A01=Richard F. Fenno
Author_Richard F. Fenno
barbara jordan
bias
black politicians
campaign
capitol
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Category=JPA
chaka fattah
communication
congress
connections
constituency
constituents
dewey street award program
discrimination
district
diversity
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experience
government
history
inclusion
influence
legislators
liberty hill baptist church
louis stokes
minority
negotiation
nonfiction
party
personal goals
political science
politics
protection
race
racism
representation
stephanie tubbs jones
strategy
voters
Product details
- ISBN 9780226241319
- Weight: 482g
- Dimensions: 16 x 23mm
- Publication Date: 01 Apr 2003
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Thirty years ago there were nine African Americans in the US House of Representatives. Today there are four times that number. In "Going Home", the dean of congressional studies, Richard F. Fenno, explores what representation has meant -and means today - to black voters and to the politicians they have elected to office. Fenno follows the career of four black representatives - Louis Stokes, Barbara Jordan, Chaka Fattah and Stephanie Tubbs Jones - from their home districts to the halls of the Capitol. He finds that while these politicians had different visions of how they should represent their districts (in part based on their individual preferences, and in part based on the history of black politics in America), they shared crucial organizational and symbolic connections to their constituents. These connections, which draw on a sense of "linked fates" are ones that only black representatives can provide to black constituents. Fenno's detailed portraits and incisive analysis should be important for anyone interested in the workings of Congress or in black politics.
