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Legislating Without Experience
Case Studies in State Legislative Term Limits
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2007
Summary
Legislative term limits are reshaping the political landscape in numerous states; however, few of the effects are consistent across all states. Everything from the political environment to the level of legislative professionalism within a state influences the trends that are often attributed to term limits. To cut through these many trends and isolate the ones most likely created by term limits, this volume develops comparisons of states with term limits to similar states without term limits. The comparisons are organized by levels of legislative professionalism. The richness of the case study approach allows the contributors to Legislating Without Experience to offer valuable insights into the legislative process in each of the specific states. They also illuminate the individual idiosyncrasies that enhance or dilute the effects of term limits in a given state. Rarely does a case study book with multiple contributors offer apples-to-apples data comparisons. This project engaged nationally recognized scholars to collect and analyze comparable data in each state. The loss of major power brokers and their institutional memory makes the legislature a more chaotic place. Legislating Without Experience argues that on the whole, the legislature as an institution has been weakened by term limits. However, these effects vary from state to state based on the specifics of the limit and the degree of legislative professionalism. Importantly, legislative actors are adapting to the limits and making the best of a difficult situation. This book will be an excellent reference for students and scholars of state politics, legislative process, and term limits.
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Copyright year
2007
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-1145-1
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-5706-0
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
246
Product type
Edited Book
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Tables and Figures No access
Preface No access
Chapter 1: Introduction No access Pages 1 - 14
Chapter 2: Institutional Imbalance No access
Chapter 3: Legislative Power inthe Buckeye State No access
Chapter 4: Truncated Careers inProfessionalized State Legislatures No access
Part 5: The Effects of Legislative Term Limits in Arizona No access
Part 6: Colorado Legislative Term Limits No access
Part 7: Out with the Old Heads and in with the Young Turks No access
Part 8: Term Limits in the Arkansas General Assembly No access
Part 9: Institutional Change and Legislative Term Limits in Maine No access
