Term Limits and Their Consequences : The Aftermath of Legislative Reform /

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Overview: Legislative term limits remain a controversial feature of the American political landscape. Term Limits and Their Consequences provides a clear, comprehensive, and nonpartisan look at all aspects of this contentious subject. Stanley M. Caress and Todd T. Kunioka trace the emergence of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Caress, Stanley Malcolm
Other Authors: Kunioka, Todd
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
United States. > Congress
United States. > Congress > Term of office.
Politik.
Term limits (Public office) > U.S. states
Term limits (Public office)
Legislators > Term of office > U.S. states
Legislators > Term of office
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Legislative Branch.
Legislators > Term of office > United States.
Legislators > Term of office > United States > States.
Term limits (Public office) > United States.
Term limits (Public office) > United States > States.
United States
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Movement to establish term limits
  • Why were term limits so popular
  • Impact on the election of women
  • Impact on the election of minority candidates
  • Consequences of term limit enactment on career paths
  • Changes in legislative leadership
  • Insiders' views of term limits
  • The future of term limits in the states and on Congress
  • Conclusion.

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