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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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Budgetary Politics in American Governments 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. The revised third edition offers a new chapter on the interrelationship of economics and politics, demonstrating how public budgeting at the national level can be used as a tool of fiscal policy to influence the economy's performance. In addition to an assessment of the patterns of stability and change that have characterized public budgeting in the past, the third edition turns from an emphasis on budget deficits to one on budget surpluses, while maintaining the central role that deficits have played in national budgetary politics..
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