The test of time
Subtitle: coping with legislative term limits
By: edited by Rick Farmer, John David Rausch, and John C. Green.
Contributors: Farmer, Rick D., 1958-; Rausch, John David.; Green, John Clifford, 1953-
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
Subjects: Term limits (Public office) -- United States -- States.; Legislators -- Term of office -- United States -- States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : clues from term limits at two / Rick Farmer, John David Rausch, and John C. Green; title: I. Experiencing term limits. California : the new amateur politics / Richard A. Clucas; title: Michigan : the end is near / James M. Penning; title: Maine : the cutting edge of term limits / Matthew C. Moen and Kenneth T. Palmer; title: Colorado : lots of commotion, limited consequences / John A. Straayer; title: Comparing term limits in cities and states / Norman R. Luttberg; title: II. Comparing legislative performance across states. Term limits and legislator performance / Thad Kousser; title: Views from the bridge : legislative leaders' perceptions of institutional power in the stormy wake of term limits / George Peery and Thomas H. Little; title: The impact of term limits on legislative leadership / Jennifer Drage Bower, ... [et al.]; title: The unintended effects of term limits on the career paths of state legislators / Richard J. Powell; title: The effects of term limits on representation : why so few women? / Robert A. Bernstein and Anita Chadha; title: III. Comparing political linkages across states. The real costs of term limits : comparative study of competition and electoral costs / Dalene Allebaugh and Neil Pinney; title: Term limits implementation in the news : superficial or biased? / Rick Farmer and Nathan S. Bigelow; title: Limited citizenship? : knowing and contacting state legislators after term limits / Richard G. Niemi and Lynda W. Powell; title: Lobbying under limits : interest group perspectives on the effects of term limits in state legislatures / Joel Thompson and Gary Moncrief; title: Understanding the term limits movement / John David Rausch; title: Annotated bibliography / Rebecca L. Noah.