Representing America - Herrick, Rebekah; Fisher, Samuel H.
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During the 1990s, many members of the House of Representatives could be characterized as citizen legislators - they either voluntarily limited their term in office or they had no prior political experience. Representing America compares the representational styles of these legislators with the professional legislators, who make a career out of being a legislator, elected at the time.

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During the 1990s, many members of the House of Representatives could be characterized as citizen legislators - they either voluntarily limited their term in office or they had no prior political experience. Representing America compares the representational styles of these legislators with the professional legislators, who make a career out of being a legislator, elected at the time.
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By Rebekah Herrick and Samuel H. Fisher III
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Herrick and Fisher provide a smart and sophisticated analysis of the much ballyhooed "citizen legislator" in this important work. Their findings are sometimes surprising and sometimes predictable, but always move our understanding forward several steps. This book is a must for those interested in representation, term limits, and the influence of career goals of legislator behavior. -- Gary Copeland, professor of political science, University of Oklahoma Using a wide variety of variables, mostly collected by others, the authors develop a creative set of tests to determine the potential impact of term limits on the US House of Representatives in the 1990s... Highly recommended. CHOICE the book's strength is advancing factual knowledge of the (few) differences between the citizen and the professional legislator and linking the findings to ambition theory. APSA Legislative Studies Section Newsletter, Book Notes, January 2008 Debates over whether politicians should be 'of the people' or 'a cut apart from the people' are enduring because they penetrate to the philosophical heart of governmental structures. In this valuable short book, Fisher and Herrick utilize the term-limit movement and an impressive range of extremely creative concept measures to demonstrate that, despite the hopes of term-limit advocates, citizen legislators are remarkably similar to professional legislators. As such, this book makes important contributions at levels ranging from a narrow focus on congressional careers all the way tot he best way to organize democratic government. -- John R. Hibbing, Foundation Regents Professor of Political Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln…mehr