Pork barrel politics how government spending determines elections in a polarized era

Andrew Sidman offers a systematic explanation for how political polarization affects the electoral influence of district-level federal spending. Pork Barrel Politics is an empirically rich account of the surprising repercussions of bringing pork home, with important consequences in our polarized era...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sidman, Andrew H. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York Columbia University Press [2019]
Subjects:
United States. > Congress > Elections.
United States. > Congress > Appropriations and expenditures.
United States. > Congress
Government spending policy > United States.
Polarization (Social sciences) > Political aspects > United States.
Polarisation collective > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > American Government > National.
Elections
Expenditures, Public
Government spending policy
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Incumbents and pork barrel politics
  • Pursuing the pork barrel
  • An electoral history of the pork barrel
  • Attitudes, voting, and the pork barrel
  • Challenges from within the party
  • General-election challengers and campaigns
  • Election outcomes.

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