Representing the disadvantaged : group interests and legislator reputation in US Congress /
The limited attention Congress gives to disadvantaged or marginalized groups, including Black Americans, LGBTQ, Latinx, women, and the poor, is well known and often remarked upon. This is the first full-length study to focus instead on those members who do advocate for these groups and when and why...
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2021.
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| גישה מקוונת: | https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108974172 |
תוכן הענינים:
- Member reputation and the advocacy window : an integrated theory of representation
- Member reputation
- The choice to be a disadvantaged group advocate in the House of Representatives
- The choice to be a disadvantaged group advocate in the United States Senate
- Reputation building tactics in the Senate and House of representatives.