Budgetary Politics In American Governments

by Gosling, James J.

• ISBN13: 9780415951890
• ISBN10: 0415951895
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-23
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Budgetary Politics in American Governments,unlike most public budgeting texts, takes a comparative approach to the subject of public budgeting, examining budgetary politics at the federal, state, and local government levels. Students are introduced to the budgetary decision making process, taxation, spending, budget execution and financial management as well as the budget process at each level of government. Thoroughly updated but preserving much of the third edition's structure and approach, this fourth edition contains a new chapter that will introduce students to the interrelationship of economics and politics in budgeting.

Author Biography

James J. Gosling is Professor of Political Science at the University of Utah

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
CHAPTER 1 Public Budgeting in Perspective	1	(26)
CHAPTER 2 Budgetary Decision Making	27	(28)
CHAPTER 3 Economics and Politics	55	(22)
CHAPTER 4 Taxing and Spending	77	(26)
CHAPTER 5 National Budgeting	103	(52)
CHAPTER 6 Budgeting in the States	155	(34)
CHAPTER 7 Budgeting in Local Units of Government	189	(36)
CHAPTER 8 Budget Execution and Financial Management	225	(28)
CHAPTER 9 Patterns of Stability and Change in Public Budgeting	253	(10)
Glossary	263	(6)
Index	269