The Politics of Redistributing Urban Aid

by John G. Heilman, Robert S. Montjoy, Douglas J. Watson, et al.

Targeted federal aid to needy city areas is difficult to maintain because of political pressure to broaden geographical coverage for continued legislative support, i.e., aid becomes distributive rather than targeted. The effectiveness of a program declines because of the broadening of the program, if all else remains constant. With the last such program, the Urban Development Action Grant (UDAG), the geographic broadening did not occur, which contributed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275947165
• ISBN13: 9780275947163
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"