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Budgeting is often the setting for major contests over the balance of power between the legislative and the executive. This book looks at the way budgets can provide a vantage...
As in previous editions, the book also draws on examples from all levels of government and emphasizes the relationships among them.
The politics of public budgeting: getting and spending, borrowing and balancing
As in previous editions, the book also draws on examples from all levels of government and emphasizes the relationships among them.
As Rubin has shown in past editions, public budgeting is inherently political.
Updated throughout to account for recent issues in budgeting, the sixth edition includes coverage of the Alternative Minimum Tax controversy, mayoral vetoes, state legislatures’ role in the budgeting process, conflicts between inspectors ...