Perpetuating the pork barrel: policy subsystems and American democracy

This book details the policy subsystems - links among members of Congress, interest groups, program beneficiaries, federal and subnational government agencies - that blanket the American political landscape. Robert Stein and Kenneth Bickers have constructed a database detailing federal outlays to Co...

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1. Verfasser: Stein, Robert M. 1950- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1995
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Zusammenfassung:This book details the policy subsystems - links among members of Congress, interest groups, program beneficiaries, federal and subnational government agencies - that blanket the American political landscape. Robert Stein and Kenneth Bickers have constructed a database detailing federal outlays to Congressional districts for each federal program, and use it to examine four myths about the impact of policy subsystems on American government and democratic practice. These include the myth that policy subsystems are a major contributor to the federal deficit; that once created, federal programs grow inexorably and rarely die; that to garner support for their programs, subsystem actors seek to universalize the geographic scope of program benefits; and that the flow of program benefits to constituencies in congressional districts ensures the re-election of legislators
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Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiv, 232 pages)
ISBN:9781139174459
DOI:10.1017/CBO9781139174459

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