THE PURSUIT AND RETENTION OF LEGISLATIVE OFFICE IN NEW-YORK, 1870-1990 - RECONSIDERING SOURCES OF CHANGE

Authors
STONECASH JM
Citation
Jm. Stonecash, THE PURSUIT AND RETENTION OF LEGISLATIVE OFFICE IN NEW-YORK, 1870-1990 - RECONSIDERING SOURCES OF CHANGE, Polity, 26(2), 1993, pp. 301-315
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Political Science
Journal title
Polity → ACNP
ISSN journal
00323497
Volume
26
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
301 - 315
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-3497(1993)26:2<301:TPAROL>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
More and more legislators have been pursuing and retaining office in r ecent decades. Some analyses argue that higher salaries account for th is; others contend that legislative resources make reelection easier. This article explores these two explanations by focusing on more than a century of experience in the New York legislature, and the author fi nds that neither is a satisfactory explanation for changes.