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Legislative Entrepreneurship in the U.S. House of Representatives.

When members are elected to the House of Representatives they have a certain freedom to decide how they will act as members and how they will build their reputations. Just as in the market place entrepreneurs build businesses, so in the House of Representatives members have the freedom to choose to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University of Michigan Press 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover13;
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. The Puzzle of Legislative Entrepreneurship
  • 2. Measuring Legislative Entrepreneurship
  • 3. Legislative Entrepreneurship and Constituency Response
  • 4. Legislative Entrepreneurship and Campaign Finance
  • 5. Legislative Entrepreneurship and Intrainstitutional Mobility
  • 6. Legislative Entrepreneurship and the Republican Takeover
  • 7. Conclusion
  • Appendixes
  • A. Data for a Reality Check of Entrepreneurship Scores
  • B. Derivation of the Mobility Model
  • References
  • Index.