Since the early 1990s, whether elected representatives at the state and national levels should be limited to a specific term of office has been a contentious public policy question. Changing Members examines the case of Maine, which in 1996 became the first state in the entire nation where legislative term limits took effect in both chambers. Authors Matthew C. Moen, Kenneth T. Palmer, and Richard J. Powell have combined original survey data collected from Maine's legislators, several dozen interviews with legislators and other political elites, and participant observation of committee and floor proceedings to provide a complete picture of the new term limits' effects. Challenging conventional thinking on term limits and offering predictions of their likely impact in other states with citizens' legislatures, Changing Members is an essential source for citizens, elected officials and government workers, and scholars of political science.
- ISBN10 0739109294
- ISBN13 9780739109298
- Publish Date 10 February 2005 (first published 20 November 2004)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 28 May 2022
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Lexington Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 165
- Language English