The U.S. House of Representatives : reform or rebuild? / edited by Joseph F. Zimmerman and Wilma Rule.

Other author Zimmerman, Joseph Francis, 1928-2022
Other author Rule, Wilma.
Format Book
Publication InfoWestport, Conn. : Praeger, 2000.
Descriptionviii, 236 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
United States. Congress. House.

Contents More representative U.S. House of Representatives / Wilma Rule and Joseph F. Zimmerman -- First two centuries / Gayle Binion -- Women and representation in the 1990s / Barbara Burrell -- Minorities in the House / Carol M. Swain -- Making the house more representative / Mark E. Rush -- Delegitimation of the installment plan / Clyde Wilcox and Wesley Joe -- Money and the incumbency advantage in U.S. House elections / Ronald Keith Gaddie and Lesli E. McCollum -- Voting rights act and Supreme Court restrictions on majority-minority districts / Mark E. Rush -- Low voter turnout problem / Mark Franklin and Diana Evans -- Comparing systems of election and representation / Wilma Rule -- Too much of a good thing / John R. Hibbing and Elizabeth Theiss-Morse -- Reforming the House / Arend Lijphart -- Building a representative house in Scotland and the role of women / Alice Brown -- Possible effects of term limits on congressional diversity and attrition / Stanley M. Caress -- Eliminating disproportionate representation in the House / Joseph F. Zimmerman -- If it ain't broke bad, don't fix it a lot / C. Lawrence Evans and Walter J. Olezek -- Political reform in political / Daniel H. Lowenstein -- Outlook for reform / Joseph F. Zimmerman and Wilma Rule.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [221]-226) and index.
LCCN 99053472
ISBN0275965791 (hard : alk. paper)
ISBN0275965805 (pbk. : alk. paper)