Table of Contents

Preface
The Representation Problem
The Ideal and the Historical Reality
Causes and Consequences of Unrepresentativeness
Reform Possibilities
Prospects for Reform
Bibliography
Index

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Examines the causes of the unrepresentative character of the House and looks at reform possibilities.

About the Author

JOSEPH F. ZIMMERMAN is Professor of Political Science in the Graduate School of Public Affairs, State University of New York at Albany. His recent books include The New England Town Meeting: Democracy in Action (Praeger, 1999), The Recall: Tribunal of the People (Praeger, 1997), and Interstate Relations: The Neglected Dimension of Federalism (Praeger, 1996).

WILMA RULE is Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the University of Nevada, Reno. She is coeditor, with Joseph F. Zimmerman, of U.S. Electoral Systems: Their Impact on Women and Minorities (Greenwood Press, 1992) and Electoral Systems in Comparative Perspective (Greenwood Press, 1994).