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Public budgeting in context : structure, law, reform and results /
"Public budgeting structure, process, legal framework and policy with examples from industrialized and developing countriesPublic 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 assess...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Francisco :
Jossey-Bass,
2014.
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| Colección: | Bryson series in public & NP management.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional) |
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 SystemsAustralia; 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 ShutdownBrinksmanship 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
- ConclusionDiscussion 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 SystemsUS 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