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The failure of term limits in Florida / Kathryn A. DePalo ; foreword by David R. Colburn and Susan A. MacManus.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Depalo, Kathryn A., author.
- Colburn, David R., author of foreword.
- MacManus, Susan A., author of foreword.
- Series:
- Florida government and politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Florida. Legislature.
- Term limits (Public office)--Florida.
- Term limits (Public office).
- Florida. Legislature--Term of office.
- Florida.
- Legislators--Term of office.
- Florida--Politics and government.
- Politics and government.
- Legislators--Term of office--Florida.
- Legislators.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 242 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2015]
- Summary:
- 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 staffers, and lobbyists.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813060484
- 0813060486
- OCLC:
- 874098933
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