The Politics of Public Budgeting: Getting and Spending, Borrowing and Balancing

Abstract

1. The Politics of Public Budgets What Is Budgeting? Governmental Budgeting The Meaning of Politics in Public Budgeting Budgetary Decision Making Microbudgeting and Macrobudgeting Summary and Conclusions Useful Websites 2. Revenue Politics Raising Taxes The Politics of Protection Tax Reform Summary and Conclusions Useful Websites 3. The Politics of Process Budget Process and the Characteristics of Public Budgeting Macro and Micro Politics Designing Process to Achieve Policy and Political Goals Variation between and among Federal, State, and Local Governments Summary and Conclusions Useful Websites 4. The Dynamics of Changing Budget Processes Overview Federal Budget Process Changes Changes in Budget Process at the State Level Changes in Budget Process at the Local Level Summary and Conclusions Useful Websites 5. Expenditures: Strategies, Structures, and the Environment Strategies Structure The Environment Strategy, Structure, and Environment Combined: The Medicare Example Summary and Conclusions Useful Websites 6. The Politics of Balancing the Budget Balance as a Constraint Multiple Actors, Ideologies, and Deficits The Environment, Unpredictability, and Deficits Increasing Stress between Payer and Decider The Politics of Deficits: The Federal Level The Politics of Deficits: States The Politics of Balance in Cities Summary and Conclusions Useful Websites 7. Budget Execution: The Politics of Adaptation Tools for Changing the Budget Summary and Conclusions Useful Websites 8. Budget Implementation and Control The Discretion-Abuse-Control Cycle Discretion and Control: The Politics of Finding Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Summary and Conclusions Useful Websites 9. Budgetary Decision Making and Politics Real-Time Budgeting A Comparison of the Decision-Making Streams Common Themes Reconceptualizing Reform Avenues for Research Summary and Conclusions Useful Websites

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