Public Spending Decisions - Growth and Restraint in the 1970s

First published in 1980, Public Spending Decisions attempts to answer some important questions regarding public spending and its relationship with economic and financial stringency. The contributors are distinguished scholars in the field of local and central government.

Sommario

List of contributors Preface 1. Introduction 2. From Growth to Standstill 3. Incremental Budgeting and the Assumption of Growth: The Experience of Local Government 4. The Organisational Consequences of Financial Restraint in Local Government 5. The Context of Central Administration 6. From Planning to Control: PESC in the 1970s 7. Public Expenditure and Welfare 8. Growth, Restraint and Rationality Index

Riassunto

First published in 1980, Public Spending Decisions attempts to answer some important questions regarding public spending and its relationship with economic and financial stringency. The contributors are distinguished scholars in the field of local and central government.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Maurice Wright
• Con la collaborazione di: Maurice Wright (Editore), Wright Maurice (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.05.2024
• EAN: 9781032309903
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3230990-3
• Pagine: 178
• Serie: Routledge Revivals
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Economia politica; Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Macroeconomics, Economic history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1970 to c 1979, Public finance, c 1970 to c 1980, Public finance and taxation