Brian Frederick

Congressional Representation & Constituents (eBook, ePUB)

The Case for Increasing the U.S. House of Representatives

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Brian Frederick uses empirical data to scrutinize whether representation has been diminished by keeping a ceiling on the number of seats available in the House and argues that now is the time for the House to be increased in order to better represent a rapidly growing country.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135194611
• Artikelnr.: 47890515

Autorenporträt

Brian Frederick is an assistant professor of political science at Bridgewater State College in Massachusetts.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Why Study the Size of the House? 2. Debating the Size of the House 3.
The Growth of House District Populations and Electoral Competition 4.
Constituents: How Many is Too Many? 5. House Constituency Size and Voting
Patterns 6. Public Opinion on the Size of the House 7. The Size of the
House: Does it Really Matter?