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.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Chicago Studies in American Politics |
| Release date: |
September 2023 |
| First published: |
2023 |
| Authors: |
Steven Rogers
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
304 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-226-82724-7 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-226-82724-0 |
| Barcode: |
9780226827247 |
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