Böcker av Richard F. Fenno

This text analyses the politics of representative democracy, written from the perspective of the politicians. It focuses on three main activities - pursuing a career, campaigning for office, and building consituency connections - which, taken together, form the basis of representative democracy.

At a moment when Congress is viewed by a skeptical public as hyper-partisan and dysfunctional, Richard Fenno provides a variegated picture of American representational politics. The Challenge of Congressional Representation offers an up-close-and-personal look at the complex relationship between members of Congress and their constituents back home.

The elections of 1994 produced the first Republican-controlled Congress in 40 years. What effect did being the minority party for so long have on the activities of the new House of Representatives' majority? In this book, Richard Fenno makes the case that four decades out of power left Republicans without the experience they needed to properly interpret their electoral victory.