Institutional change in American politics : the case of term limits

Kurtz, Karl T., 1945- (Added Author). Cain, Bruce E. (Added Author). Niemi, Richard G. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780472099948 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0472099949 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780472069941 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0472069942 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
x, 230 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2007]
Copyright: ©2007

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-216) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Term limits in state legislatures / Jennie Drage Bowser and Gary Moncrief -- Composition of legislatures / Gary Moncrief, Lynda W. Powell, and Tim Storey -- Constituent attention and interest representation / Lynda W. Powell, Richard G. Niemi and Michael Smith -- Legislative leadership / Thomas H. Little and Rick Farmer -- Committees / Bruce Cain and Gerald Wright -- Legislative staff / Brian Weberg and Karl T. Kurtz -- Legislative climate / David R. Berman -- Lobbyists and interest groups / Christopher Z. Mooney -- Executive-legislative relations / Richard J. Powell -- Budgets and the policy process / Thad Kousser and John Straayer -- Education and training of legislators / Alan Rosenthal -- Conclusion and implications / Bruce Cain, Karl T. Kurtz, and Richard G. Niemi.