Dilemmas of Representation

Sally Friedman

Description

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.

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Author’s Note

1. Introduction

2. Overview of Theoretical and Methodological Concerns

3. Rethinking the Local-National Debate

Carolyn Maloney: Getting Involved at Home and in Washington
Amo Houghton: Public Service with a Business Slant
John McHugh: “I Know the Process and I Know the Players”

4. National Parties, Individual Choices (with Christopher Witko)

Sue Kelly: Balancing Constituent Interests, Issues, and Party
Michael McNulty: Interactions among Party, Constituency, and a Changing Political Context
Carolyn McCarthy: Politics Made Personal on Long Island’s 4th

5. The Local-National Connection and the Representation of Minorities (with Michael Rogers)

Eliot Engel: Bringing Together Difference
Nydia Velazquez: Latino Culture Drives the Politics of the 12th

6. Balancing Constituencies: Fenno’s Bull’s-eye Model in the 1990s

Jack Quinn: Having Your Cake and Eating It Too
Maurice Hinchey: Issue Activist at Home in his District

7. Concluding Perspectives

Postscript
Notes
Works Cited
Index

Sujets

• National
• États-Unis
• Central
• Central government
• United States of America
• USA

Informations

• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 01 février 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780791480212
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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DILEMMAS OF REPRESENTATION

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DILEMMAS OF REPRESENTATION

Local Politics, National Factors, and the Home Styles of Modern U.S. Congress Members

Sally Friedman

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Friedman, Sally, 1950–

Dilemmas of representation : local politics, national factors, and the home styles of modern U.S. Congress members / Sally Friedman. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn-13:978-0-7914-7075-6 (hardcover : alk. paper) isbn-13:978-0-7914-7076-3 (paper) 1. State governments—United States. 2. Federal government—United States. 3. Representative government and representation—United States. I. Title. jk2408.f752007 328.73—dc22 2006023730

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c o n t e n t s

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Author’s Note

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Overview of Theoretical and Methodological Concerns

Chapter 3. Rethinking the Local-National Debate Carolyn Maloney: Getting Involved at Home and in Washington 35 Amo Houghton: Public Service with a Business Slant 50 John McHugh: “I Know the Process and I Know the Players” 64

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National Parties, Individual Choices (with Christopher Witko) Sue Kelly: Balancing Constituent Interests, Issues, and Party 86 Michael McNulty: Interactions among Party, Constituency, and a Changing Political Context Carolyn McCarthy: Politics Made Personal on Long Island’s 4th 116

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Chapter 5. The Local-National Connection and the Representation of Minorities(with Michael Rogers) Eliot Engel: Bringing Together Difference 149 Nydia Velazquez: Latino Culture Drives the Politics of the 12th 160

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Contents

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Balancing Constituencies: Fenno’s Bull’s-eye Model in the 1990s Jack Quinn: Having Your Cake and Eating It Too 185 Maurice Hinchey: Issue Activist at Home in his District 202

Concluding Perspectives

Postscript

Notes

Works Cited

Index

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I l l u s t r a t i o n s

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Tables

Demographic Variation across New York State’s Congressional Districts 26 Characteristics of Project Sample versus Entire New York State Delegation 27 Constituency Characteristics and Election Results for Reps. Maloney, Houghton, and McHugh 37 Constituency Characteristics and Election Results for Reps. Kelly, McNulty, and McCarthy 88 Constituency Characteristics and Election Results for Reps. Engel and Velazquez 146 Constituency Characteristics and Election Results for Reps. Quinn and Hinchey 183 Analysis of Local and National References on Legislator Web sites 225 Summary of Home Styles, Constituency Characteristics, and Legislator Backgrounds 232 Types of Home Styles by Constituency Factors and Legislator Backgrounds 233

Maps

New York State Congressional Districts 14 Congressional Districts for Reps. Maloney, Houghton, and McHugh 31 Congressional Districts for Reps. Kelly, McNulty, and McCarthy 81 Congressional Districts for Reps. Engel and Velazquez 140 Congressional Districts for Reps. Quinn and Hinchey 177