1st Edition
Policy and Politics in State Budgeting
398 Pages
by
Routledge
398 Pages
by
Routledge
398 Pages
by
Routledge
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States are the key to contemporary government reform efforts in the United States, but we know very little about their relative effectiveness at resource allocation and their actual capacity to absorb additional fiscal and managerial responsibilities. This path-breaking study examines state budget offices as institutional actors, with special attentio to the role of budget examiners. Drawing on... Read more
List of Tables, Figures, and Boxes Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. The State Budget Office and the Budget Problem Chapter 3. Budget Rationalities: Effectiveness Decisions Chapter 4. Budget Rationalities: Efficiency Decisions Chapter 5. Budget Office Orientations and Decision Contexts Chapter 6. The Anatomy of a Policy Oriented Budget Recommendation Chapter 7. The Anatomy of a Control Oriented Budget Recommendation Chapter 8. Changing Roles: From Guarding the Purse to Guarding the Policy Chapter 9. Conclusion Notes References Index
Biography
Thurmaier, Kurt M.; Willoughby, Katherine G.
