The politics of congressional elections/ (Record no. 163309)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0205577024 |
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| International Standard Book Number | 9780205577026 |
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| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 324.973 |
| Item number | JAC/T |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Jacobson,Gary C. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The politics of congressional elections/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Gary C. Jacobson ; with foreword by David W. Brady, Morris P. Fiorina. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 7th ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Pearson/Longman, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | c2009. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xiv, 290 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. ; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm. |
| 440 #0 - SERIES | |
| Title | Longman classics in political science |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-283) and index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Chapter 1-Introduction <br/><br/>Chapter 2-The Context <br/><br/>The Constitutional Framework <br/>Congressional Districts <br/>Partisan Gerrymandering <br/>Redistricting Between Censuses <br/>Racial Gerrymandering <br/>The Republican Advantage in House Districts <br/>States as Electoral Units <br/>Election Laws <br/>Political Parties <br/>Social and Political Contexts <br/><br/><br/>Chapter 3-Congressional Candidates <br/><br/>The Incumbency Factor <br/>Measuring the Value of Incumbency <br/>The Vanishing Marginals <br/>Sources of the Incumbency Advantage <br/>The Institutional Characteristics of Congress <br/>Changes in Voting Behavior <br/>Constituency Service <br/>The Variability of the Incumbency Advantage <br/>Discouraging the Opposition <br/>Money in Congressional Elections <br/>The Connection between Money and Success <br/>Why Campaign Money Is More Important to Challengers than to Incumbents<br/> <br/>The Career in the District <br/>Motivating Challengers <br/>Notes <br/><br/>Chapter 4-Congressional Campaigns <br/><br/>Campaign Money <br/>Contributions to Candidates <br/>PACs <br/>Party Money <br/>Contributions from Other Members of Congress <br/>Self-Financing by Candidates <br/>Fundraising Tactics<br/>Independent, "Voter Education," and "Issue Advocacy" Campaigns <br/>Campaign Organizations <br/>Campaign Strategies <br/>Campaign Media <br/>Personal Campaigning <br/>Campaign Messages <br/>Challengers' Campaigns<br/>Going Negative <br/>Incumbents' Campaigns <br/>Candidates for Open Seats <br/>Senate Campaigns <br/>Manipulating Turnout <br/>Concluding Observations <br/><br/>Chapter 5-Congressional Voters <br/><br/>Turnout in Congressional Elections <br/>Who Votes? <br/>Partisanship in Congressional Elections<br/>Alternative Interpretations of Party Identification <br/>Partisanship and Voting <br/>Information and Voting <br/>Recall and Recognition of Candidates <br/>Contacting Voters <br/>The Effects of Campaign Spending <br/>Models of Voting Behavior <br/>Evaluating Incumbents <br/>Winning Challengers <br/>Issues in Congressional Elections <br/><br/>Chapter 6-National Politics and Congressional Elections <br/><br/>Political Interpretations of Congressional Elections <br/>Models of Aggregate Congressional Election Results <br/>Presidential Coattails <br/>National Conditions and Strategic Politics <br/>Campaign Themes <br/>House Elections, 1992-2006 <br/>1992 <br/>1994 <br/>The Clinton Problem <br/>Nationalizing the Vote <br/>1996 <br/>The Campaigns <br/>1998 <br/>The Scandal and the Campaigns <br/>2000 <br/>2002 <br/>The Economy xxx<br/>Exposure and Redistricting <br/>2004 <br/>2006 <br/>Strategic Politicians in 2006 <br/>Conclusion: House Election Patterns, 1980-2006 <br/>Senate Elections, 1980-2006 <br/>2002-2006 <br/>Maintaining the Balance <br/><br/>Chapter 7- Elections, Representation, and the Politics of Congress <br/><br/>Representation <br/>Policy Congruence <br/>Interests and Causes <br/>Representation by Referendum <br/>Descriptive Representation <br/>Policy Consequences <br/>Particularism <br/>Serving the Organized <br/>Responsiveness without Responsibility <br/>The Congressional Parties: Decline and Revival <br/>The Revival of Party Cohesion, 1980-2006 <br/>Ideological Polarization in Congress and the Electorate<br/>Polarization in Presidential Support <br/>Party Polarization: The Electoral Connection <br/>Diverging Electoral Constituencies<br/>Chicken or Egg? <br/>Party Polarization and the Politics of Impeachment <br/>Representing Polarized Opinions on the Iraq War after 2006 <br/>Reforming Congress <br/>Term Limits <br/>The Public's Evaluations of Congress <br/>2008 and Beyond: A Matter of Geography |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | United States. Congress |
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| Keyword | Elections |
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| Koha item type | General Books |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 29/08/2016 | 324.973 JAC/T | P18219 | 12/07/2018 | 12/07/2018 | General Books |