Greasing the Wheels Using Pork Barrel Projects to Build Majority Coalitions in Congress |
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| Author:
| Evans, Diana |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-83681-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2004 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $68.00 |
Book Description:
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This book examines how Congressional leaders and the president give pork barrel projects to Congress members' districts to buy the votes of those members for broad-based national legislation. Other books have documented pork barrel projects in different policy areas, but none has examined the process of using pork to buy votes for broad public policy. This book does so through interviews with key actors that provide the basis for a rich narrative of the process of passing the bills...
More DescriptionThis book examines how Congressional leaders and the president give pork barrel projects to Congress members' districts to buy the votes of those members for broad-based national legislation. Other books have documented pork barrel projects in different policy areas, but none has examined the process of using pork to buy votes for broad public policy. This book does so through interviews with key actors that provide the basis for a rich narrative of the process of passing the bills included in the case studies as well as though statistical analysis.