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Term Limits and the Modern Era of Municipal Reform

English · Paperback / Softback

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In this book, Douglas Cantor exposes the causes of term limits at the local level of government, and by examining each case through the lens of Progressive values, aims to shed light on how and why the movement to adopt term limits came to exist.

List of contents










Part 1: Term Limits and Reform 1. A Reckoning of Reform 2. Term Limits and the Rise of the Modern Era of Municipal Reform 3. Municipal Reform: Modernizing the Literature With How We Understand Term Limits Part 2: Cases 4. Studying Local Term Limits 5. Roswell, GA 6. Tinley Park, IL 7. Naperville, IL 8. Orland Park, IL 9. Santa Monica, CA 10. Loomis, CA 11. Arlington, TX 12. Farragut, TN 13. Lincoln, NE 14. West Seneca, NY 15. Allentown, PA 16. St. Tammany Parish, LA 17. Palm Beach Gardens, FL 18. Alsip, IL 19. Opa-Locka, FL 20. Marietta, GA 21. Hudson, OH 22. Palmer, AK 23. Green Bay, WI 24. Topeka, KS Part 3: Conclusions 25. On Incumbency 26. On the Reform Impulse 27. On Diffusion 28. On the Acceptance or Rejection of Term Limits 29. Other Observations 30. Conclusion: Reflections on Term Limits and the Rise of the Modern Era of Reform


About the author










Douglas Cantor is a full-time teaching instructor at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. His teaching and research interests include constitutional law, water law and policy, housing law and policy, urban politics, American politics, privatization, and judicial politics.


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