Term Limits and Legislative Representation

ISBN-13: 9780521552332 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 234 str.

W John M. Carey (Wentworth Professor in the Social Sciences

Opis

Virtually all legislative theory is built on the assumption that politicians are first and foremost re-election-seekers, and because so few countries have ever limited legislative re-election, this assumption has rarely been questioned. As a result, political science has been ill-equipped to offer insights on the impact of legislative term limits.

Recenzje

"Carey observes and applies multivariate statistical analysis to a large number of politicians, and his core theoretical argument comes from the U.S. legislative literature." Barry Ames, Latin American Research Review

Spis treści

Part I. Term Limits and Comparative Politics: 1. The electoral disconnection?; 2. Institutions and electoral reform: comparing the cases; Part II. The Latin American Cases: 3. Term limits and political careers; 4. Term limits and particularism; 5. Term limits and legislative party cohesiveness; Part III. Term Limits and the United States: 6. The last term problem; 7. Applying lessons about term limits.