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1 online resource (xviii, 266 pages) : illustrations |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Member reputation and the advocacy window : an integrated theory of representation -- Member reputation -- The choice to be a disadvantaged-group advocate in the House of Representatives -- The choice to be a disadvantaged-group advocate in the United States Senate -- Reputation-building tactics in the Senate and House of representatives. |
| Summary |
Explores why some members of Congress choose to build legislative reputations as advocates of disadvantaged groups. |
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"The limited attention Congress gives to disadvantaged or marginalized groups, including Black Americans, LGBTQ, Latinx, women, and the poor, is well known and often remarked upon. This is the first full-length study to focus instead on those members who do advocate for these groups and when and why they do so. Katrina F. McNally develops the concept of an 'advocacy window' that develops as members of Congress consider incorporating disadvantaged group advocacy into their legislative portfolios. Using new data, she analyzes the impact of constituency factors, personal demographics, and institutional characteristics on the likelihood that members of the Senate or House of Representatives will decide to cultivate a reputation as a disadvantaged group advocate. By comparing legislative activism across different disadvantaged groups rather than focusing on one group in isolation, this study provides fresh insight into the tradeoffs members face as they consider taking up issues important to different groups." -- Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from resource home page (Cambridge Core, viewed November 10, 2022). |
| Local Note |
Cambridge University Press Cambridge Open Access Books and Elements |
| Subject |
United States. Congress.
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United States. Congress
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Representative government and representation -- United States.
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Legislators -- United States -- Public opinion.
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People with social disabilities -- Political activity -- United States.
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Minorities -- Political activity -- United States.
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United States -- Social policy.
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United States -- Politics and government.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General.
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Legislators -- Public opinion
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Minorities -- Political activity
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People with social disabilities -- Political activity
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Politics and government
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Representative government and representation
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Social policy
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United States
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| Other Form: |
Print version: McNally, Katrina F. Representing the disadvantaged. Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021 9781108838221 (DLC) 2021034851 (OCoLC)1253472778 |
| ISBN |
9781108974172 electronic book |
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1108974171 electronic book |
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9781108838221 hardcover |
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9781108978378 paperback |
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