
The Test of Time
Coping with Legislative Term Limits
Lexington Books (Publisher)
Published on 10. December 2002
Book
Hardback
298 pages
978-0-7391-0444-6 (ISBN)
Description
This volume brings together 15 empirical studies, contributed by political scientists and state policymakers. This is a useful resource for academics teaching courses in atate government and practitioners either experiencing term limits or preparing for term limits to take effect.
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Edition
Annotated edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Annotated edition
Illustrations
bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
567 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7391-0444-6 (9780739104446)
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Author
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Akron, USA
Assistant Professor of Political Science, West Texas A&M University, USA
Professor of Political Science, University of Akron, USA
Content
Introduction - clues from term limits at two, Rick Farmer, John David Rausch, Jr. and John C. Green; experiencing term limits; California - the new amateur politics, Richard A. Clucas; Michigan - the end is near, James M. Penning; Maine - the cutting edge of term limits, Matthew C. Moen and Kenneth T. Palmer; Colorado - lots of commotion, limited consequences, John A. Straayer; comparing term limits in cities and states, Norman R. Luttbeg; comparing legislative performances across states; term limits and legislator performance, Thad Kousser; views from the bridge - legislative leaders' perceptions of institutional power in the stormy wake of term limits, George Peery and Thomas H. Little; the impact of term limits on legislative leadership, Jennie drage Bowser, Rich Jones, Karl T. Kurtz, Nancy Rhyme and Brian Weberg; the unintended effects of term limits on the career paths of state legislators, Richard J. Powell; the effects of political linkages across states; the real costs of term limits - comparitive study of competition and electoral costs, Dalene Allebaugh and Neil Pinney; term limits implementation in the news - superficial or biased?, Rick farmer and Nathan Bigelow; limited citizenship? Knowing and contacting state legislators after term limits, Richard G. Niemi and Lynda W. Powell; lobying under limits - interest group perspectives on the effects of term limits in state legislatures, Gary Moncrief and Joel Thompson; understanding the term limits movement, John David Rausch Jr.