Presidential pork [electronic resource] : White House influence over the distribution of federal grants / John Hudak.
Material type: TextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2014. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm)ISBN:- 9780815725213
- 0815725213
- 336.3/9 23
- HJ275.2 .H84 2014
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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