Distributive Politics in Developing Countries

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Herausgeber: Baskin, Mark; Mezey, Michael L.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the dynamics of distributive politics in developing democracies via a series of case studies of an emerging spending mechanism-constituency development funds (CDFs). It is germane to students of legislative studies, international development, comparative politics, and democratization.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 611g
• ISBN-13: 9780739180686
• ISBN-10: 0739180681
• Artikelnr.: 41052562

Autorenporträt

Edited by Mark Baskin and Michael L. Mezey - Contributions by Joel D. Barkan; Horace Bartilow; Mark Baskin; Harry Blair; Diana Evans; Nelson Kasfir; Robert Mattes; Michael L. Mezey; David Ndii and Steven Hippo Twebaze

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction: Are Constituency Development Funds a Policy Tool?
Mark Baskin Chapter 2: Why CDFs in Africa? Representation vs. Constituency
Service, Joel D. Barkan and Robert Mattes Chapter 3: Money for Small
Things: Experience and Lessons of Kenya's Constituency Development Fund,
David Ndii Chapter 4: In Name Only: Uganda's Constituency Development Fund,
Nelson Kasfir and Steven Hippo Twebaze Chapter 5: Earmarks in the United
States, Diana Evans Chapter 6: Drug Dons and the Development of Executive
Driven Bi-Partisan CDF's in Jamaica, Horace Bartilow Chapter 7:
Constituency Needs, Constitutional Propriety and Clientelist Patronage:
Constituency Development Funds in India, Harry Blair Conclusion:
Constituency Development Funds and the Role of the Representative, Michael
Mezey