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Governors, Grants, and Elections: Fiscal Federalism in the American States
Sean Nicholson-Crotty
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Paperback. The inaugural book in the Johns Hopkins Studies in American Public Policy and Management series, Governors, Grants, and Elections is a significant and accessible work of public policy scholarship that sits at the nexus of multiple fields within political science. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in American Public Policy and Management. Num Pages: 200 pages, 7, 7 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 233 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
Each year, states receive hundreds of billions of dollars in grants-in-aid from the federal government. Gubernatorial success is often contingent upon the pursuit and allocation of these grants. In Governors, Grants, and Elections, Sean Nicholson-Crotty reveals the truth about how US governors strategically utilize these funds. Far from spending federal money in apolitical ways, they usually pursue their own policy interests in the hopes of maximizing their or their party's electoral success. Nicholson-Crotty analyzes three decades of data on the receipt and expenditure of grants in all fifty states. He also draws compelling evidence from governors' public speeches and interviews ... Read more
Each year, states receive hundreds of billions of dollars in grants-in-aid from the federal government. Gubernatorial success is often contingent upon the pursuit and allocation of these grants. In Governors, Grants, and Elections, Sean Nicholson-Crotty reveals the truth about how US governors strategically utilize these funds. Far from spending federal money in apolitical ways, they usually pursue their own policy interests in the hopes of maximizing their or their party's electoral success. Nicholson-Crotty analyzes three decades of data on the receipt and expenditure of grants in all fifty states. He also draws compelling evidence from governors' public speeches and interviews ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
Series
Johns Hopkins Studies in American Public Policy and Management
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421417707
SKU
V9781421417707
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About Sean Nicholson-Crotty
Sean Nicholson-Crotty is an associate professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University.
Reviews for Governors, Grants, and Elections: Fiscal Federalism in the American States
In short, this book raises as many new questions as it answers and will likely set the research agenda for the study of American federalism for years to come. —Political Science Quarterly