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Informationen zum Autor Irene S. Rubin is Professor Emeritus of Public Administration at Northern Illinois University. She is the author of Running in the Red: The Political Dynamics of Urban Fiscal Stress, Shrinking the Federal Government, Class Tax and Power: Municipal Budgeting in the United States, and Balancing the Federal Budget: Eating the Seed Corn or Trimming the Herds, all four of which rely extensively on qualitative interviews. She has written journal articles about citizen participation in local level government in Thailand, how universities adapt when their budgets are cut, and fights between legislative staffers and elected and appointed officials about unworkable policy proposals, all based on qualitative interviews. She is in the middle of an interviewing project about how local officials view and use contracts with the private sector and with other governmental units to provide public services. Klappentext Using a "power struggles" theme to examine the dynamics of budgeting, Rubin’s classic text shines a bright light on the political jockeying between interest groups, parties, officials, policymakers, and the public. Expert at explaining budgeting changes over time, Rubin sets issues like the federal deficit and health care expenditures in political and comparative context. Analyzing each strand of the decision-making process, Rubin shows the extraordinary coordination involved in passing a budget and achieving accountability. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Acknowledgments CHAPTER 1: The Politics of Public Budgets What is Budgeting? Governmental Budgeting Minicase: City Manager Replies to Scathing Budget Critique Minicase: Missouri Constitutional Amendment Reduces Governor¿s Powers Minicase: Young Protesters in Court Minicase: The Courts and New Jersey Pension Reform Minicase: The Federal Debt Limit as a Constraint Minicase: Highly Constrained Budgeting-Colorado¿s TABOR Amendment The Meaning of Politics in Public Budgeting Budgetary Decision-Making Microbudgeting and Macrobudgeting Summary and Conclusions Useful Websites CHAPTER 2: Revenue Politics Raising Taxes Minicase: Supermajorities to Raise Taxes Minicase: Louisiana-Getting Around the No-Tax-Increase Pledge Minicase: A Tax Increase in Philadelphia The Politics of Protection Minicase: Wisconsin and Unexamined Tax Breaks Minicase: Illinois and the Role of the Press Minicase: Tax Breaks for Hedge Fund Managers Minicase: California and Enterprise Zone Tax Breaks Minicase: North Carolina and Business Tax Breaks Minicase: Michigan-Terminating its Film Subsidy Minicase: New Mexico and Tax Expenditure Reporting Tax Reform Minicase: Georgia Tax Reform Left Hanging Minicase: Michigan Tax Reform or Class Warfare? Minicase: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Is it a Tax Reform? Summary and Conclusions Useful Websites CHAPTER 3: The Politics of Process Budget Process and the Characteristics of Public Budgeting Minicase: Harrisburg-Whose Priorities Dominate? Designing Process to Achieve Policy and Political Goals Macro- and Micropolitics Minicase: Republican Macrolevel Reform Proposals Minicase: Micropolitics-Bending the Rules to Win Individual Decisions Minicase: How the Governor¿s Veto is Used Variation between and among Federal, State, and Local Governments Minicase: Maine-The Governor versus the Legislature Minicase: Limits of Governor¿s Vetoes in New Mexico Minicase: San Diego-Fiscal Problems, Strong Mayor, and Veto Powers Summary ...
