities of five members of the House-Republicans representing Pennsylvania and New York, and Democrats from California, Florida, and Illinois. Spanning the ideological spectrum, these former and current representatives are senior lawmakers and rookie back-benchers from both urban and rural areas. Fenno travels with them in their own political territories, watching and talking with them, conducting interviews, and meeting aides and constituents. He illuminates the all-consuming nature of



representational work-the complicated lives of House members shuttling back and forth between home and Capitol, building and maintaining networks, and making compromises. Agreeing to talk on the record without protective anonymity, these elected House members emerge as real personalities, at once praiseworthy and fallible. While voting patterns and policy analysis constitute an important window into the legislative process, the nonquantifiable human element that political scientists so frequently overlook is the essence of negotiation. Fenno focuses our attention on how congressional leaders negotiate with constituents as well as with colleagues.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910131055603321

Autore

Foucault Michel <1926-1984, >

Titolo

Organisation et désorganisation des sciences dans l'histoire  : épistémè et sciences contre sciences humainesn : Michel Foucault, Les mots et les choses / / Michel Foucault, Bernard Dantier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicoutimi : , : J.-M. Tremblay, , 2007

ISBN

1-4123-5541-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Classiques des sciences sociales

Disciplina

194

Soggetti

Classification of sciences - History

Social sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910136904203321

Titolo

CHROMATOGRAPHY

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tōkyō, [2011]-

ISSN

1348-3315

Descrizione fisica

Online-Ressource

Disciplina

540

Soggetti

Zeitschrift

Lingua di pubblicazione

Giapponese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Gesehen am 04. April 2016