TY  - BOOK
AU  - Theriault,Sean M.
TI  - The power of the people: congressional competition, public attention, and voter retribution 
T2  - Parliaments and legislatures
SN  - 0814209920 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - JK1021 .T54 2005
U1  - 328.73/0775 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Columbus
PB  - Ohio State University Press
KW  - United States
KW  - Congress
KW  - Voting
KW  - Representative government and representation
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Public opinion
KW  - Elections
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-160) and index; The two faces of democratic accountability -- The politics of public pressure : competition, attention, and retribution -- Patronage, political parties, the public, and the Pendleton Act of 1883 -- Congressional pay raises and public scrutiny -- The modern history of campaign finance reform -- The unfulfilled reform : congressional term limits -- The power of the people
ER  -