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POLS 159B
American Politics Seminar: Problems in Democratic Institutions
Examines the concept of representation and how it functions in the U.S. Congress and in state legislatures. In the first section different meanings of representation are discussed. In the second section interactions between legislators and their constituents are explored. Finally, the tradeoffs to different designs of representative institutions are studied.
Units: 3.0