Public Budgeting in the United States: The Cultural and Ideological Setting

by Steven G. Koven

Book Overview

Budgeting has long been considered a rational process using neutral tools of financial management, but this outlook fails to consider the outside influences on leaders' behavior. Steven G. Koven shows that political culture (moralistic, traditionalistic, individualistic) and ideological orientations (liberal vs. conservative) are at least as important as financial tools in shaping budgets. Koven examines budget formation at the national, state, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878407529
• ISBN13: 9780878407521
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher