Personal Roots of Representation

by Barry C. Burden

Book Overview

Despite heightened partisanship in the U.S. Congress and constituencies split along ideological lines, congressional representatives frequently buck their parties and seldom do precisely what voters ask. In Personal Roots of Representation, 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691134596
• ISBN13: 9780691134598
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.2"