Congressional Budget Office - Honest Numbers, Power, and Policymaking

Informationen zum Autor Philip G. Joyce is a professor of public policy at the University of Maryland. He has twelve years of public sector work experience! including five years with the United States Congressional Budget Office! and is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. Klappentext Created in 1974! the US Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has become one of the most influential forces in national policymaking. This title discusses the CBO's role in larger budget policy and the more narrow 'scoring' of individual legislation! such as its role in the 2009-2010 Obama health care reform. Zusammenfassung Created in 1974! the US Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has become one of the most influential forces in national policymaking. This title discusses the CBO's role in larger budget policy and the more narrow 'scoring' of individual legislation! such as its role in the 2009-2010 Obama health care reform. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Truth! Power! and Consequences 2. Organizing for Nonpartisan Analysis 3. Macrobudgeting 4. Microbudgeting 5. Policy Analysis 6. Clinton Health Plan: Bringing It All Together 7. Obama Health Care Reform 8. An Excellent Skunk? Index

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Philip G. Joyce
• Verlag: Georgetown University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 18.04.2011
• EAN: 9781589017573
• ISBN: 978-1-58901-757-3
• Seiten: 240
• Serien: American Governance and Public Policy Series; American Governance and Public; American Governance and Public Policy series
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Allgemeines, Lexika; USA, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Public Finance, United States of America, USA, Public finance, Public finance and taxation