Beschreibung:
Richard F. Fenno, Jr. is Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at the University of Rochester. His numerous publications include Home Style: House Members in Their Districts, which won the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award for best book in political science in 1978, and Congress at the Grassroots: Representational Change in the South, which won the 2001 V.O. Key Award for best book on Southern politics. Fenno is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society.
Written in preeminent legislative studies scholar Richard Fenno's "homespun" story-telling style, Congressional Travels argues that authenticity -- knowing what a representative is like in his/her district, with her/his constituents and looking beyond mere roll-call voting -- contributes significantly to understanding the full body of work done by our members of Congress.
Foreword to the Tenth Anniversary Edition