Federal policymaking and the poor : national goals, local choices, and distributional outcomes / Michael J. Rich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rich, Michael J., author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Federal aid to community development--United States.

Federal aid to community development.

Federal aid to community development--Illinois--Chicago Metropolitan Area.

Block grants--United States.

Block grants.

Block grants--Illinois--Chicago Metropolitan Area.

Intergovernmental fiscal relations--United States.

Intergovernmental fiscal relations.

Intergovernmental fiscal relations--Illinois--Chicago Metropolitan Area.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (456 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1993]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 cities, reveals that the crucial divisions in domestic policy are not among the levels of government, but between constellations of participants in the different governmental arenas.Rich traces the flow of funds under the CDBG from program enactment through three tiers of targeting--to needy places, to needy neighborhoods, and to needy people--and offers a comparative study of eight CDBG entitlement communities in the Chicago area. He demonstrates that while national program parameters are important for setting the conditions under which local programs operate, the redistributive power of federal programs ultimately depends upon choices made by local officials. These officials, he argues, must in turn be pressed by benefits coalitions at the community level in order to increase the likelihood that federal funds will reach their targets.Originally published in 1993.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Tables

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Chicago CDBG Program Years

The National Policy Context

Chapter One. Introduction

Chapter Two. Block Grants as Policy Instruments

Tier I: Targeting to Needy Places

Chapter Three. Targeting Federal Funds to Needy Places

Chapter Four. Small Community Needs and the Responsiveness of State Governments

Tier II: Targeting to Needy Neighborhoods

Chapter Five. Targeting to Needy Neighborhoods in the City

Chapter Six. Targeting to Needy Neighborhoods in Suburban Cities

Chapter Seven. Urban Counties Targeting Cdbg Funds to Needy Municipalities

Tier III: Targeting to Needy People

Chapter Eight. Who Benefits from Block Grant Funding?

Conclusion

Chapter Nine. Block Grants, National Goals, and Local Choices

Appendix. Data, Indices, And Methods

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [413]-426) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-691-63671-0

0-691-60824-5

1-4008-6358-9

OCLC:

884013082