Presidential pork White House influence over the distribution of federal grants / John Hudak.

Author/creator Hudak, John
Format Electronic
Publication InfoWashington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2014]
Descriptionix, 222 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Subjects

Contents Introduction -- Spending power and the election-driven president -- Pork barrel politics at the presidential level -- Aiding and abetting the president : the role of federal agencies -- Presidential motives in the shadow of crisis -- A web of bureaucratic control -- The mechanisms of presidential spending power -- Conclusions and implications.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 205-213) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013048161
ISBN9780815725206 (softcover : acid-free paper)

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