Congressional Representation & Constituents: The Case for Increasing the U.S. House of Representatives

by Brian Frederick

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415873452
• ISBN13: 9780415873451
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.2"