“Congress: The Electoral Connection”

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“Congress: The Electoral Connection” is a seminal work of political science by David R. Mayhew that argues members of the U.S. Congress are primarily motivated by the goal of reelection, shaping their behavior and institutional arrangements.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
political science book ⓘ
academicDiscipline American politics ⓘ
political science ⓘ
academicUse widely assigned in graduate courses on Congress ⓘ
widely assigned in undergraduate courses on American politics ⓘ
arguesThat congressional activities can be understood as reelection-seeking behaviors ⓘ
institutional arrangements in Congress facilitate members’ reelection goals ⓘ
author David R. Mayhew ⓘ
centralArgument members of Congress are primarily motivated by reelection ⓘ
reelection motives shape congressional behavior ⓘ
reelection motives shape congressional institutions ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
describes constituency service as a reelection strategy ⓘ
use of committees to support reelection ⓘ
use of particularistic benefits for districts ⓘ
fieldInfluence congressional studies ⓘ
electoral studies ⓘ
rational choice institutionalism ⓘ
focusesOn U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
individual legislators ⓘ
hasEdition second edition ⓘ
influenced models of politician behavior ⓘ
research on legislative representation ⓘ
studies of incumbency advantage ⓘ
introducesConcept advertising (as a congressional activity) ⓘ
credit claiming ⓘ
position taking ⓘ
isDescribedAs classic in American political science ⓘ
seminal work in congressional studies ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject United States Congress ⓘ
electoral politics ⓘ
legislative behavior ⓘ
methodologicalApproach behavioral analysis of legislators ⓘ
rational choice analysis ⓘ
publicationYear 1974 ⓘ
publisher Yale University Press ⓘ
relatedConcept constituency representation ⓘ
electoral incentives ⓘ
incumbency advantage ⓘ
setting postwar American politics ⓘ
theoreticalContribution electoral connection theory ⓘ
timePeriodAnalyzed mid-20th century U.S. Congress ⓘ

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Princeton Studies in American Politics → notableWorkPublishedInSeries → “Congress: The Electoral Connection” ⓘ
David R. Mayhew → notableWork → Congress: The Electoral Connection ⓘ
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