Reexamining the Institutional Effects of Term Limits in U.S. State Legislatures

作者: SUSAN M. MILLER , JILL NICHOLSON-CROTTY , SEAN NICHOLSON-CROTTY

DOI: 10.1111/J.1939-9162.2010.00004.X

关键词: Public relationsLegislatureWork (electrical)EconomicsTerm (time)Power structurePoliticsPower (social and political)State (polity)Public economicsInclusion (disability rights)

摘要: Research on term limits suggests that they have substantial consequences for the power of legislatures vis-a-vis executive and interest groups relationship between leaders rank-and-file members within a chamber. Existing work, however, has not accounted actual relevant state actors. We contribute to this research by examining effect influence institutional actors conditional existing political structure in state. The inclusion controls direct moderating some significant extensions previous findings regarding effects limits.

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