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Term limits and the dismantling of state legislative professionalism /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Term limits and the dismantling of state legislative professionalism // Thad Kousser.
remainder title:	Term Limits & the Dismantling of State Legislative Professionalism
Author:	Kousser, Thad,
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 275 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Term limits (Public office) - States. - United States -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511614088
ISBN:	9780511614088 (ebook)

Term limits and the dismantling of state legislative professionalism /
Kousser, Thad,1974-

Term limits and the dismantling of state legislative professionalism /Term Limits & the Dismantling of State Legislative ProfessionalismThad Kousser. - 1 online resource (xii, 275 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

The wisdom of term limits and professional politics has been debated since the time of Aristotle, spurring 'reforms' of legislatures in Athens, Rome, Venice, and in the US under the Articles of Confederation. This book examines recent trends in American states in order to investigate the age-old question of how the rules that govern a legislature affect the behavior of its members and the policies that it produces. The clear and consistent finding is that the two reforms have countervailing effects: whatever professionalization has brought more of, term limits have reduced. This lesson comes from quantitative analyses of data from all fifty states and detailed examinations of legislative records from six states, informed by interviews with over one hundred legislators, staff assistants, lobbyists, journalists, and executive officials.

ISBN: 9780511614088 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

960865
Term limits (Public office)
--States.--United States

LC Class. No.: JK2488 / .K68 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 328.73/073

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