6. Member Behavior and Constituent Response

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I. CONSTITUENCY SERVICE
6. 1. Member Visibility and Member Images 27
7. 2. The Nature of Constituency Service 50
8. 3. Incentives for Serving the Constituency 77
9. 4. Temporal Change in Constituency Service 97
10. Part II. CONSTITUENT RESPONSE
11. 5. Unraveling a Paradox 121
12. 6. Member Behavior and Constituent Response 135
13. 7.1 The Personal Vote 167
14. Part III. THE LARGER IMPLICATIONS
15. 8. Particular Interests and General Benefits 197
16. 9. Implications for Political Institutions 212
17. APPENDIX A. Coding Categories Equated in Comparisons of Open-ended Responses, 1958 and 1978 231
18. APPENDIX Β. Problems of Comparability in Open-ended Questions about the Congressional Candidates, 1958 and 1978 232
19. NOTES 234
20. INDEX 267