02924nam 2200601 450 991045959700332120200520144314.00-8131-5616-50-8131-4776-X(CKB)3710000000333950(EBL)1915081(SSID)ssj0001402832(PQKBManifestationID)12615732(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001402832(PQKBWorkID)11359803(PQKB)10698348(MiAaPQ)EBC1915081(OCoLC)557732542(MdBmJHUP)muse43860(Au-PeEL)EBL1915081(CaPaEBR)ebr11011691(CaONFJC)MIL690839(EXLCZ)99371000000033395020150205h19821982 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRepresentation in state legislatures /Malcolm E. JewellLexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,1982.©19821 online resource (213 p.)Includes index.1-322-59557-7 0-8131-1463-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1. Representation in State Legislatures; 2. Legislative Elections; 3. Communicating with Constituents; 4. Policy Responsiveness: The Ingredients; 5. Policy Responsiveness: How Choices Are Made; 6. Allocation and Service Responsiveness; 7. Representation: Public Perspectives and Conclusions; Appendix: Criteria for Selection of States and Methodology; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; WEvery two years American voters turn out to elect several thousand representatives to state legislatures. Only now in Representation in State Legislatures do we have a detailed examination of how these officials perceive their jobs and how they attempt to do them. To provide answers to these questions, Malcolm E. Jewell conducted intensive interviews with 220 members of houses of representatives in nine selected states. He asked each legislator how he kept in touch with his constituents, how he resolved matters of policy, how he sought government resources for his district, and what services Legislative bodiesUnited StatesStatesRepresentative government and representationUnited StatesStatesElectronic books.Legislative bodiesStates.Representative government and representationStates.328.73/0734Jewell Malcolm E.1928-2010,1031926MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459597003321Representation in state legislatures2479995UNINA