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Going Home
Richard F. Fenno
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Paperback. In "Going Home" Ricahrd F. Fenno explores what representation has meant, and means today, to black voters and to the politicians they have elected to office. These analyses will be important for anyone interested in the workings of congress or in black politics. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFSL3; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 195 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
Thirty years ago there were nine African Americans in the US House of Representatives. Today there are four times that number. In "Going Home", the dean of congressional studies, Richard F. Fenno, explores what representation has meant -and means today - to black voters and to the politicians they have elected to office. Fenno follows the career of four black representatives - Louis Stokes, Barbara Jordan, Chaka Fattah and Stephanie Tubbs Jones - from their home districts to the halls of the Capitol. He finds that while these politicians had different visions of how they should represent their districts (in ... Read more
Thirty years ago there were nine African Americans in the US House of Representatives. Today there are four times that number. In "Going Home", the dean of congressional studies, Richard F. Fenno, explores what representation has meant -and means today - to black voters and to the politicians they have elected to office. Fenno follows the career of four black representatives - Louis Stokes, Barbara Jordan, Chaka Fattah and Stephanie Tubbs Jones - from their home districts to the halls of the Capitol. He finds that while these politicians had different visions of how they should represent their districts (in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226241319
SKU
V9780226241319
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99-50
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