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Author Butcher, Jordan, author.

Title Navigating term limits : the careers of state legislators / Jordan Butcher
Published Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 261 pages) : illustrations
Contents Part I Introducing term limits -- Term limits and their many theories -- The push and promise of term limits -- Part II Changing careerism -- Legislative careerism and growing ambition -- Declining turnover and legislative leave -- Legislative leadership -- Part III The implications of term limits -- Changes to internal deliberation: committees -- Changes to external relations: state agencies -- Conclusions -- Appendix A: State term limit laws -- Appendix B: Additional tables -- Appendix C: Interview questions -- Index
Summary This book considers whether term limits help curb careerism in the US state legislatures. Term limits are popular among the public and have been overwhelmingly successful once on the ballot. Despite this, very little is known about the long-term effects of these institutional rules. If term limits were sold to the public to remove entrenched incumbents from office, how do they alter the careers of legislators and what are the implications? Butcher suggests that term limits do not end careers but instead, lawmakers have become more creative in their pursuits. She finds that the presence of term limits has created an new career system unique to those states that have limits. In each chapter, there is a quantitative analysis, followed by qualitative interviews to better understand the underlying motivations of members.-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Jordan Butcher is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Arkansas State University, USA. Her research in state legislative politics lies at the intersection of intuitional design and political careerism
Online resource (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed January 4, 2024)
Subject United States. Congress -- Term of office.
Legislators -- Term of office -- United States
SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140410
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783031394232
3031394232