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The impression of influence : legislator communication, representation, and democratic accountability / / Justin Grimmer, Sean J. Westwood, and Solomon Messing



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Autore: Grimmer Justin Visualizza persona
Titolo: The impression of influence : legislator communication, representation, and democratic accountability / / Justin Grimmer, Sean J. Westwood, and Solomon Messing Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Princeton, New Jersey ; ; Oxfordshire, England : , : Princeton University Press, , 2015
©2015
Edizione: Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (221 pages) : illustrations, tables
Disciplina: 328.73
Soggetto topico: Legislators - United States - Public opinion
Government spending policy - United States - Public opinion
Communication in politics - United States
Soggetto non controllato: Obama administration
Republican activists
Tea Party movement
Text as Data
accountability
antispending rhetoric
appropriations process
budget criticism
bureaucrats
congressional credit claiming
credit allocation
credit claiming messages
credit claiming
credit-claiming messages
credit-claiming rates
credit-claiming strategies
credit
deception
democracy
democratic competence
expenditure
federal expenditures
federal funds
federal spending
government spending
grant decisions
hand-coded documents
hand-coded labels
influence
legislators
linguistic deception
name recognition
nonpartisan reputation
particularistic projects
partisan reputation
personal vote
political representation
press releases
spending
statistical modeling
systematic deception
transparent communication
Persona (resp. second.): WestwoodSean J.
MessingSolomon
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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 legislators skillfully inform constituents with strategic communication and how this facilitates or undermines accountability. Using a massive collection of Congressional texts and innovative experiments and methods, the book shows how legislators create an impression of influence through credit claiming messages.Anticipating constituents' reactions, legislators claim credit for programs that elicit a positive response, making constituents believe their legislator is effectively representing their district. This spurs legislators to create and defend projects popular with their constituents. Yet legislators claim credit for much more-they announce projects long before they begin, deceptively imply they deserve credit for expenditures they had little role in securing, and boast about minuscule projects. Unfortunately, legislators get away with seeking credit broadly because constituents evaluate the actions that are reported, rather than the size of the expenditures.The Impression of Influence raises critical questions about how citizens hold their political representatives accountable and when deception is allowable in a democracy.
Titolo autorizzato: The impression of influence  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-691-16262-X
1-4008-5266-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910816916203321
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