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The Political and institutional effects of term limits [electronic resource] / Marjorie Sarbaugh-Thompson ... [et al.]. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2004. - xii, 241 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Electoral competition and incumbency advantages -- 2. Funding campaigns in a term-limited house -- 3. The interest group connection : money, access, and support -- 4. The new breed of term-limited state legislators -- 5. Career paths of term-limited state legislators -- 6. Home style under term limits : responding to constituents -- 7. Networking in the House : winning friends and influencing people -- 8. Conflict, compromise, and partisanship : committees under term limits -- 9. Deciding how to vote : sources legislators rely on -- 10. Checks and balances : intragovernmental relationships and outside influences -- 11. Conclusions : term limits' report card.


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2009.
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Subjects--Corporate Names:
Michigan. Legislature. House of Representatives.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Term limits (Public office)--Michigan.
Legislators--Term of office--Michigan.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: JK5878 / .P65 2004eb

Dewey Class. No.: 328.774/073