The Impression of Influence: Legislator Communication, Representation, and Democratic Accountability
Constituents often fail to hold their representatives accountable for federal spending decisions-even though those very choices have a pervasive influence on American life. Why does this happen? Breaking new ground in the study of representation, The Impression of Influence demonstrates how legislat...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Constituents often fail to hold their representatives accountable for federal spending decisions-even though those very choices have a pervasive influence on American life. Why does this happen? Breaking new ground in the study of representation, The Impression of Influence demonstrates how legislators skillfully inform constituents with strategic communication and how this facilitates or undermines accountability. Using a massive collection of Congressional texts and innovative experiments and methods, the book shows how legislators create an impression of influence through credit claiming messages.Anticipating constituents' reactions, legislators claim credit for programs that elicit a positive response, making constituents believe their legislator is effectively representing their district. This spurs legislators to create and defend projects popular with their constituents. Yet legislators claim credit for much more-they announce projects long before they begin, deceptively imply they deserve credit for expenditures they had little role in securing, and boast about minuscule projects. Unfortunately, legislators get away with seeking credit broadly because constituents evaluate the actions that are reported, rather than the size of the expenditures.The Impression of Influence raises critical questions about how citizens hold their political representatives accountable and when deception is allowable in a democracy |
| Beschreibung: | Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (224 pages) 22 line illus. 20 tables |
| ISBN: | 9781400852666 |
| DOI: | 10.1515/9781400852666 |
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| spelling | Grimmer, Justin Verfasser aut The Impression of Influence Legislator Communication, Representation, and Democratic Accountability Sean J. Westwood, Justin Grimmer, Solomon Messing Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only Princeton, NJ Princeton University Press [2014] © 2015 1 online resource (224 pages) 22 line illus. 20 tables txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Constituents often fail to hold their representatives accountable for federal spending decisions-even though those very choices have a pervasive influence on American life. Why does this happen? Breaking new ground in the study of representation, The Impression of Influence demonstrates how legislators skillfully inform constituents with strategic communication and how this facilitates or undermines accountability. Using a massive collection of Congressional texts and innovative experiments and methods, the book shows how legislators create an impression of influence through credit claiming messages.Anticipating constituents' reactions, legislators claim credit for programs that elicit a positive response, making constituents believe their legislator is effectively representing their district. This spurs legislators to create and defend projects popular with their constituents. Yet legislators claim credit for much more-they announce projects long before they begin, deceptively imply they deserve credit for expenditures they had little role in securing, and boast about minuscule projects. Unfortunately, legislators get away with seeking credit broadly because constituents evaluate the actions that are reported, rather than the size of the expenditures.The Impression of Influence raises critical questions about how citizens hold their political representatives accountable and when deception is allowable in a democracy In English POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch bisacsh Communication in politics United States Government spending policy United States Public opinion Legislators United States Public opinion Messing, Solomon Sonstige oth Westwood, Sean J. Sonstige oth https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400852666 Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext |
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| title_full | The Impression of Influence Legislator Communication, Representation, and Democratic Accountability Sean J. Westwood, Justin Grimmer, Solomon Messing |
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