Greasing the Wheels: Using Pork Barrel Projects to Build Majority Coalitions in Congress

Greasing the Wheels: Using Pork Barrel Projects to Build Majority Coalitions in Congress This book examines how Congressional leaders and the president give pork barrel projects to Congress members districts to buy votes for broad-based national legislation. Many political leaders are willing to pay the cost of this trade-off in order to enact the broader public policies that they favor. Autor: Diana (Trinity College Evans Wydawnictwo: Cambridge University Press Rok wydania: 2004 Okładka: twarda Liczba stron: 280 Wymiary: 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm Ilustracje: 26 Tables, unspecified Język: angielski ISBN: 9780521836814