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Author:   Mark Baskin ,  Michael L. Mezey ,  Joel D. Barkan ,  Horace Bartilow
Publisher:   Lexington Books
Imprint:   Lexington Books
Dimensions:   Width: 16.10cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.540kg
ISBN:  

9780739180686

ISBN 10:   0739180681
Pages:   278
Publication Date:   23 October 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction: Are Constituency Development Funds a Policy Tool? Mark Baskin Chapter 2: Why CDFs in Africa? Representation vs. Constituency Service, Joel D. Barkan and Robert Mattes Chapter 3: Money for Small Things: Experience and Lessons of Kenya’s Constituency Development Fund, David Ndii Chapter 4: In Name Only: Uganda’s Constituency Development Fund, Nelson Kasfir and Steven Hippo Twebaze Chapter 5: Earmarks in the United States, Diana Evans Chapter 6: Drug Dons and the Development of Executive Driven Bi-Partisan CDF's in Jamaica, Horace Bartilow Chapter 7: Constituency Needs, Constitutional Propriety and Clientelist Patronage: Constituency Development Funds in India, Harry Blair Conclusion: Constituency Development Funds and the Role of the Representative, Michael Mezey

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This insight into Constituency Development Funds-their nature and effects, potential benefits and risks, and the importance of national context from least developed to USA's earmarking-provides a resource that will be valued by a wide range of readers. The expertise of Baskin, Mezey, and their contributors shines through in an excellent introductory overview, a series on well-researched case studies, and a useful concluding review that includes theoretical context. Policy-makers, legislators, development partners and public administration practitioners, and scholars will find this a valuable aid to understanding the diversity of CDF practices. -- Ken Coghill, Monash University

Author Information

Mark Baskin is research professor of political science at Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at the University at Albany and senior fellow at the State University of New York Center for International Development at the State University of New York. Michael L. Mezey is professor of political science at DePaul University in Chicago.

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