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Congressional Representation & Constituents

Brian Frederick
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Assembly Size
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congressional districting effects
constituency
Constituency Opinion
Constituency Size
Cube Root Law
democratic representation theory
district
District Partisanship
District Population
District Population Size
Dummy Variable
DW Nominate Score
electoral competitiveness
empirical analysis of legislative size
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Female Democrats
house
House District
House Elections
House Enlargement
House Members
incumbent
Incumbent House Members
institutions
legislative
legislative apportionment
Legislative Size
Median Voter
members
national
Negative Relationship
Online Consumer Panel
policy responsiveness analysis
political science research
population
Roll Call Voting
Roll Call Voting Behavior
size
State's Present Level
State’s Present Level
Welfare Reform

Product details

  • ISBN 9780415873451
  • Weight: 500g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 25 Nov 2009
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Description

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 a ceiling on the number of seats available in the House. He examines the influence of constituency size on several metrics of representation—including estimating the effects on electoral competition, policy responsiveness, and citizen contact with and approval of their representatives—and argues that now is the time for the House to be increased in order to better represent a rapidly growing country.
About Brian Frederick

Brian Frederick is an assistant professor of political science at Bridgewater State College in Massachusetts.

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