{"product_id":"congress-at-the-grassroots-richard-f-fenno-9780807848555","title":"Congress at the Grassroots: Representational Change in the South, 1970-1998","description":"However much politicians are demeaned and denounced in modern American society, our democracy could not work without them. For this reason, says Richard Fenno, their activities warrant our attention. In his pioneering book, \u003ci\u003eHome Style\u003c\/i\u003e, Fenno demonstrated that a close look at politicians at work in their districts can tell us a great deal about the process of representation. Here, Fenno employs a similarly revealing grassroots approach to explore how patterns of representation have changed in recent decades.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFenno focuses on two members of the U.S. House of Representatives who represented the same west-central Georgia district at different times: Jack Flynt, who served from the 1950s to the 1970s, and Mac Collins, who has held the seat in the 1990s. His on-the-scene observation of their differing representational styles -- Flynt focuses on people, Collins on policy -- reveals the ways in which social and demographic changes inspire shifts in representational strategies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMore than a study of representational change in one district, \u003ci\u003eCongress at the Grassroots\u003c\/i\u003e also helps illuminate the larger subject of political change in the South and in the nation as a whole.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard F. Fenno\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807848557\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807848555\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.43d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2000 pg. 409","brand":"Richard F. Fenno","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48065158250751,"sku":"9780807848555","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_29ef8a29-d3d4-477b-839b-969f7489d185.jpg?v=1768673380","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/congress-at-the-grassroots-richard-f-fenno-9780807848555","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}