LEADER 03795nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910452468003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-07430-0 010 $a0-674-07428-9 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674074286 035 $a(CKB)2550000001039381 035 $a(EBL)3301253 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000860059 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11475150 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000860059 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10883897 035 $a(PQKB)10158431 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301253 035 $a(DE-B1597)209804 035 $a(OCoLC)831625532 035 $a(OCoLC)979969671 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674074286 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301253 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10678067 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001039381 100 $a20120917d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe challenge of congressional representation$b[electronic resource] /$fRichard F. Fenno 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (272 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-674-07269-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tIntroduction --$t1 Constituencies, Connections, and Representation --$t2 Barber Conable --$t3 Glenn Poshard --$t4 Karen Thurman --$t5 Jim Greenwood --$t6 Zoe Lofgren --$t7 Constituency-Centered Scholarship --$tNotes --$tAcknowledgments --$tIndex 330 $aAt 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. 606 $aLegislators$zUnited States$vCase studies 606 $aRepresentative government and representation$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLegislators 615 0$aRepresentative government and representation 676 $a328.73/0734 700 $aFenno$b Richard F.$f1926-$0255549 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452468003321 996 $aThe challenge of congressional representation$92477344 997 $aUNINA