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Congressional Communication: Content and Consequences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 August 2005

Linda L. Fowler
Linda L. Fowler
Affiliation:
Dartmouth College
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Congressional Communication: Content and Consequences. By Daniel Lipinski. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2004. 160p. $29.95.

For a decade, scholars have debated the impact of rising partisanship on the internal workings of the Congress. With the publication of Daniel Lipinski's analysis of House members' communications to their constituents, it appears that they also need to consider the effects of party conflict on representation at home. Using newsletters and targeted mailings from 1991 to 1995, as well as surveys and interviews with House members and their staffs, Lipinski assesses the communication strategies of a sample of 100 lawmakers and arrives at conclusions that challenge some long-standing views about the interaction of House members and their constituents.

Type
BOOK REVIEWS: AMERICAN POLITICS
Information
Perspectives on Politics , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , September 2005 , pp. 645 - 646
Copyright
© 2005 American Political Science Association

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