Policy and Pork
The Use of Pork Barrel Projects to Build Policy Coalitions in the House of Representatives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6230134 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Diana Evans (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 894 |
| Publication date | 1994-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0092-5853 • E-ISSN: 1540-5907 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2111726 |
| OpenAlex | W2325334848 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 56 |
| References cited | 21 |
The literature on distributive politics in legislatures concentrates on the formation of logrolling coalitions to pass the district projects of the coalitions' members at the expense of the general public. This article argues that district projects are also used for another purpose: to help committee leaders to construct supporting coalitions for legislative packages that satisfy the leaders' own goals, including general benefit legislation. This study explicates such a strategy and tests its efficacy by estimating the impact on House members' roll call votes of the inclusion of highway demonstration projects in the 1987 highway and urban mass transit reauthorization by the leadership of the House Public Works and Transportation Committee. The analysis shows that distributive benefits conferred by the leaders did indeed influence members' support for the leaders' legislative goals on that bill
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| Unique citing works | 56 |
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| Citations per year | 1,87 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2026 (31) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 55 |