Senators on the Campaign Trail: The Politics of RepresentationUniversity of Oklahoma Press, 1 feb 1998 - 448 pagina's This is a book about the politics of representative democracy, written from the perspective of the politicians who make it work. Typically, political scientists study campaigns from the perspective of the voter and for the purpose of explaining election outcomes. But campaigns also need to be studied from the perspective of the candidate, for the purpose of understanding representation. Richard F. Fenno, Jr., traveled with ten U.S. senators as they campaigned in their home states - using what he calls the "drop in/drop out, tag along/hang around" method of research - to present a developmental picture of their activities. His focus here is on three such activities - pursuing a career, campaigning for office, and building constituency connections. Taken together, the three constitute the political underpinnings of representative democracy. In its focus on the process of representative democracy, Senators on the Campaign Trail offers a rich, rounded, developmental view of some high-level individuals who work at the business of representation. For scholars, the book suggests some qualitative confirmation and added stimulation in forging generalizations about politicians. For citizens, the book argues for replacing the conventional blanket condemnation of our politicians, so prevalent today, with more discriminating judgments about what they do, and why and to what purpose they do it. |
Inhoudsopgave
Chapter One Prepolitical Careers | 18 |
Chapter Two Political Careers | 42 |
Chapter Three Primary Challenger Campaigns | 74 |
Chapter Four A Sequence of Campaigns | 107 |
Chapter Five A Candidate and a Campaign I | 160 |
Chapter Six A Candidate and a Campaign II | 198 |
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