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001 2013013350
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008 130403s2013 nyua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2013013350
020 $a9781107026476 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aJA85.2.U6$bG75 2013
082 00 $a328.73/073$223
084 $aPOL040000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aGrimmer, Justin.
245 10 $aRepresentational style in Congress :$bwhat legislators say and why it matters /$cJustin Grimmer.
264 1 $aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2013.
300 $axi, 201 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 183-198) and index.
520 $a"This book demonstrates the consequences of legislators' strategic communication for representation in American politics. Representational Style in Congress shows how legislators present their work to cultivate constituent support. Using a massive new data set of texts from legislators and new statistical techniques to analyze the texts, this book provides comprehensive measures of what legislators say to constituents and explains why legislators adopt these styles. Using the new measures, Justin Grimmer shows how legislators affect how constituents evaluate their representatives and the consequences of strategic statements for political discourse. The introduction of new statistical techniques for political texts allows a more comprehensive and systematic analysis of what legislators say and why it matters than was previously possible. Using these new techniques, the book makes the compelling case that to understand political representation, we must understand what legislators say to constituents"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aCommunication in politics$zUnited States.
650 0 $aLegislators$zUnied States.
650 0 $aRepresentative government and representation$zUnited States.
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General$2bisacsh.