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Testing the limit : term limits and their unintended consequences
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Term limits have been in place for over 20 years; we know that term limits matter, but not to what extent.Term limits vary widely across the states that have them, impacting the structure of legislative institutions and ...
Women state legislators and represenation [sic] : a case study of Missouri, 1923-2009
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Over the last century women legislators have made tremendous gains in state legislatures; yet their numbers remain far below the proportion of women in the general public...
Accessibility of public services : city government institutions and service spatial distribution
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Public services are central to the purpose of city government, and scholars have found that government institutions affect policy and budgetary decisions. I use the locations...
Determinants of legislative staff turnover
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
seeks to understand staff employment and work environments at both the congressional and state level with an emphasis on staff turnover to understand modern legislative capacity for policy development and constituent service. ... By studying what...