CongressDavid R. Mayhew
Congress
by David R. Mayhew · first published 2004
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In this second edition to a book that has now achieved canonical status, David R. Mayhew argues that the principal motivation of legislators is reelection and that the pursuit of this goal affects the way they behave and the way that they make public policy. In a new foreword for this edition, R. Douglas Arnold discusses why the book revolutionized the study of Congress and how it has stood the test of time. The book also contains a new preface by the author. -- Publisher's Description.
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The tax code is complex to a large degree due to the political process. See Mayhew's Congress: The Electoral Connection, or literature on path dependency. https://www.amazon.com/Congress-Electoral-Connection-David-M...
on “Customers do not ask for software complexity” ↗…of the canonical books I'd recommend that speak to the kinds of questions I study: - Anthony Downs: An Economic Theory of Democracy - John Zaller: Nature and Origins of Public Opinion - David Mayhew: Congress The Electoral Connection - Keith Poole and Howard Rosenthal: Ideology and Congress - Keith Krehbiel: Information and Legislative Organization - Mathew McCubbins and Gary Cox: Setting the Agenda (or their…
on “A new theory about political polarization” ↗You are correct. This is politics 101 as put forward by David Mayhew. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress:_The_Electoral_Connec...
on “Finland's Largest Trade Union Slams Basic Income as ‘Useless’” ↗…way guarantee that. The same dynamics discussed by Mayhew would still be in play. [1] Access can be increased via modern technologies, but that's a seprate argument. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress:_The_Electoral_Connec...
on “Article 1 section 2 paragraph 3 of the US Constitution (2014)” ↗…best: "All men having power ought to be mistrusted. Perhaps it is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad." [1] Congress: The Electoral Connection by David R. Mayhew
on “Obama to release FISA court opinion that ruled NSA surveillance unconstitutional” ↗