284 Pages
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Routledge
284 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
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Routledge
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The question of public expenditure has proved to be one of the perennial problems for British Governments. Given forecasts of low growth and record levels of unemployment, the present Government could be faced with dilemmas of greater magnititude than ever. This new edition of Maurice Mullard's book has been carefully revised to provide students with an accessible text. It is principally... Read more
Chapter 1 Definitions of Politics and Public Expenditure; Chapter 2 Explaining Public Expenditure; Chapter 3 Conservative Party Politics and Public Expenditure, Harry Fineberg; Chapter 4 The Labour Party and the politics of public expenditure, Harry Fineberg; Chapter 5 The Heath Government 1970–4; Chapter 6 The Labour Governments 1974–9; Chapter 7 The Thatcher Government 1979–83; Chapter 8 The Restructuring of Public Expenditure 1984–90; Chapter 9 Politics and Public Expenditure in the 1990s: The Years of the New Pragmatism; Chapter 10 Conclusions: The Challenges of the 1990s;
Biography
Maurice Mullard has been involved in the study of public policy and the interface of politics and economics since the early 1980s. He has been published extensively and is the author of Understanding Economic Policy.
`The author provides a very comprehensive study of the changing attitude to the role of Public Expenditure which occurred during the 1970s ... very well researched and full of quotes from relevant documents and individuals. There is also considerable use of statistical and graphical data to illustrate the arguments in the text ... a worthwhile addition to a Politics or Economics reference library.' - Teaching Politics
`Packed full of interesting material' - Parliamentary Affairs
