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THE DISTRIBUTIVE POLITICS OF MILITARY PROCUREMENT

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This book is about an anomaly in political scientists’ understanding
of congressional policy making. Distributive politics theory, which
has been called the dominant theoretical approach to congressional
politics (Krehbiel 1991), purports to account for the geographic distribution
of the benefits of any policy that is paid for from general
tax revenues and can be subdivided easily and allocated piece by
piece to different claimants. Distributive politics theory suggests
that to get reelected, members of Congress (MCs) organize Congress
and create and implement policies so that they can better direct
benefits to their constituencies. Different versions of distributive
politics theory focus on different institutional structures and behavioral
patterns, such as standing committees, political parties, ideological
blocs, and a norm of universalism, that are postulated to
enable MCs to benefit their constituencies. Most scholars assume
that at least from a national perspective, the policy that results from
distributive politics is ineffective in addressing societal problems
and an inefficient way of allocating societal resources.

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: ., 2002

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1-217

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English

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0–8061–3402–X

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THE DISTRIBUTIVE POLITICS OF MILITARY PROCUREMENT

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