Abstract
The conventional wisdom of pork barrel politics is that legislators engage in it to aid their bids for reelection. This review article examines how researchers have tested this conventional wisdom to date, the role of legislator partisanship on the benefits derived, and identifies gaps in the current scholarship.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1094-1103 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Political Studies Review |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 14 2025 |
Scopus Subject Areas
- Sociology and Political Science
- Political Science and International Relations
Keywords
- congress
- credit claiming
- distributive politics
- electoral incentives
- pork barrel politics