Pork barrel politics : rivers and harbors legislation, 1947-1968

Part 1. How projects are chosen

1. The evaluation of water projects

2. Benefit-cost analysis

3. Political benefits and political costs

Part 2. The appropriations process for the Corps of Engineers

4. The making of the Corps of Engineers' budget

5. The House response to the budget request

6. The Senate's response to the Corps' budget

7. The conference committee

Part 3. The distribution of Corps of Engineers' construction projects

8. Committee effect on project choice: the House Public Works Committee

9. Committee effects on project choice: the House Appropriations Committee

10. The Senate committees and the Corps of Engineers' expenditures

Conclusion. Comments on a theory of congressional behavior on divisible policies