Federal Policymaking and the Poor : National Goals, Local Choices, and Distributional Outcomes

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Do federal, state, and local governments differ in their responsiveness to the needs of the poorest citizens? Are policy outcomes different when federal officials have greater influence regarding the use of federal program funds? To answer such questions, Michael Rich examines to what extent benefit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Rich, Michael J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Intergovernmental fiscal relations.
Federal aid to community development.
Block grants.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
Transferts intergouvernementaux > Illinois > Chicago, Agglomeration de.
Intergovernmental fiscal relations > Illinois > Chicago Metropolitan Area.
Block grants > Illinois > Chicago Metropolitan Area.
Federal aid to community development > Illinois > Chicago Metropolitan Area.
Illinois > Chicago Metropolitan Area.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Do federal, state, and local governments differ in their responsiveness to the needs of the poorest citizens? Are policy outcomes different when federal officials have greater influence regarding the use of federal program funds? To answer such questions, Michael Rich examines to what extent benefits of federal programs actually reach needy people, focusing on the relationship between federal decision-making systems and the distributional impacts of public policies. His extensive analysis of the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), the principal federal program for aiding citie.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (460 pages).
ISBN:9781400863587

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