Institutional Change in American Politics: The Case of Term Limits Book

List of Illustrations     ix
Introduction   Karl T. Kurtz   Richard G. Niemi   Braue Cain     1
Term Limits in State Legislatures   Jennie Drage Bowser   Gary Moncrief     10
Composition of Legislatures   Gary Moncrief   Lynda W. Powell   Tim Storey     22
Constituent Attention and Interest Representation   Lynda W. Powell   Richard G. Niemi   Michael Smith     38
Legislative Leadership   Thomas H. Little   Rick Farmer     55
Committees   Bruce Cain   Gerald Wright     73
Legislative Staff   Brian Weberg   Karl T. Kurtz     90
Legislative Climate   David R. Berman     107
Lobbyists and Interest Groups   Christopher Z. Mooney     119
Executive-Legislative Relations   Richard J. Powell     134
Budgets and the Policy Process   Thad Kousser   John Straayer     148
Education and Training of Legislators   Alan Rosenthal     165
Conclusion and Implications   Bruce Cain   Karl T. Kurtz   Richard G. Niemi     185
Appendix     199
References     209
Contributors     217
Index     221