TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rich,Michael J.
TI  - Federal Policymaking and the Poor: National Goals, Local Choices, and Distributional Outcomes
T2  - Princeton Legacy Library
SN  - 9781400863587
AV  - HN90.C6 
U1  - 353.0081/8 20
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Princeton
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Federal aid to community development
KW  - Illinois
KW  - Chicago Metropolitan Area
KW  - Block grants
KW  - Intergovernmental fiscal relations
KW  - Transferts intergouvernementaux
KW  - Chicago, Agglomération de
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Political Process
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover; The National Policy Context; Tier I: Targeting to Needy Places ; 3. Targeting Federal Funds to Needy Places ; Tier II: Targeting to Needy Neighborhoods; Tier III: Targeting to Needy People; Conclusion ; Appendix
N2  - 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 citie
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