Term Limits and Legislative Representation

by John M. Carey

Book Overview

This volume examines the electoral experience of Costa Rica, the only long-term democracy to impose term limits on legislators, and provides comparisons with legislatures in Venezuela and the United States. The author challenges claims made about the effects of term limits on political careers, pork barrel politics, and the effectiveness of political parties in passing their programmes.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521646014
• ISBN13: 9780521646017
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

An Excellent Book

This book is an outstanding addition to the small but growing canon of literature on term limits. Carey clearly and successfully limns this complex issue. This is a rigerous academic book with important real world conlcusions: a good read for serious scholars and politicos alike.