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A citizen legislature by Callenbach, Ernest; Phillips, Michael, 1938-Publication date 1985 Topics Representative government and representation, Political ...
A citizen legislature is a legislative chamber made up primarily of citizens who have a full-time occupation besides being a legislator. Such citizen legislatures can be found on the state level, as in some U.S. states, or on the national level as in Switzerland.
- Green Legislatures
- Gray Legislatures
- Gold Legislatures
Green legislatures require the most time of legislators, usually 80 percent or more of a full-time job. They have large staffs. In most Green states, legislators are paid enough to make a living without requiring outside income. These legislatures are more similar to Congress than are the other state legislatures. Most of the nation's largest popul...
Legislatures in the Gray category are hybrids. Legislatures in these states typically say that they spend more than two-thirds of a full time job being legislators. Although their income from legislative work is greater than that in the Gold states, it's usually not enough to allow them to make a living without having other sources of income. Legis...
In the Gold states, on average lawmakers spend the equivalent of half of a full-time job doing legislative work. The compensation they receive for this work is quite low and requires them to have other sources of income in order to make a living. The Gold states have relatively small staffs. They are often called traditional or citizen legislatures...
The government ought to possess not only, first, the force, but secondly, the mind or sense of the people at large. The legislature ought to be the most exact transcript of the whole society." This concept of a popular legislature has a deep and lasting appeal. It offers a durable standard by which to judge the composition (and the actions) of ...
A citizen legislature: Meets for a short period of time and legislators have other jobs outside of their state duties. Therefore, they can serve the constituents well because they must return to live under the laws he or she implements. A professional legislature: Meets for most of the year and pays the legislators as full-time employees.
6 de feb. de 2012 · vermont state legislature. Having a part-time citizen legislature - rather than a full time professional one - is one of the hallmarks of Vermont politics and culture. We look at the pros and cons of having citizen lawmakers - and how it affects the atmosphere at the Statehouse.
A People's Parliament/A Citizen Legislature. Ernest Callenbach , Michael Phillips , Keith Sutherland. Two essays, printed back to back in a single volume, offer complementary solutions to the democratic deficit in Britain and the USA. description Reviews Formats.
