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| Preface | |
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| 99 Chambers and Why They Matter | |
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| State Legislatures in Historical Context | |
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| State Legislative Evolution in the Nineteenth Century | |
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| State Legislative Evolution in the Twentieth Century | |
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| State Legislatures Today | |
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| Number of Houses | |
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| The Nebraska Exception | |
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| House Name | |
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| Membership Size | |
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| Politics Under the Domes 1-1: The Legislative Representation and Efficiency Tradeoff | |
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| Bicameral Size Differences | |
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| Terms of Office | |
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| Term Limits | |
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| Constituency Size | |
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| Geographic Size | |
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| Multi-member Districts | |
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| Differences with Congress | |
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| Politics Under the Domes 1-2: Domes? | |
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| Further Explorations of State Legislatures | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| State Legislative Campaigns and Elections | |
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| Differences in Electoral Rules | |
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| District Magnitude | |
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| Type of Primary Election | |
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| Politics under the domes 2-1: When Residency Requirements Bite | |
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| Timing of Primary Election | |
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| Redisricting Practices | |
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| Case Law and State Redistricting | |
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| Campaign Finance Laws | |
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| Term Limits | |
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| The Candidates | |
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| Candidate Type | |
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| Recruitment Agents | |
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| Self-Starters | |
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| The Recruitment of Women and Minorities | |
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| How Campaigns Are Run | |
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| Politics Under the Domes 2-2: The Art and Science of Doorbelling | |
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| Turnover, Party Competition, and Elections | |
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| Term Limits and Turnover | |
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| Competitive versus Noncompetitive States | |
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| The Effect of Region | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| The Changing Job of State Legislator | |
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| Legislative Professionalization | |
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| What Difference Does Professionalization Make? | |
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| Professionalization Levels in Current State Legislatures | |
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| Examining the Components of Professionalization: Salary and Benefits | |
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| Politics Under the Domes 3-1: The Pennsylvania Pay Raise Fiasco | |
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| Examining the Components of Professionalization: Time Demands | |
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| Examining Each of the Components: Staff and Facilities | |
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| Who Serves? | |
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| Women | |
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| African Americans | |
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| Hispanic Americans | |
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| American Indians | |
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| Explaining the Number of Women and Minority Legislators | |
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| Diversity by Other Measures | |
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| Occupations | |
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| The Job of State Legislator | |
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| Ethics | |
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| Legislative Careers and Legislature Career Opportunity Types | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| Legislative Organization Across the States | |
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| Legislative Parties | |
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| Legislative Leadership | |
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| Politics Under the Domes 4-1: The Battle over the Gavel in the Alabama State Senate | |
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| Politics Under the Domes 4-2: Leadership Retribution in State Legislatures | |
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| Committees | |
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| Career Opportunity Types and Committee Membership and Leadership | |
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| Where are Decisions Made in State Legislatures? | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| The Legislative Process in the States | |
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| Variation Across the States | |
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| The Three Tracks of the Legislative Process: Bills that Die, Bills that Fly, and Bills that Crawl | |
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| Steps in the Legislative Process | |
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| Introduction and First Reading | |
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| Politics Under the Domes 5-1: "There Ought to be a Law" or Why Legislators Introduce Bills | |
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| Referral to Standing Committee | |
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| Committee Hearings | |
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| Committee Action and Second Reading | |
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| Third Reading, Debate and Floor Vote | |
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| Politics Under the Domes 5-2: Fun with Quorums | |
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| Same Steps in Second Chamber | |
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| Potential Conference Committee | |
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| The Governor's Desk | |
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| Legislative Time | |
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| The Budget Process | |
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| Influences on Legislative Decision Making | |
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| Politics Under the Domes 5-3: "I Voted for that Bill Before I Voted Against It": Why Floor Votes Don't Necessarily Tell the Whole Story | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| The Legislative Context | |
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| Public Opinion, Constituency, and the Representational Role | |
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| Representational Roles | |
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| Different Views of Constituency | |
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| Public Opinion, Organized Interests, and Lobbying | |
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| The Lobbyists | |
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| Politics Under the Domes 6-1: Lobbying Outside the Box | |
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| What Lobbyists Do | |
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| Interest Groups and Campaign Financing | |
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| Public Opinion and Direct Democracy | |
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| The Recall | |
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| The Popular Referendum | |
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| The Initiative | |
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| The Governor and the Legislature | |
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| Setting the Agenda | |
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| Budgets | |
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| Veto Power | |
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| Politics Under the Domes 6-2: Vanna White, Frankenstein, and the Partial Veto in Wisconsin | |
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| Other Gubernatorial Weapons | |
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| The Bureaucracy | |
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| The Courts | |
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| State Courts and Policy Mandates | |
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| Politics Under the Domes 6-3: The Courts, the Legislature, and Gay Marriage in Iowa | |
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| State Courts, Direct Democracy, and Policymaking | |
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| The Fiscal Factor | |
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| The Federal Factor | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| Are State Legislatures Representative Institutions? | |
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| What Do Election Results Tell Us About Evaluations of State Legislative Performance? | |
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| How Highly Do Citizens Rate Their State Legislatures? | |
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| How Much Do People Know About Their State Legislatures and Legislators? | |
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| How Much Information about State Legislatures is Available? | |
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| Do State Legislators Represent Their Constituents? | |
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| Politics Under the Domes 7-1: When Politics and Policy Collide in the State Legislature | |
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| The Dynamics of Representation at the State Level | |
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| The Components of Representation | |
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| The Changing Dynamics of the Job | |
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| A Final Assessment | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| Index | |