The Failure of Term Limits in Florida /

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Proponents of term limits have constantly argued that term limits of its legislature created more honest and creative legislative body, but DePalo's twenty-year study of term limits in Florida shows this is not the case, finding that term limits create a more powerful governor, legislative staf...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Depalo, Kathryn A. (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: MacManus, Susan A. (writer of foreword.), Colburn, David R. (writer of foreword.)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2015]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Florida. > Legislature.
Florida. > Legislature > Term of office.
Term limits (Public office)
Politics and government.
Legislators > Term of office.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Legislative Branch.
Legislators > Term of office > Florida.
Term limits (Public office) > Florida.
Florida.
Floride > Politique et gouvernement.
Florida > Politics and government.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction: the campaign for term limits
  • Change comes to the Florida legislature
  • Electoral competition and the new incumbency advantage
  • A different breed of Florida legislators
  • Political career paths of term limited legislators
  • The race for leadership
  • Loss of institutional memory and the business of the legislature
  • Filling the void: governors, staff, and lobbyists
  • Term limits and the future of the Florida legislature.

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