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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..
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Wildavsky, Aaron and Caiden, Naomi, The New Politics of the Budgetary Process, 4th edition*\ Explores of how federal budget decisions are made and how formal budget institutions and processes are interwoven with political dynamics. The book explains how the federal budget process has evolved and analyzes recent developments in key areas: entitlements, defense, deficit/surplus and reforms. For those interested in politics and public administration, as well as anyone who seeks to understand a decision-making process that affects the lives of virtually all Americans. .
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UNITED STATES PUBLIC POLICY: A BUDGETARY APPROACH uses the budget as the primary lens through which to view public policy. Based on the assumption that decisions about how much to spend and on what reveal our societal values, goals, and priorities, the text is readily accessible to undergraduates. The approach provides a ready thematic core to the book, and is something that allows continuity of approach to a broad variety of policy issues. After establishing an understanding of the institutions and actors that engage in policymaking at the federal, state, and local levels, the book provides rich detail for each of the policy areas that account for the bulk of federal and state spending. The chapters are arranged in the order of decreasing governmental expenditure. These discussions include not just a sketch of contemporary policy but also the historical background to allow the student to understand how we got to where we are today and what problems we faced along the way..
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Riahi-Belkaoui's research shows that U.S. firms, and possibly firms elsewhere, resort to the underutilization of their resources, a phenomenon known as organizational and budgetary slack. In this, the first exhaustive study of slack, the author identifies and explains the phenomenon and its causes, explicates the characteristics of organizations afflicted by it, and suggests ways to remedy it. In doing so, he also analyzes the role of the multidivisional structure and "the performance plan" in the creation of slack, and the distortion of information that accompanies it. A challenging study for organizational behavior theorists and for organization planners and top management in the private and public sectors..
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Citation Details
Title: The Uneasy Public Policy Triangle in Higher Education: Quality, Diversity, and Budgetary Efficiency.
Author: Michaela Martin
Publication:Journal of Higher Education (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 1993
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Volume: v64 Issue: n2 Page: p237(2)

Article Type: Book Review

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