The Local-National Connection and the Representation of Minorities

The Local-National Connection and the Representation of Minorities

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History & Political Science

Document Type

Book Chapter

Abstract

BOOK ABSTRACT:

While the Congress literature of the 1970s and 1980s led to the dominant impression that all politics is local, in recent years legislative behavior has pointed in more national directions. Dilemmas of Representation comprehensively examines the multifaceted activities of several legislators from New York, one of the country’s most diverse states. Legislators still include strong local components in their home styles, but a variety of national factors now contribute notably to an understanding of local politics. This book encourages the reader to think more about the appropriate balance of local and national emphasis in legislator home styles, and also the advantages and disadvantages of the contrasting representational styles used by some contemporary representatives.

First Page

139

Last Page

175

Publication Date

2007

Publisher

State University of New York Press

City

Albany

ISBN

9780791470756 (Hardcover); 9780791470763 (Paper)

The Local-National Connection and the Representation of Minorities
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