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PRAISE FOR THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

For four decades, Richard Dick Fenno has almost single-handedly kept the ethnographic tradition alive in the subfield of American politics. He has done so both through the example set by his work and by periodic reflections about the implications of that work for academic research and journalistic commentary on Congress. Those dual aims converge in Congressional Travels It is fortunate that this tenth anniversary edition provides a chance to re-introduce this book to a new generation of students, professionalsand journalists.

Morris P. Fiorina, Stanford University, from the Foreword

It is great news for students and teachers alike that Richard Fennos classic study, Congressional Travels, is back in this Tenth Anniversary edition, introducing yet another generation to the wealth of insights into Congress that emerge through his close observation of our national legislatorsboth down home in their constituencies and at work in the Capitol.

Lawrence C. Dodd, University of Florida-Gainesville

Few if any social scientists are able to combine insight and readability as well as Dick Fenno does in Congressional Travels. In the process, he charts a muchneeded course for humanizing elected officials in an era of anti-politician bombast and acrimony. This handsome anniversary edition brings Fennos classic work back into circulation just as it is most needed.

John R. Hibbing, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Dick Fenno has spent his professional life teaching students and scholars that in order to make sense of the actions of members of Congress in Washington, you have to know how they connect with their constituents back home. With his customary literary grace and clarity, Fenno, in this important addition to his remarkable collection of studies, directs this message to the community of journalists and pundits who cover the Hill. They should heed it, for it remains timely and wise.

Gary C. Jacobson, University of California-San Diego

PRAISE FOR THE ORIGINAL EDITION

As one reads Fenno, one is struck not just with the number of questions his research answers, but the new questions that he raises for a newer generation of congressional scholars to address. We too would be well advised to heed Dick Fennos advice, get our suitcases out and do some of our own congressional travels.

Bruce Oppenheimer, Vanderbilt University, from a review in The Forum

Dick Fenno is unequaled as a student of legislative representation. For many years, through carefully observing members of Congress in their districts and in Washington, D.C., he has provided valuable insights about relations between representatives and their constituencies. This new book offers Fennos reflections about how and why he has done these studies, and no one interested in the sinews of representative democracy will want to miss it.

David R. Mayhew, Yale University

In Congressional Travels, the master authenticator in congressional research argues for the utility of authenticity in understanding representation. He asks Washington journalists to pay attention, too, relying on vivid cases from his travels to persuade them to incorporate constituencies into their reporting on the work of Congress. How can this be anything but good?

Charles O. Jones, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Dick Fenno is a master of weaving story-telling with an analytic perspective. He tells compelling stories and his choice of members will appeal to students of all political stripes. This is vintage Fenno, well-written and beautifully told.

Eric Uslaner, University of Maryland

Congressional Travels

Tenth Anniversary Edition

Written in preeminent legislative studies scholar Richard Fennos homespun story-telling style, Congressional Travels argues that authenticityknowing what a representative is like in his/her district and looking beyond mere roll-call votingcontributes significantly to understanding the full body of work done by our members of Congress. It further posits that the best way to gain a sense of authenticity is to do what Fenno is most famous for, i.e., making multiple trips and spending a great deal of time observing representatives at home in their districts, with their constituents. The book is engaging, quietly provocative, and unique, offering an alternative to what some consider the increasingly specialized and technical nature of political science.

This title is intended for use in courses on Congress, political campaigning, and American government.

This tenth anniversary edition includes an illuminating new Foreword by political science scholar Morris P. Fiorina.

Richard F. Fenno, Jr. is Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at the University of Rochester. His numerous publications include Home Style: House Members in Their Districts, which won the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award for best book in political science in 1978, and Congress at the Grassroots: Representational Change in the South, which won the 2001 V.O. Key Award for best book on Southern politics. Fenno is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society.

Morris P. Fiorina is Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Wendt Family Professor of Political Science at Stanford University.

Congressional
Travels

Places, Connections,
and Authenticity

Tenth Anniversary Edition
With a New Foreword by Morris P. Fiorina

RICHARD F. FENNO, JR.

UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER

Published 2017
by Routledge
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The right of Richard F. Fenno, Jr. to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.

Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe.

First edition published by Pearson Education, Inc. 2007

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Names: Fenno, Richard F., 1926- author.

Title: Congressional travels : places, connections, and authenticity / with a new foreword by Morris P. Fiorina ; Richard F. Fenno, Jr., University of Rochester.

Description: Tenth Anniversary Edition. | Second Edition. | New York : Routledge, 2017. | First edition published by Pearso Education, Inc. 2007--T.p. verso. | Includes index.

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