New Directions in Budget Theory

This collection is the first book-length work in many years to provide new theoretical direction to budget theory. Written by several of the most respected people in budgeting, including Allen Schick, Naomi Caiden, and Lance LeLoup, it explores such current topics as the scope of budgeting, the degree and source of variation in budgeting, and changes in budgeting process over time.
New Directions will help to build a framework that is less confining than incrementalism, and will stimulate and guide future research. Some of the essays deal with the implications of looking at budgeting from a multi-year perspective, and the importance of allocating sources other than money (such as personnel ceilings); others pose questions about what a budget theory should look like, and how many budget theories are needed.

About the author

Irene S. Rubin is Assistant Professor of Political Science, Division of Public Affairs, at Northern Illinois University.

Product details

• Assisted by: Irene S Rubin (Editor), Irene S. Rubin (Editor)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.04.1988
• EAN: 9780887066252
• ISBN: 978-0-88706-625-2
• No. of pages: 207
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 318 g
• Series: Suny Public Administration
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education