| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Florida government and politics
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Florida government and politics.
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| 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. |
| 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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Florida. Legislature -- Term of office.
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Florida. Legislature. |
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Term limits (Public office) -- Florida.
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Term limits (Public office) |
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Florida. |
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Florida -- Politics and government.
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Politics and government. |
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Legislators -- Term of office -- Florida.
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Legislators -- Term of office. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Colburn, David R., author of foreword.
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MacManus, Susan A., author of foreword.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Depalo, Kathryn A., author. Failure of term limits in Florida 9780813060484 (DLC) 2014027980 (OCoLC)874098933 |
| ISBN |
9780813055107 (electronic book) |
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0813055105 (electronic book) |
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9780813060484 |
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0813060486 |
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