Pork Barrel Politics

Pork Barrel Politics
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Total Pages : 216
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ISBN-10 : 0231193580
ISBN-13 : 9780231193580
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Download or read book Pork Barrel Politics written by Andrew Sidman and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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