The failure of term limits in Florida /

The failure of term limits in Florida / Kathryn A. DePalo ; foreword by David R. Colburn and Susan A. MacManus.

Proponents of term limits have constantly argued that term limits of its legislature created more honest and creative legislative body, but DePalo's twenty-year study of term limits in Florida shows this is not the case, finding that term limits create a more powerful governor, legislative staf...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Depalo, Kathryn A. (Author)
Other Authors: Colburn, David R. (writer of foreword.), MacManus, Susan A. (writer of foreword.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2015]
Series:Florida government and politics.
Subjects:
Florida. > Legislature > Term of office.
Florida. > Legislature.
Term limits (Public office) > Florida.
Legislators > Term of office > Florida.
Legislators > Term of office.
Politics and government.
Term limits (Public office)
Florida > Politics and government.
Florida.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the campaign for term limits
  • Change comes to the Florida legislature
  • Electoral competition and the new incumbency advantage
  • A different breed of Florida legislators
  • Political career paths of term limited legislators
  • The race for leadership
  • Loss of institutional memory and the business of the legislature
  • Filling the void: governors, staff, and lobbyists
  • Term limits and the future of the Florida legislature.

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