State Legislative Reform: Another Look, One More Time, Again

State Legislative Reform: Another Look, One More Time, Again

Does reform make state legislatures more competent? Do they spend more money or pass more laws more speedily? Perhaps not. But these are not the right questions to ask in assessing their competence, says Professor Thompson. Posing a set of different, "theoretically guided," questions, he f...

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Published in:Polity 1986-10, Vol.19 (1), p.27-41
Main Author: Thompson, Joel A.
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
Committees
Environmental law
EVALUATION
Governors
Legislation
LEGISLATIVE BODIES
Legislators
Legislatures
Political partisanship
POLITICAL POLICY
Political reform
Professionalism
Public policy
Reform
REFORM, REFORMERS
State government
Workers compensation insurance
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Summary:Does reform make state legislatures more competent? Do they spend more money or pass more laws more speedily? Perhaps not. But these are not the right questions to ask in assessing their competence, says Professor Thompson. Posing a set of different, "theoretically guided," questions, he finds that legislatures made more capable by reform become more autonomous and self-reliant in generating policy initiatives and gaining the needed information.
ISSN:0032-3497
1744-1684