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Title: Congress the Electoral Connection by David R. Mayhew ISBN: 0-300-01809-6 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: May, 1986 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Really?
Comment: Mayhew comes to the earth-shaking conclusion that politicians want to be re-elected. Do you really need to read a book to tell you that -- give me a break! This was known by my grandfather who never attended school beyond the third-grade. Save your time and save your money.
Rating: 5
Summary: excellent survey of congressional activities
Comment: Despite the fact that Mayhew's "Congress: The Electoral Connection" was published in 1986, the congressional goals discussed by Mayhew are still very relevant. Mayhew discusses three possible Congressional goals: 1)reelection, 2)gaining influence, and 3)producing good public policy. He also discusses the factors that effect the actions of Congressmen, such as: political parties, constituencies, committees, political action commitees, house and senate leadership, etc...
Rating: 5
Summary: Reelection matters, but so does policy
Comment: Although the review of the book by the gentleman below certainly delves into some of the major issues that Mayhew offers in this classic poltical science text, he ignores one of the major points of the book: Mayhew's point that legislators are constantly seeking reelection, that it drives them, is mitigated by his belief that the *reason* they are seeking reelection is so that they can pursue particular goals -- policy or otherwise. Reelection does drive them, but is only a MEANS, not an end. Impact on national, state or local policy -- or other political goals -- is the reason they continue to work diligently to be reelected. After all, they can't enact legislation if they aren't members of the body in the first place.
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Title: Home Style: House Members in Their Districts (Longman Classics Edition) by Richard F. Fenno ISBN: 032112183X Publisher: Longman Pub. Date: 28 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $36.80 |
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Title: PRESIDENTIAL POWER AND THE MODERN PRESIDENTS : THE POLITICS OF LEADERSHIP FROM ROOSEVELT TO REAGAN by Richard E. Neustadt ISBN: 0029227968 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1991 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Why Parties?: The Origin and Transformation of Political Parties in America (American Politics and Political Economy) by John H. Aldrich ISBN: 0226012727 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: April, 1995 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups by Mancur Olson ISBN: 0674537513 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: June, 1971 List Price(USD): $20.50 |
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Title: The Logic of Congressional Action by R. Douglas Arnold ISBN: 0300056591 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: August, 1992 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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