02996nam 2200601Ia 450 991096233000332120200520144314.0979-82-16-32593-21-283-05154-097866130515470-7391-5069-3(CKB)2670000000080361(EBL)673627(OCoLC)713010115(SSID)ssj0000487035(PQKBManifestationID)12147236(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000487035(PQKBWorkID)10442981(PQKB)10599757(Au-PeEL)EBL673627(CaPaEBR)ebr10459020(CaONFJC)MIL305154(MiAaPQ)EBC673627(EXLCZ)99267000000008036120110106d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRepresentation and institutional design /Rebekah L. HerrickLanham, Md. Lexington Booksc20111 online resource (187 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-5067-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.CONTENTS; List of Tables and Figures; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 Institutions and Representation; 2 Institutional Effects on the Incumbency Advantage; 3 Institutional Design and Ambition; 4 Institutional Design and Role Orientation; 5 Institutional Design and Symbolic Representation; 6 Institutional Design, Legislators' Information, and Perceptual Accuracy; 7 Institutional Design and Substantive Representation; 8 Conclusion; Appendix A: State Legislators and Their Districts; Appendix B: Descriptive Statistics of Variables; References; IndexRepresentation and Institutional Design examines how variation in the structures and processes of state legislatures affect how legislators represent their constituents. It examines whether electoral laws, term limits, professionalism, and district size and magnitude affect legislators' electoral vulnerability, ambition, and role orientations, as well as their actions involving symbolic, service and policy representation. This book reveals that legislative staff increases legislators' closeness to their constituents, legislative resources tend to increase symbolic and service representation buElection districtsUnited StatesStatesLegislative bodiesUnited StatesStatesRepresentative government and representationUnited StatesStatesElection districtsStates.Legislative bodiesStates.Representative government and representationStates.328.73Herrick Rebekah1960-1856041MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910962330003321Representation and institutional design4454573UNINA