Changing Members (Paperback)

Matthew C. Moen

ISBN 10: 0739109308 / ISBN 13: 9780739109304

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Lanham, MD, 2004

About this Item

Paperback. Since the early 1990s, whether elected representatives at the state and national levels should be limited to a specific term of office has been a contentious public policy question. Changing Members examines the case of Maine, which in 1996 became the first state in the entire nation where legislative term limits took effect in both chambers. Authors Matthew C. Moen, Kenneth T. Palmer, and Richard J. Powell have combined original survey data collected from Maine's legislators, several dozen interviews with legislators and other political elites, and participant observation of committee and floor proceedings to provide a complete picture of the new term limits' effects. Challenging conventional thinking on term limits and offering predictions of their likely impact in other states with citizens' legislatures, Changing Members is an essential source for citizens, elected officials and government workers, and scholars of political science. Changing Members is the first systematic examination of the impact of term limits on a single state legislature. Using Maine as a case study-because it is the first state in the entire nation where legislative term limits took effect in both chambers-the book shows how term li. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Changing Members (Paperback)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Lanham, MD
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0739109308
• ISBN 13: 9780739109304
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Changing Members is the first systematic examination of the impact of term limits on a single state legislature. Using Maine as a case study-because it is the first state in the entire nation where legislative term limits took effect in both chambers-the book shows how term limits shape legislative operations, redistribute political power, and change the very members elected to serve.

About the Author

Matthew C. Moen is Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Lohre Distinguished Professor at the University of South Dakota. Kenneth T. Palmer is professor of political science at the University of Maine. Richard J. Powell is assistant professor of political science at the University of Maine.

Published in partnership with the Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy