Federal Policymaking and the Poor: National Goals, Local Choices, and Distributional Outcomes (Princeton Legacy Library) - Brossura

Rich, Michael J.

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ISBN 10: 0691608245 ISBN 13: 9780691608242

Casa editrice: Princeton University Press, 2014

Riassunto

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 cities, reveals that the crucial divisions in domestic policy are not among the levels of government, but between constellations of participants in the different governmental arenas.

Rich traces the flow of funds under the CDBG from program enactment through three tiers of targeting--to needy places, to needy neighborhoods, and to needy people--and offers a comparative study of eight CDBG entitlement communities in the Chicago area. He demonstrates that while national program parameters are important for setting the conditions under which local programs operate, the redistributive power of federal programs ultimately depends upon choices made by local officials. These officials, he argues, must in turn be pressed by benefits coalitions at the community level in order to increase the likelihood that federal funds will reach their targets.

Originally published in 1993.

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Su questo libro

L'autore:

Michael J. Rich is Associate Professor of Political Science and Environmental Studies andExecutive Director of the Center for Community Partnerships at Emory University. He is the author of Federal Policymaking and the Poor.

Contenuti:

	List of Illustrations
	List of Tables
	Acknowledgments
	List of Abbreviations
	List of Chicago CDBG Program Years
Ch. 1	Introduction	3
Ch. 2	Block Grants as Policy Instruments	22
Ch. 3	Targeting Federal Funds to Needy Places	59
Ch. 4	Small Community Needs and the Responsiveness of State Governments	104
Ch. 5	Targeting to Needy Neighborhoods in the City	159
Ch. 6	Targeting to Needy Neighborhoods in Suburban Cities	219
Ch. 7	Urban Counties: Targeting CDBG Funds to Needy Municipalities	256
Ch. 8	Who Benefits from Block Grant Funding?	295
Ch. 9	Block Grants, National Goals, and Local Choices	325
	Appendix: Data, Indices, and Methods	351
	Notes	375
	Bibliography	413
	Index	427

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Princeton University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0691608245
• ISBN 13: 9780691608242
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 456