Recruitment and Retention in U. S. Legislatures
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7329366 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gary Moncrief (corresponding author), Gary F Moncrief |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 173-173 |
| Publication date | 1999-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Legislative Studies Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0362-9805 • E-ISSN: 1939-9162 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2307/440309 |
| OpenAlex | W2005688762 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 74 |
Questions of recruitment and retention of legislators are central to our understanding of the nature of representative democracy. This essay traces the dominant perspectives and issues involved in the study of legislative candidates and legislative careers in the United States. A central theme of this essay is that congressional and state legislative scholars have tended to ignore each other's work. This is largely due to a difference in the unit of analysis, wherein congressional scholars concentrate on the individual while state legislative scholars concentrate on the institution. But two recent events in state legislatures have the potential to provide linkages between congressional and legislative research. The first is the increase in careerism among state legislators. The second is the effect of term limits
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Mobilizing Candidates
(Re-)Assessing Career Patterns in Multi-Level Systems
The Canadian Political Career Structure
An election too far
What’s a losing party to do? The calculus of contesting state legislative elections
Contribution limits and the effectiveness of campaign spending
High Hurdles
Individual Ambition and Institutional Opportunity
Who governs? The disputed effects of regionalism on legislative career orientation in multilevel systems
Party animals, career changers and other pathways into parliament
One Run Leads to Another
Life before Congress
Political Parties and the Recruitment of Women to State Legislatures
The Effects of Term Limits on State Legislatures
Improving the Harvest of State Legislative Research
Legislative recruitment
Principled Moderation
Legislative Professionalism and Incumbent Reelection
Party Campaigning in the 1980s
Do Women Legislators Matter?
Home Style
Legislator voting and shirking
Party Elites and Women Candidates
The last period problem in politics
Party and Opposition
Tenure and Turnover of Legislative Personnel
The Personal Vote
Career Intentions and Electoral Performance of Members of the U. S. House
The Effect of U. S. State Legislative Term Limits Revisited
Avarice and Ambition in Congress
Women, law and politics
The Lawyer as Decision-Maker in the American State Legislature
Progressive Ambition in the House
Alternative Views of Crime
Explaining Challenger Quality in Congressional Elections
Political Ambition's Effect on Legislative Behavior
African Americans' Congressional Careers and the Democratic House Delegation
Professionalization and Public Opinion of State Legislatures
Social Bias in Leadership Selection, Political Recruitment, and Electoral Context
Overdraft
Multi-Member Districts and the Representation of Women
Preempting Quality Challengers in House Elections
Equilibrium Projections of the Consequences of Term Limits Upon Expected Tenure, Institutional Turnover, and Membership Experience
The Supply Side of Congressional Redistricting
Electoral Rules, Constituency Pressures, and Pork Barrel
The Theory of Legislative Institutionalization and the California Assembly
Change and Continuity among Women State Legislators
The Opportunity Structure for Women's Candidacies and Electability in Britain and the United States
Incumbent Vulnerability and Challenger Emergence in Senate Elections
Legislative Recruitment and Legislative Careers
Citizens, Structures, and Sister States
Reexamining Theories of Congressional Retirement
Party Targeting and Electoral Success
Vanishing Marginals in State Legislative Elections
Another Look at Legislative Professionalization and Divided Government in the States
Legislative Professionalization and Membership Diversity in State Legislatures
Black Representation
Strategic Considerations in the Decision to Challenge a State Legislative Incumbent
New Party or Campaign Bank Account? Explaining the Rise of State Legislative Campaign Committees
The Policy Priorities of African American Women in State Legislatures
The Old Statehouse, It Ain't What It Used to Be
A Further Examination of Challenger Quality in Senate Elections
Legislative Careers in Six States
Career Opportunities and Membership Stability in Legislatures
The Effects of Term Limits on State Legislatures
Terminating the Provincial Career
Costs and Benefits of Legislative Service in the American States
Is Serving in Congress Fun Again? Voluntary Retirements from the House since the 1970s
Institutional Differences in the Recruitment Process
Risk and Progressive Candidacies
Risk-Bearing and Progressive Ambition
Turnover in State Legislatures
State Legislators in Congress
A Comparative Approach to Legislative Organization
Accounting for the Quality of Black Legislative Life
Golden Parachutes, Rubber Checks, and Strategic Retirements from the 102d House
Women in Congress
Incentives to cultivate a personal vote
The Social Background of Political Decision-Makers
The New Institutionalism
A Theory of Political Ambition
Congressional Recruitment and Representation
An Analysis of Congressional Career Decisions, 1947-1986
Divided Government in the American States
Why More Women Are State Legislators
Where's the Party? Congressional Candidate Recruitment and American Party Organizations
Geographic Mobility and Women's Access to State Legislatures
Toward a Diachronic Analysis of Congress
Membership Stability in Three State Legislatures
Careerism, Committee Assignments, and the Electoral Connection
| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,69 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2025 (26) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |