Term Limits
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6232929 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bruce E Cain (University of California, Berkeley), Marc A Levin (University of California, Berkeley) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 163-188 |
| Publication date | 1999-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annual Review of Political Science (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1094-2939 • E-ISSN: 1545-1577 |
| Publisher | Annual Reviews (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1146/annurev.polisci.2.1.163 |
| OpenAlex | W4233596374 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 49 |
The literature on term limits has burgeoned in recent years. This paper looks at both the empirical and normative studies, exploring how the term-limit debate is confounded by both fact and value disagreements. We identify four schools of thought with respect to the desirability of term limits and conclude that, because people start from different normative perspectives, findings about term-limit effects can be interpreted in very different ways. Reviewing the literature on electoral impacts, we discovered that term limits have increased turnover most noticeably in the more professionalized legislatures. The length of term limitations and the types of legislatures that adopt them are critical explanatory variables. The implications for the internal workings of legislatures and the balance of power are less well documented by scholars, but there is a great deal of testimony from legislators and lobbyists that term limits have changed their operations in important ways
Economics · Empirical research · Epistemology · Explanatory power · Law and economics · Legislature · Limit (mathematics · Normative · Political science · Positive economics · Power (physics · Sociology · Term (time · Value (mathematics · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Policy Transfer and Learning · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
Term Limits and the Dismantling of State Legislative Professionalism
Contagion, Common Exposure, and Selection
Term Limits as a Boon to Legislative Scholarship
Running Unopposed
The Impact of Legislative Term Limits on State Debt
Legislator turnover and lobbyist exits
Shifting sands that threaten policy advocacy for vulnerable children and youth
Term limits and voter turnout in presidential democracies
Social Lobbying
Legislative Term Limits and Polarization
The Effect of State Legislative Term Limits on Voter Turnout
Term Limits and Collaboration Across the Aisle
Public Support for Professional Legislatures
Do Term Limits “Limit” the Speaker? Examining the Effects of Legislative Term Limits on State Speaker Power
On the Outside Looking In
Politicians Support (and Voters Reward) Intra-Party Reforms to Promote Transparency
Public Support for Term Limits
Shirking and Slacking in Parliament
The Effects of Term Limits on State Legislatures
Term Limits, Campaign Contributions, and the Distribution of Power in State Legislatures
The Limits of Electoral Control
Partisan Effects of Legislative Term Limits
Experts, Amateurs, and Bureaucratic Influence in the American States
The Effects of Legislative Term Limits on State Fiscal Conditions
The Personal Vote
Term Limits and Legislative Representation
A Dynamic Model of Loss, Retirement, and Tenure in the U.S. House of Representatives
Support for term limits and voting behavior in congressional elections
The relationship between congressional spending and tenure with an application to term limits
Self-imposed term limits
Term limits and electoral competitiveness
Congress, The Electoral Connection
Elections as Filters
The Incumbency Advantage in Multimember Districts
The Increasing Advantage of Incumbency in the U. S. States
Support for Legislative Term Limitations in California
Congressional Elections and the Pork Barrel
Equilibrium Projections of the Consequences of Term Limits Upon Expected Tenure, Institutional Turnover, and Membership Experience
Explaining Public Support for Legislative Term Limits
The Advantage of Incumbency in Congressional Elections
Term Limitation, Responsiveness, & the Public Interest
Term-Limit Logic
Deficits, Democrats, and Distributive Benefits
"A Comment on "Elections as Filters
Focusing the Term Limits Debate
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Legislative Professionalization and Membership Diversity in State Legislatures
The Effects of Term Limits on State Legislatures
Term Limitation in a Dynamic Model of Partisan Balance
The Impact of Term Limits on Legislative Behavior
Congressional Term Limits, State Legislative Term Limits and Congressional Turnover
| Unique citing works | 24 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,96 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2025 (25) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 24 |