Term Limits and the Dismantling of State Legislative Professionalism - Hardcover

Kousser, Thad

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9780521839853: Term Limits and the Dismantling of State Legislative Professionalism
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ISBN 10: 0521839858 ISBN 13: 9780521839853
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2004

Synopsis

This study of the effects that term limit laws (restrictions on the number of years for which legislators can serve) have had on politics and policy in American states, combines interviews of capitol insiders with archival records and statistical analysis. The final conclusion--that term limits have had an adverse effect on the professional behavior of legislative members--bears relevance to the current debate over the wisdom of establishing term limits.

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About the Author

Thad Kousser joined the University of Califonia, San Diego faculty in 2003 after receiving his Ph.D. in 2002 from the University of California, Berkeley. He has previously worked as a legislative aide and committee consultant in the California State Senate and more recently as an aide to US Senator Ron Wyden through the APSA Congressional Fellowship. His publications include work on term limits, reapportionment, campaign finance laws, the blanket primary, health care policy, and European Parliament elections. This book is based on a dissertation that won the APSA's William Anderson Prize in 2003.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521839858
ISBN 13 
9780521839853
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
288
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