CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATION AND CONSTITUENTS by Brian Frederick ( 9780415873451 )

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Title:

CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATION AND CONSTITUENTS

By:

Brian Frederick

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Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0415873452

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9780415873451

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

1 December, 2009

Series:

Controversies in Electoral Democracy and Representation

Pages:

184

Description:

The US House of Representatives has been frozen at 435 members for almost a century, and in that time the nation's population has grown by more than 200 per cent. This book examines the influence of constituency size on several metrics of representation - including estimating the effects on electoral competition, and policy responsiveness.

Synopsis:

The U.S. House of Representatives has been frozen at 435 members for almost a century, and in that time the nation's population has grown by more than 200 percent. With the number of citizens represented by each House member now dramatically larger, is a major consequence of this historical disparity a diminished quality of representation? Brian Frederick uses empirical data to scrutinize whether representation has been undermined by keeping a ceiling on the number of seats available in the House. He examines the influence of constituency size on several metrics of representation-including estimating the effects on electoral competition, policy responsiveness, and citizen contact with and approval of their representatives-and argues that now is the time for the House to be increased in order to better represent a rapidly growing country.

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23 black & white tables, 10 black & white line drawings

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Routledge

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