Electoral incentives in Congress / Jamie L. Carson and Joel Sievert.

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"David Mayhew's (1974) thesis regarding the "electoral connection" and its impact on legislative behavior has become the theoretical foundation for much of the existing research on the modern U.S. Congress. In its most basic form, Mayhew's theory contends that once in office, legislators pursue what...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Carson, Jamie L. (Author)
Sievert, Joel (Author)
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2018.
Series:Legislative politics & policy making.
Subjects:
United States. > Congress > History > 19th century.
United States. > Congress > Elections.
United States. > Congress.
Legislators > United States > History > 19th century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
Elections.
Legislators.
United States.
1800-1899
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xiii, 199 pages : illustrations.
Format: Book

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