UID:
almafu_9959691097602883
Format:
1 online resource (ix, 226 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-316-29042-5
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1-316-32442-7
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1-316-31104-X
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1-107-51606-4
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1-316-33110-5
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1-316-33444-9
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1-316-32776-0
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1-316-32106-1
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1-316-25662-6
Content:
Representation in Congress provides a theory of dyadic policy representation intended to account for when belief sharing, delegate, responsible party, trustee, and 'party elite led' models of representational linkage arise on specific policy issues. The book also presents empirical tests of most of the fundamental predictions for when such alternative models appear, and it presents tests of novel implications of the theory about other aspects of legislative behavior. Some of the latter tests resolve contradictory findings in the relevant, existing literature - such as whether and how electoral marginality affects representation, whether roll call vote extremism affects the re-election of incumbents, and what in fact is the representational behavior of switched seat legislators. All of the empirical tests provide evidence for the theory. Indeed, the full set of empirical tests provides evidence for the causal effects anticipated by the theory and much of the causal process behind those effects.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; Preface; 1 The Scientific Study of Constituency Representation; Unresolved Puzzles about Dyadic Representation; Theoretical Expectations about Dyadic Representation in Classic, Seminal Research and in the Bulk of Contemporary Research; The Curious Disappearance of Miller and Stokesś Theoretical and Research Design Precedents; Unfortunate Research Practices Necessitated by the Limited Availability of Data; Consequences of the Preceding Contemporary Theoretical and Research Design Practices
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The Relevance of Our Theory for Democratic Legislatures Beyond the U.S. CongressConclusion; 2 The Party Polarization and Issue Complexity Theory of Dyadic Representation; Criteria for a Systematic and Successful Theory; How a Unified Theory about Representational Processes Might Arise; Substantive Assumptions Original to the Party Polarization and Issue Complexity Theory; Assumptions in the Party Polarization and Issue Complexity Theory That Are Shared by Other Research on Dyadic Representation; The Principal Predictions Derived from the Theory; Conclusion
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3 The Research Design and Data for the Principal Verification Tests for the Party Polarization and Issue Complexity TheoryThe Research Plan, Policy Cases, and Measures of Concepts; A Metric for Party-Defining vs. Cross-Cutting Issue Status; A Metric for the Complexity of Policy Issues for Public Understanding; A Metric for How Long Issues Have Been on the Political Agenda; The Issue-Specific Scores on the Metrics of Party Polarization, Complexity, and Time on the Agenda; Validating Evidence for the Measures of Issue Easiness and Polarization
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Another Research Design Consideration Prompted by the Case Study Literature on Our Policy IssuesPolicy Issue Salience and Dyadic Representation; Conclusion; 4 Verification Tests for the Original Predictions about Patterns of Representational Linkage; Support for the Theory in Existing Research; Tests of Our Original Predictions for Issues Expected to Demonstrate Responsible Party Representation; Tests of Our Original Predictions for Issues Expected to Demonstrate Belief-Sharing Representation; Tests of Our Original Predictions for Issues Expected to Demonstrate Trustee Representation
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Tests for Policy Cases for Which We Have Less Clear Predictions for the Expected Patterns of RepresentationBasic Conclusions from the Tests of Predictions for the Theory; Broad Conclusions about the Causal Process and Identifying Different Models of Representation; 5 Novel Implications of the Theory about Elections and Representation; Elections and Causal Processes Compatible with the Theory: General Expectations; Accounting for the Competition on Policy Issues between Candidates for Election to Congressional Seats; Sophisticated and Unsophisticated Candidates for Seats in Congress
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Evidence for the Predictions about the Issue Positions of Sophisticated Candidates
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-316-31772-2
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-107-10781-4
Language:
English
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316256626
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