Distributive Politics in Developing Countries : Almost Pork.
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- 9780739180693
- 339.209172/4
- HC59.72.I5D57 2014
Cover-Page -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: Are Constituency Development Funds a Policy Tool? -- 2 Why CDFs in Africa? Representation vs. Constituency Service -- 3 Money for Small Things: Experience and Lessons of Kenya's Constituency Development Fund -- 4 In Name Only: Uganda's Constituency Development Fund -- 5 Earmarks in the United States -- 6 Drug Dons and the Development of Executive Driven Bi-Partisan CDFs in Jamaica -- 7 Constituency Needs, Constitutional Propriety and Clientelist Patronage: Constituency Development Funds in India -- 8 Conclusion: Constituency Development Funds and the Role of the Representative -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2: CDF Variables -- Appendix 3: Code Sheet for CDF Institutionalization and Accountability Steps, by Country -- Appendix 4: Principles and Guidelines for Constituency Development Funds -- Appendix 5: CDF Toolbox -- Appendix 6: Tool #3: Public Participation -- Index -- About the Contributors.
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.
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