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Multidimensional Democracy Jeffrey J. Harden (University of Colorado Boulder)

Multidimensional Democracy By Jeffrey J. Harden (University of Colorado Boulder)

Multidimensional Democracy by Jeffrey J. Harden (University of Colorado Boulder)


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This book provides a comprehensive analysis of representation in American politics. It is aimed at political and social scientists who study American politics, representation, political behavior, and legislative politics. It is suitable for academic research as well as use in the classroom, particularly in upper-level undergraduate courses and graduate courses.

Multidimensional Democracy Summary

Multidimensional Democracy: A Supply and Demand Theory of Representation in American Legislatures by Jeffrey J. Harden (University of Colorado Boulder)

Multidimensional Democracy examines political representation from the supply (legislator) and demand (constituent) perspectives. Focusing on four dimensions - policy, service, allocation, and descriptive representation - it documents systematic variation in what people want from legislators and what legislators choose to emphasize while in office. It has important implications for the study of representation, as well as normative questions about political inequality in America. The demand-side results show that constituents who are economically advantaged tend to prefer policy-based representation while the disadvantaged place relatively more importance in constituent service and/or allocation. Suggestive results from the legislator data complement this finding; legislators in wealthy, white districts tend to focus more on policy while those representing economically disadvantaged and racially diverse districts may place more emphasis on service and/or allocation. A likely consequence is that the policy choices made by representatives reflect the policy preferences of the economically advantaged because policy representation is what those citizens want.

About Jeffrey J. Harden (University of Colorado Boulder)

Jeffrey J. Harden is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Colorado Boulder. He received a PhD in Political Science at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 2012. His research focuses on political representation, American state politics, and quantitative methodology. He has published articles in the American Political Science Review, Political Analysis, Legislative Studies Quarterly, and State Politics and Policy Quarterly. This book is based on his dissertation, which was a co-recipient of the 2013 Christopher Z. Mooney Award from the American Political Science Association's State Politics and Policy Section.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments; 1. Responsiveness beyond roll calls; 2. A supply and demand theory of representation; 3. Citizen demand for the dimensions of representation; 4. The determinants of legislators' representational priorities; 5. Legislative websites and the dimensions of representation; 6. Unifying the dimensions of representation; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C.

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NPB9781107130968
9781107130968
1107130964
Multidimensional Democracy: A Supply and Demand Theory of Representation in American Legislatures by Jeffrey J. Harden (University of Colorado Boulder)
New
Hardback
Cambridge University Press
2015-11-26
202
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