Congress at the Grassroots Representational Change in the South, 1970-1998

Name: Congress at the Grassroots Representational Change in the South, 1970-1998
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ISBN: 9780807848555

ISBN-10: 0807848557

ISBN-13: 9780807848555

Edition: 2000

Authors: Richard F. Fenno, Richard F. Fenno

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However much politicians are demeaned and denounced in modern American society, our democracy could not work without them. For this reason, says Richard Fenno, their activities warrant our attention. In his pioneering book,Home Style, Fenno demonstrated that a close look at politicians at work in their districts can tell us a great deal about the process of representation. Here, Fenno employs a similarly revealing grassroots approach to explore how patterns of representation have changed in recent decades. Fenno focuses on two members of the U.S. House of Representatives who represented the same west-central Georgia district at different times: Jack Flynt, who served from the 1950s to the…

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List price: $37.50
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 4/12/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.43" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Preface



Political Representation



Jack Flynt, 1970-1972: A Person-Intensive Strategy



Jack Flynt, 1972-1976: Change and Challenge



Mac Collins, 1996-1998: A Policy-Intensive Strategy



Mac Collins and Connections: Policy, Personal, Party


Conclusion


Notes


Index


Maps



Flynt's Original District, 1954-1964 (Georgia's Fourth Congressional District)



Flynt's Transitional District, 1966-1970 (Georgia's Sixth Congressional District)



Flynt's New District, 1972-1976 (Georgia's Sixth Congressional District)



Collins's Original District, 1992-1994 (Georgia's Third Congressional District)



Collins's New District, 1996-present (Georgia's Third Congressional District) Tables



Flynt District Engagements, January 1973-May 1974



Georgia Sixth District Vote, 1974, by County



Flynt Rankings of Campaign Activities, 1976



Flynt County Strengths, 1976



Flynt Predictions and Election Results, 1976