Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc |
ISBN 13 | 9781544325057 |
ISBN 10 | 1544325053 |
Book Subtitle | Getting And Spending, Borrowing And Balancing |
Book Description | Using a "power struggles" theme to examine the dynamics of budgeting, Rubin's classic text shines a bright light on the political jockeying between interest groups, parties, officials, policymakers, and the public. Expert at explaining budgeting changes over time, Rubin sets issues like the federal deficit and health care expenditures in political and comparative context. Analyzing each strand of the decision-making process, Rubin shows the extraordinary coordination involved in passing a budget and achieving accountability. |
Editorial Review | [The Politics of Public Budgeting] discusses the impact of separation of payer and deicer, multiple actors, and openness to the environment. -- Sharon K. Vaughn "The greatest strength [in the text] is the inclusion of politics in the budgeting process, which is a key element that is often overlooked or understated in other budgeting books." -- Joseph Martin, JD, MPA |
About the Author | Irene S. Rubin is Professor Emeritus of Public Administration at Northern Illinois University. She is the author of Running in the Red: The Political Dynamics of Urban Fiscal Stress, Shrinking the Federal Government, Class Tax and Power: Municipal Budgeting in the United States, and Balancing the Federal Budget: Eating the Seed Corn or Trimming the Herds, all four of which rely extensively on qualitative interviews. She has written journal articles about citizen participation in local level government in Thailand, how universities adapt when their budgets are cut, and fights between legislative staffers and elected and appointed officials about unworkable policy proposals, all based on qualitative interviews. She is in the middle of an interviewing project about how local officials view and use contracts with the private sector and with other governmental units to provide public services. |
Language | English |
Author | Irene S. Rubin |
Publication Date | 2019-03-11 |
Number of Pages | 408 |
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