Budgetary Politics in American Governments

by James J. Gosling

Book Overview

This comprehensive book describes and analyzes the substance and politics of public budgeting at the national, state, and local levels of government. In doing so, it takes a comparative approach, illustrating the distinctiveness of budgeting at each level, as well as highlighting the features common to all three. A unifying focus is the extent to which budgetary decision makers use the budget as a central vehicle to advance their policy preferences...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138923427
• ISBN13: 9781138923423
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"