Personal Roots of Representation /

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Barry Burden challenges standard explanations of legislative preferences to emphasize the important role that personal influences play in representatives' voting behavior. This timely book is the first to examine the extent to which the very same values, experiences, and interests that shape co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Burden, Barry C., 1971-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
United States. > Congress.
Representative government and representation.
Legislators > Attitudes.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > American Government > Legislative Branch.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Legislative Branch.
Gouvernement representatif > États-Unis.
Parlementaires > États-Unis > Attitudes.
Representative government and representation > United States.
Legislators > United States > Attitudes.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Personal roots of representation
  • A theory of legislative preferences
  • Smoking and tobacco regulation
  • Vouchers and school choice
  • Religion and morality
  • Conclusion.

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