Cheese Factories on the Moon : Why Earmarks are Good for American Democracy
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1594517312
ISBN-13
9781594517310
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 30th, 2011
Print length
224 Pages
Weight
272 grams
Product Classification:
Political science & theoryConstitution: government & the state
Ksh 8,800.00
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Argues that congressional 'earmarks', which direct funds to specific projects, are good for American democracy.
It has become part of US political convention to attack ''earmarks'' - legislative provisions that direct funds to specific projects - as wasteful and corrupt. In this provocative book Scott A. Frisch and Sean Q. Kelly argue that in fact earmarks are good for American democracy. Using extensive interviews with Washington insiders and detailed examples they illustrate how earmark projects that were pilloried in fact responded to the legitimate needs of local communities, needs that would otherwise have gone unmet. They also demonstrate that media coverage of earmarks tends to be superficial and overly-dramatic. Cheese Factories on the Moon is a much-needed challenge to a widespread but deeply flawed ''consensus'' about what is wrong with US congressional spending.
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