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PublisherYale University Press

ISBN-100300105878

ISBN-139780300105872

eBay Product ID (ePID)30872977

Product Key Features

Number of Pages216 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameCongress : the Electoral Connection

Publication Year2004

SubjectAmerican Government / Legislative Branch, General, Political

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorDavid R. Mayhew

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight7.2 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number2

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2004-110395

ReviewsWinner of the Washington Monthly Political Book Award for 1974 "Any short list of major analyses of Congress must of necessity include David Mayhew's Congress: The Electoral Connection. It is a pleasure to have this aged-in-the cask classic reissued, and the foreword by Arnold and preface by Mayhew are a valuable bonus."--Fred Greenstein "Mayhew's book on Congress seems to be the best thing on the subject. The interpretation, based as it is on an extraordinary range and depth of scholarship, will compel everyone who writes on Congress in the future in serious fashion - including serious-minded journalists - to take it into account. It simply couldn't be ignored."--Robert A. Dahl "A classic in legislative studies."--Richard F. Fenno, Jr., "Any short list of major analyses of Congress must of necessity include David Mayhew's Congress: The Electoral Connection. It is a pleasure to have this aged-in-the cask classic reissued, and the foreword by Arnold and preface by Mayhew are a valuable bonus."--Fred Greenstein "Mayhew's book on Congress seems to be the best thing on the subject. The interpretation, based as it is on an extraordinary range and depth of scholarship, will compel everyone who writes on Congress in the future in serious fashion - including serious-minded journalists - to take it into account. It simply couldn't be ignored."--Robert A. Dahl "A classic in legislative studies."--Richard F. Fenno, Jr., In this second edition to a book that has now achieved canonical status, David R. Mayhew argues that the principal motivation of legislators is reelection and that the pursuit of this goal affects the way they behave and the way that they make public policy. In a new foreword for this edition, R. Douglas Arnold discusses why the book revolutionized the study of Congress and how it has stood the test of time. The book also contains a new preface by the author., "Any short list of major analyses of Congress must of necessity include David Mayhew's Congress: The Electoral Connection. It is a pleasure to have this aged-in-the-cask classic reissued, and the foreword by Arnold and preface by Mayhew are a valuable bonus."-Fred Greenstein, Princeton University

Dewey Edition18

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal301.5/92

Synopsis"Any short list of major analyses of Congress must of necessity include David Mayhew's Congress: The Electoral Connection." --Fred Greenstein In this second edition to a book that has achieved canonical status, David R. Mayhew argues that the principal motivation of legislators is reelection and that the pursuit of this goal affects the way they behave and the way that they make public policy. In a new foreword for this edition, R. Douglas Arnold discusses why the book revolutionized the study of Congress and how it has stood the test of time., In this second edition to a book that has now achieved canonical status, David R. Mayhew argues that the principal motivation of legislators is reelection and that the pursuit of this goal affects the way they behave and the way that they make public policy. In a new foreword for this edition, R. Douglas Arnold discusses why the book revolutionized the study of Congress and how it has stood the test of time. The book also contains a new preface by the author.

LC Classification NumberJK1021