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Accountability in State Legislatures

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Availability:In StockContributor:Steven RogersSeries:Chicago Studies in American PoliticsPublish date:2023-09-11Pages:304
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226827247ISBN-10:226827240UPC:9780226827247Book Category:Political ScienceBook Subcategory:American Government, Political IdeologiesBook Topic:Legislative Branch, State, DemocracySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.76 inchesWeight:1.0913Product ID:SCW2A15560

A troubling portrait of democracy in US state legislatures.

State legislatures hold tremendous authority over key facets of our lives, ranging from healthcare to marriage to immigration policy. In theory, elections create incentives for state legislators to produce good policies. But do they?

Drawing on wide-ranging quantitative and qualitative evidence, Steven Rogers offers the most comprehensive assessment of this question to date, testing different potential mechanisms of accountability. His findings are sobering: almost ninety percent of American voters do not know who their state legislator is; over one-third of incumbent legislators run unchallenged in both primary and general elections; and election outcomes have little relationship with legislators' own behavior.

Rogers's analysis of state legislatures highlights the costs of our highly nationalized politics, challenging theories of democratic accountability and providing a troubling picture of democracy in the states.

Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226827247ISBN-10:226827240UPC:9780226827247Book Category:Political ScienceBook Subcategory:American Government, Political IdeologiesBook Topic:Legislative Branch, State, DemocracySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.76 inchesWeight:1.0913Product ID:SCW2A15560
Steven Rogers is associate professor of political science at Saint Louis University.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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