Public Budgeting in Context : Structure, Law, Reform and Results.
Public budgeting structure, process, legal framework and policy with examples from industrialized and developing countries Public Budgeting in Context examines budgeting at all levels of U.S. government-federal, state, and local-and in a sample of governments around the world. The book assesses the...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Wiley,
2014.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Public Budgeting in Context: Structure, Law, Reform, and Results
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Chapter One: Overview of Modern Public Budgeting
- What Is a Budget?
- Macro- and Micro-Budgeting
- Public and Private Budgeting
- The Role and Size of Government
- Modeling the Budgetary Process
- Branch and Root Methods of Decision Making
- Punctuated Equilibrium
- Real-Time Budgeting
- Budget Principles
- Conclusion
- Discussion Questions
- Notes
- References
- Chapter Two: Budget Foundations in Selected Countries
- Developing Versus Industrialized Countries
- Comparing Budgeting Systems
- Australia
- Brazil
- Guatemala
- India
- Italy
- Tanzania
- Conclusion
- Discussion Questions
- Notes
- References
- Chapter Three: Budget Law and History of the US Federal Government
- Early Budgeting
- An Executive Budget Process Is Born
- The Budget Act of 1921
- Government Spending Growth and the Employment Act
- Congress Strives for Credibility
- Budget Balance and Management Improvement
- Gramm-Rudman-Hollings of 1985
- Budget Enforcement Act and Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990
- Balanced Budget Act of 1997
- The Great Recession, Federal Stimulus, the 2011 Budget Act, and a Partial Shutdown
- Brinksmanship Brings Government Shutdown
- Then and Now, Budget Numbers
- Adherence to Rule of Law
- Conclusion
- Discussion Questions
- Notes
- References
- Chapter Four: Budget Foundations in US States
- The Fiscal Landscape of States: Two Centuries of Growth
- Legal Foundations for State Budgeting
- State Constitutions
- State Budget Institutions and Rules
- Performance Budgeting Laws in the States
- Credit Ratings, GASB Standards, and Professional Guidelines
- Credit Ratings
- GASB Standards and Professional Guidelines
- Conclusion
- Discussion Questions.
- Notes
- References
- Chapter Five: Budget Foundations in US Local Governments
- The Multiplicity and Responsibilities of Local Governments
- Local Government Powers
- Dillon's Rule and Home Rule
- Becoming a City in Georgia
- Local Government Fiscal Stress and Bankruptcy
- Jefferson County, Alabama
- Central Falls, Rhode Island
- Conclusion
- Discussion Questions
- Notes
- References
- Chapter Six: Executive Leadership and the Budget Agenda
- Presidential versus Parliamentary Systems
- Strategic Planning and the Budget Process
- Public Leadership: Generating a Budget Plan
- Executive Leadership in Parliamentary Systems
- US Presidential Leadership and Budgeting
- Presidential Job Performance
- State Executive Leadership and Budgeting
- Governors as Budget and Policy Leaders
- Gubernatorial Agenda Setting: The Budget Message
- State of State Addresses Before, During, and After the Great Recession
- The Impact of Party on Gubernatorial Agenda
- US Local Leadership
- Leadership in a Strong Mayor City Government
- Conclusion
- Discussion Questions
- Notes
- References
- Chapter Seven: Budget Powers of the Legislative Branch
- Measuring Legislative Powers in the Budgetary Process
- Legislative Budgeting in Select Governments
- Australia
- Brazil
- United States
- US State Governments
- Legislative Reform
- Conclusion
- Discussion Questions
- Notes
- References
- Chapter Eight: Public Budgeting and the Courts: Judicial Influence on Economies and Budgets
- The Judiciary and the Economy
- Courts and Public Policy
- Courts and Health Care
- Courts and Education
- Courts and Public Pensions
- Courts and Corrections
- The Courts and Agency Budget Behavior
- The Judiciary and the Budget
- Budget Strategies of the Judiciary
- Budget Stringency in the US Federal Judiciary
- Judges, Courts, and Corruption.
- Perceptions of Judicial Corruption around the World
- Courts in the United States
- The Judiciary in India
- The Judiciary in Guatemala
- Conclusion
- Discussion Questions
- Notes
- References
- Chapter Nine: The Bureaucracy, Citizens, the Media, and Public Budgets
- The Budget-Maximizing Bureaucrat
- Budget Execution Practices
- Budget Execution in the United States
- Budget Execution in Governments Around the World
- Budget Execution in Subnational Governments
- Citizens and Budgets
- Citizen Participation in US State Budgeting
- The Media and Public Budgets
- Conclusion
- Discussion Questions
- Notes
- References
- Chapter Ten: Budget Mechanics and Reforms
- Budget Types
- Operating and Capital Budgets
- Budget Formats
- Budget Cycles and Timelines
- Best Practices
- Multiyear Perspective
- Results-Oriented Budgeting
- Structural Balance
- Procurement and Contracting
- Financial Reporting
- Budget Reforms
- New Public Management, Performance Measurement, and Budget Reform
- Budget Transparency
- Performance Budgeting Reforms
- Gender Budgeting
- US Local Governments
- Conclusion
- Discussion Questions
- Notes
- References
- Chapter Eleven: Funding with Taxes and Other Revenues
- Equity
- Efficiency
- Adequacy
- Transparency
- Collectability
- Taxes in the United States and Guatemala
- Taxing Wealth and Consumption in the United States
- Taxes in Guatemala
- Intergovernmental Revenues
- Conclusion
- Discussion Questions
- Notes
- References
- Chapter Twelve: The Results of Government Spending
- Human Rights Budget Work
- Government Presence and Prosperity
- Government Spending by Function
- Social Indicators: Quality of Life
- Country Competitiveness
- Budget Reform in Italy
- Health Care in Italy: Changing Budget Orientation
- Budget Institutions, Reform, and Results
- Conclusion.
- Discussion Questions
- Notes
- References
- List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Index
- End User License Agreement.