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Personal Roots of Representation

Personal Roots of Representation Paperback / softback - 2007

by Barry C. Burden

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Paperback / softback. New. Despite heightened partisanship in the US Congress and constituencies split along ideological lines, congressional representatives buck their parties and seldom do precisely what voters ask. This book challenges standard explanations of legislative preferences to emphasize the role that personal influences play in representatives' voting behavior.
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  • Title Personal Roots of Representation
  • Author Barry C. Burden
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 192
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ
  • Date 2007-08-05
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # A9780691134598
  • ISBN 9780691134598 / 0691134596
  • Weight 0.64 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.21 x 6.33 x 0.53 in (23.39 x 16.08 x 1.35 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects United States, Representative government and representation
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006102733
  • Dewey Decimal Code 328.73

From the rear cover

"This is an impressive work. Burden's argument that ideology is important, but is not everything, is compelling. It does not tear down what we know but rather builds on the existing literature with a new take. What he gives us--that some issues may not reflect the standard left-right continuum, and that legislators' personal experiences and values come into play here--is both highly original and very important."--Eric M. Uslaner, University of Maryland

"This book represents a major contribution to the study of legislative politics. Its purpose is to explore how legislators are influenced by their own personal backgrounds and experiences as they go about their legislative activities, including roll-call voting, floor speeches, and cosponsoring legislation. It will be widely read by legislative scholars and will influence how they think about the determinants of legislative behavior."--James Garand, Louisiana State University

About the author

Barry C. Burden is professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the coauthor of Why Americans Split Their Tickets and the editor of Uncertainty in American Politics.