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Constituency representation in Congress : = the view from Capitol Hill /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Constituency representation in Congress :/ Kristina C. Miler.
Reminder of title:	the view from Capitol Hill /
Author:	Miler, Kristina C.,
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 214 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Representative government and representation - United States. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511779404
ISBN:	9780511779404 (ebook)

Constituency representation in Congress : = the view from Capitol Hill /
Miler, Kristina C.,1974-

Constituency representation in Congress :the view from Capitol Hill /Kristina C. Miler. - 1 online resource (ix, 214 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

1. The unanswered question of legislative perceptions -- 2. A dyadic theory of subconstituency representation -- 3. The psychology of constituency representation -- 4. Subconstituents relevant to health policy and natural resources policy -- 5. Explaining legislative perceptions -- 6. The effects of legislative perception on participation -- 7. Reassembling the district as a whole -- 8. Perception, reform, and representation in Congress.

Congressional representation requires that legislators be aware of the interests of constituents in their districts and behave in ways that reflect the wishes of their constituents. But of the many constituents in their districts, who do legislators in Washington actually see, and who goes unseen? Moreover, how do these perceptions of constituents shape legislative behavior? This book answers these fundamental questions by developing a theory of legislative perception that leverages insights from cognitive psychology. Legislators are shown to see only a few constituents in their district on a given policy, namely those who donate to their campaigns and contact the legislative office, and fail to see many other relevant constituents. Legislators are also subsequently more likely to act on behalf of the constituents they see, while important constituents not seen by legislators are rarely represented in the policymaking process.

ISBN: 9780511779404 (ebook)Subjects--Corporate Names:

808733
United States.
Congress--Decision making.Subjects--Topical Terms:

592469
Representative government and representation
--United States.

LC Class. No.: JK1131 / .M55 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 324.73/074

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