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Accountability in State Legislatures
Steven Rogers
出版University of Chicago Press, 2023-09-11
主題Political Science / GeneralPolitical Science / American Government / Legislative BranchPolitical Science / Political Ideologies / DemocracyPolitical Science / American Government / StatePolitical Science / American Government / GeneralPolitical Science / American Government / Local
ISBN02268272409780226827247
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=zqTMEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋"State legislatures hold tremendous authority over key facets of our lives, in domains ranging from healthcare to education to election administration. And in an era of polarization and frequent policy gridlock at the national level, their significance has only increased. Political scientist Steven Rogers asks what voters know about state legislators, whether they have a meaningful opportunity to register their preferences in state legislative elections, and if there is evidence of accountability for performance in the outcomes of those elections. Drawing on broad-ranging evidence and creative research strategies, Rogers shows that, most often, state legislatures can produce policies contrary to citizens' priorities with little fear of being held accountable at the ballot box. Assembling an encyclopedic range of data on candidacy and retirements, lawmaker issue stances, news coverage, general elections, primaries, electoral competition, legislator effectiveness, state economic performance, public opinion, voter knowledge, and election outcomes, this book foregrounds a major issue: Voters do not know enough about their state representatives. They are often not presented with alternatives in elections where incumbents routinely run unopposed, and outcomes normally fail to correlate with indicators of legislative performance, either for individual lawmakers or in the aggregate performance of state government"--