The Effects of Term Limits for State Legislators

小行星9422375 任期限制如何影响立法代表性早在围绕通过宪法的辩论中就得到了解决，但这一问题随后被搁置了200年。 然而，从1990年的加州开始，大约有16个州已经为他们的州立法或国会代表制定了任期限制，并且在不久的将来，其他州可能会制定这样的限制。 由于时间紧迫，大多数关于该主题的著作都是规范性的，但争论激烈，主张浮夸。 本课题是首次大规模研究任期限制的实际效果，研究者将重点放在国家立法层面。 该项目的核心内容包括：a）截至1995年春季对所有州立法者进行的一次邮件调查; B）1995年期间对四个州的立法者和主要政治观察家进行的个人访谈，其中一个州是有任期限制的高度专业化立法机构，另一个州是有任期限制的业余立法机构，每种类型都有一个没有任期限制的立法机构。 此外，调查人员将利用有关州立法选举的数据以及有关立法者和立法机构的其他公开数据。 这个项目应该大大提高我们对这个有趣和重要的主题的理解。 ***

9422375 Niemi How term limits affect legislative representation was addressed as early as the debate surrounding the adoption of the Constitution, but the matter was then largely set aside for 200 years. Beginning with California in 1990, however, some sixteen states have enacted term limits for their state legislative or congressional representatives, and additional states are likely to enact such limits in the near future. Owing to this recent timing, most writings about the topic are prescriptive, but the arguments are intense and the claims are grandiose. This project is the first large-scale study of the actual effects of term limits, The investigators will focus on the state legislative level. The heart of the project consists of: a) a mail survey of all state legislators as of spring 1995; b) personal interviews during 1995 with legislators and key political observers in four states, one highly professionalized legislature with term limits, one more amateur legislature with term litis, and one of each type without term limits. In addition, the investigators will make use of data on state legislative elections as well as other published data about legislators and the legislatures. This project should substantially enhance our understanding of this interesting and important topic. ***