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020			_a9781139207782 (ebook)
020			_z9781107026476 (hardback)
020			_z9781107557451 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aJA85.2.U6 _bG75 2013
082	0	0	_a328.73/073 _223
100	1		_aGrimmer, Justin, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aRepresentational Style in Congress : _bWhat Legislators Say and Why It Matters / _cJustin Grimmer.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (214 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aThis book demonstrates the consequences of legislators' strategic communication for representation in American politics. Representational Style in Congress shows how legislators present their work to cultivate constituent support. Using a massive new data set of texts from legislators and new statistical techniques to analyze the texts, this book provides comprehensive measures of what legislators say to constituents and explains why legislators adopt these styles. Using the new measures, Justin Grimmer shows how legislators affect how constituents evaluate their representatives and the consequences of strategic statements for political discourse. The introduction of new statistical techniques for political texts allows a more comprehensive and systematic analysis of what legislators say and why it matters than was previously possible. Using these new techniques, the book makes the compelling case that to understand political representation, we must understand what legislators say to constituents.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107026476
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139207782
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c37437 _d37437