The legislative legacy of congressional campaigns [electronic resource] / Tracy Sulkin.
2011
JK1118 .S85 2011
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Title
The legislative legacy of congressional campaigns [electronic resource] / Tracy Sulkin.
Author
Sulkin, Tracy.
ISBN
9780521514491
9780521730488
9781139079457 (electronic book)
9780521730488
9781139079457 (electronic book)
Imprint
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Language
English
Description
x, 221 p. : ill.
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JK1118 .S85 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
328.73
Summary
"Do members of Congress follow through on the appeals they make in campaigns? The answer to this question lies at the heart of assessments of democratic legitimacy. This study demonstrates that, contrary to the conventional wisdom that candidates appeals are just cheap talk, campaigns actually have a lasting legacy in the content of representatives and senators behavior in office. Legislators face clear incentives to offer sincere claims in their campaigns, so their appeals often serve as good signals about the issues they will pursue in Congress. Levels of promise-keeping vary in a systematic fashion across legislators, across types of activity, across time, and across chamber. Moreover, legislators, responsiveness to their appeals shapes their future electoral fortunes and career choices, and their activity on their campaign themes leaves a tangible trace in public policy outputs. Understanding the dynamics of promise-keeping thus has important implications for our evaluations of the quality of campaigns and the strength of representation in the United States"-- Provided by publisher.
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Table of Contents
1. Promises to keep?
2. Campaigns as signals
3. Campaign appeals and legislative activity
4. Mechanisms underlying promise keeping
5. Promise making and promise keeping on defense and environmental issues
6. The who, when, and where of follow-through
7. The electoral implications of promise keeping
8. Promises and policy making
9. Representation, responsiveness, and the electoral connection.
2. Campaigns as signals
3. Campaign appeals and legislative activity
4. Mechanisms underlying promise keeping
5. Promise making and promise keeping on defense and environmental issues
6. The who, when, and where of follow-through
7. The electoral implications of promise keeping
8. Promises and policy making
9. Representation, responsiveness, and the electoral connection.