Representational Style in Congress : What Legislators Say and Why it Matters (Hardcover)

1. Representation inside and outside Congress; 2. Representation and evaluation on the senator's terms; 3. Measuring presentational styles with Senate press releases; 4. Measuring presentational styles in thousands of press releases; 5. Types of presentational styles in the US Senate; 6. The electoral connection's effect on senators' presentational styles; 7. Correspondence between senators' work in Washington and presentational styles; 8. Why presentational styles matter for dyadic representation; 9. Why presentational styles matter for collective representation; 10. Presentational styles and representation.