We are now entering a new era of fiscal stress in municipal governments. The experience of previous eras, most especially the chronic fiscal stress of the 1980s, has led to the development of a substantial literature on this topic. However, despite strong scholarly interest in the topic of...

Using quantitative and open-ended interview responses from four Michigan House sessions, this study examines legislators' attitudes toward two traditional tensions in political representation: whether elected officials should respond to constituent preferences or rely on their own judgment and...