Institutions' matter'to electoral reform advocates and political scientists-both argue that
variation in electoral institutions affect how elected officials and citizens behave. Change the …

A concise and provocative introduction to state legislative politics, State Legislatures Today
is designed as a supplement for state and local government courses and upper level …

In 1778, the MP for Bristol, Edmund Burke, resisted pleas from his constituents to oppose the
lifting of restrictions on Irish trade, which was not in the interest of Bristol as a trading city …

In a nationwide survey Carey, Niemi, Powell, and Moncrief (2006) found that term-limited
state legislators feel less constrained by their constituencies. I use direct measures of …

This research capitalizes on the analytical opportunity created by mandatory retirement
provisions to explore the nature of the electoral connection in state supreme courts and to …

By measuring US term limits dichotomously, investigators ignore the vast differences among
laws limiting state legislative service. Furthermore, this measurement problem increases the …

Today, 70 percent of the American public supports reforms that would limit the number of
terms a state legislator may serve, and the advocacy group US Term Limits promotes this …

Democracy in the States offers a 21st century agenda for election reform in America based
on lessons learned in the fifty states. Combining accessibility and rigor, leading scholars of …

How much autonomy elected representatives should have in looking after the interests of
their constituents is a central question of democratic theory. While much research has been …

When members of Congress neglect the needs of their districts or vote contrary to the wishes
of their constituents, their public approval suffers. Does the same hold true for …