Electoral Incentives in Congress by Jamie L. Carson PAPERBACK 9780472037506

Electoral Incentives in Congress\nby Jamie L. Carson\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Jamie L. Carson\nTitle: Electoral Incentives in Congress\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Political science and theory\nPublisher: The University of Michigan Press\nPublication year: 2019\nISBN-13: 9780472037506\nISBN-10: 0472037501\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nExamines how electoral incentives shaped legislative behaviour throughout the nineteenth century by looking at patterns of turnover in Congress; the re-nomination of candidates; the roles of parties in recruiting candidates, and by extension their broader effects on candidate competition; and, finally by examining legislators' accountability.\n\nExamines how electoral incentives shaped legislative behaviour throughout the ninetee.