Representations in State Legislatures

Every two years American voters turn out to elect several thousand representatives to state legislatures. Only now in this book do we have a detailed examination of how these officials perceive their jobs and how they attempt to do them. To provide answers to these questions Malcolm E. Jewell conducted intensive interviews with 220 members of houses of representatives in nine selected states. He asked each legislator how he kept in touch with his constituents how he resolved matters of policy, h

Author: Malcolm E. Jewell
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 12/31/1982
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9780813114637

About the Author

Malcolm E. Jewell, professor emeritus at the University of Kentucky, is the coauthor of The Kentucky Legislature: Two Decades of Change and State Politics, Parties, and Policy.

This title is not returnable