Politics of Pork - A Study of Congressional Appropriations Earmarks

First Published in 1999. This study develops a new way of studying pork barrel politics based on congressional behavior in the 1980s and 1990s.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Legislative Earmarks and Other Evidence; Chapter 3 Descriptions of Earmark Programs; Chapter 4 Distributive Theory and Committee Membership; Chapter 5 Earmarks and the Benefit Hypothesis; Chapter 6 Universalism and Reciprocity; Chapter 7 Distributive Theory and the Electoral Connection; Chapter 8 Distributive Politics and Deficits; Chapter 9 Conclusion; References Index;

About the author

Scott A. Frisch

Product details

• Authors: Scott A Frisch, Scott A. Frisch, Frisch Scott A.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.06.2015
• EAN: 9781138882188
• ISBN: 978-1-138-88218-8
• No. of pages: 228
• Series: Financial Sector of the American Economy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; LAW / Judicial Power, Judicial powers, Legal systems: judges and judicial powers