Sizing Up the Senate: The Unequal Consequences of Equal Representation

We take it for granted that every state has two representatives in the United States Senate. Apply the "one person, one vote" standard, however, and the Senate is the most malapportioned legislature in the democratic world.But does it matter that California's 32 million people have the same number of Senate votes as Wyoming's 480,000? Frances Lee and Bruce Oppenheimer systematically show that the Senate's unique apportionment scheme profoundly shapes legislation and representation. The size of a state's population affects the senator-constituent relationship, fund-raising and elections, strategic behavior within the Senate, and, ultimately, policy decisions. They also show that less populous states consistently receive more federal funding than states with more people. In sum, Lee and Oppenheimer reveal that Senate apportionment leaves no aspect of the institution untouched.This groundbreaking book raises new questions about one of the key institutions of American government and will interest anyone concerned with issues of representation.

Politics & Social Sciences

Lee, Frances E.

OPPENHEIMER, BRUCE I.

Politics & Government

University of Chicago Press

We take it for granted that every state has two representatives in the United States Senate. Apply the "one person, one vote" standard, however, and the Senate is the most malapportioned legislature in the democratic world. But does it matter that California's 32 million people have the same number of Senate votes as Wyoming's 480,000? Frances Lee and Bruce Oppenheimer systematically show that the Senate's unique apportionment scheme profoundly shapes legislation and representation. The size of a state's population affects the senator-constituent relationship, fund-raising and elections, strategic behavior within the Senate, and, ultimately, policy decisions. They also show that less populous states consistently receive more federal funding than states with more people. In sum, Lee and Oppenheimer reveal that Senate apportionment leaves no aspect of the institution untouched. This groundbreaking book raises new questions about one of the key institutions of American government and will interest anyone concerned with issues of representation.

Congress reconsidered (Praeger university series)

Dodd (U. of Florida) and Oppenheimer (Vanderbilt U.) present a collection of 18 essays (13 are new to this edition) that explore cutting-edge research on the development of the modern Congress, covering the patterns and dynamics of congressional change, analysis of elections and constituencies, and the dynamics of parties and committees. Important

Congress Reconsidered (Praeger University Series)

Dodd, Lawrence C.

HOLT. RINEHART AND WINSTON

U.S. Senate Exceptionalism (PARLIAMENTS & LEGISLATURES)

Ohio State University Press

Always a classic, Dodd and Oppenheimer's Congress Reconsidered is the recognized source for in-depth, cutting-edge scholarship on Congress geared to undergraduates. Thoroughly updated -- with ten brand new pieces and the others completely revised -- this ninth edition includes cogent, timely analysis of the 2008 congressional elections, as well as coverage of: 
<ul>
<li>the 110th Democratic Congress,specifically its energy policy, its handling of the Iraq War, and its taxing and spending; </li>
<li>the role of committees in Congress; </li>
<li>leadership by women and minorities in Congress; </li>
<li>the effects of campaign finance reform; </li>
<li>differences in legislative activity between the Republican and Democratic Congresses; </li>
<li>party coalition-building across the postwar era; </li>
<li>and perspective on campaigns, elections,and political careers from member of Congress Daniel Lipinski.</li>
</ul>

Congress reconsidered

CQ Press

Political Studies, American Studies

Congress Reconsidered

Congressional Quarterly Books

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Sizing Up the Senate: The Unequal Consequences of Equal Representation

Sizing Up the Senate: The Unequal Consequences of Equal Representation

Congress Reconsidered (Praeger University Series)

U.S. Senate Exceptionalism (PARLIAMENTS & LEGISLATURES)

Congress reconsidered

Congress Reconsidered