A Silver Anniversary Retrospective on David Mayhew's Congress: The Electoral Connection

In: PS: political science & politics, Band 34, Heft 2, S. 253-254

Abstract

The author argues that Congress: The Electoral Connection by David Mayhew (New Haven, CT: Yale U Press, 1974) has proven to be a significant contribution to scholarly understanding of US Congressional politics, primarily due to Mayhew's theoretical work. Utilizing economic analysis to study Congress, Mayhew demonstrated that this approach can be thorough without being too technical. Flaws in Mayhew's work include his assumption that Congressional members are always motivated by their desire for reelection & his superficial treatment of policy making. 4 References. A. Funderburg