{"product_id":"the-changing-politics-of-federal-grants-paperback","title":"The Changing Politics of Federal Grants - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLawrence D. Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJames W. Fossett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKenneth T. Palmer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe design and use of federal grants-in-aid to state and local governments have posed policy choices for every presidential administration since that of Lyndon B. Johnson. The papers in this volume describe the decisions these administrations have made, analyze why only some of these choices prevailed politically, and explain how large amounts of federal aid have affected local governments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese studies mark the final chapter in a major research effort carried out by the Brookings Governmental Studies program to evaluate the effects of general revenue sharing and other broad-based forms of aid that were introduced in the early 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKenneth T. Palmer traces the major steps in the evolution of grants-in-aid since the Johnson administration. Lawrence D. Brown's essay on the politics of devolution examines the successes and failures of innovative grant policies such as revenue sharing and block grants. James W. Fossett, writing on the politics of dependence, analyzes the effect of the massive expansion of federal grants to the large cities in the 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLawrence D. Brown\u003c\/b\u003e, a former senior fellow in the Brookings Governance Studies program, is associate professor of medical care organization at the University of Michigan.\u003cb\u003eJames W. Fossett \u003c\/b\u003eis a former research assistant at Brookings and staff member of the Institute of Government and Public Affairs and the Department of Political Science at the University of Illinois.\u003cb\u003eKenneth T. Palmer\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of political science at the University of Maine at Orono.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 180\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.8 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 1984\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47506930958514,"sku":"9780815711674","price":44.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/8xywWQnjuC9780815711674.webp?v=1779567302","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-changing-politics-of-federal-grants-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}