Term Limits and Their Consequences - The Aftermath of Legislative Reform

Informationen zum Autor Stanley M. Caress is Professor of Political Science at the University of West Georgia and the author of Dynamics of American Politics . Todd T. Kunioka is a statistical analyst for Los Angeles County and teaches Political Science at Cerritos College in California. Klappentext Comprehensive examination of legislative term limits and how they have changed the American political system. 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 grassroots movement that supported term limits and explain why the idea of term limits became popular with voters. At the same time, they put term limits into a broader historical context, illustrating how they are one of many examples of the publics desire to reform government. Utilizing an impressive blend of quantitative data and interviews, Caress and Kunioka thoughtfully discuss the impact of term limits, focusing in particular on the nations largest state, California. They scrutinize voting data to determine if term limits have altered election outcomes or the electoral chances of women and minority candidates, and reveal how restricting a legislators time in office has changed political careers and ambitions. Designed to transform American politics, term limits did indeed bring change, but in ways ranging far beyond those anticipated by both their advocates and detractors.

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• Authors: Stan M. Caress, Stanley M Caress, Stanley M. Caress, Stanley M./ Kunioka Caress, Stanley Malcolm Caress, Todd T Kunioka, Todd T. Kunioka
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2012
• EAN: 9781438443058
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-4305-8
• No. of pages: 193
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Amerika, Politics / Current Events, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / State & Provincial, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch