TY - GEN T1 - Federal Policymaking and the Poor : National Goals, Local Choices, and Distributional Outcomes. T2 - Princeton legacy library. A1 - Rich, Michael J. LA - English PP - Princeton PB - Princeton University Press YR - 2014 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn884013082 AB - 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. OP - 456 CN - HN90.C6 SN - 9781400863587 SN - 1400863589 KW - Federal aid to community development : Illinois : Chicago Metropolitan Area. KW - Block grants : Illinois : Chicago Metropolitan Area. KW - Intergovernmental fiscal relations : Illinois : Chicago Metropolitan Area. KW - Transferts intergouvernementaux : Illinois : Chicago, Agglomération de. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Political Process : General. KW - Block grants KW - Federal aid to community development KW - Intergovernmental fiscal relations KW - Illinois : Chicago Metropolitan Area ER -