Policy and Politics in State Budgeting

Kurt M. Thurmaier, Katherine G. Willoughby

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Routledge
31 July 2001

Central government; Regional government policies

States are the key to contemporary government reform efforts in the United States, but we know very little about their relative effectiveness at resource allocation and their actual capacity to absorb additional fiscal and managerial responsibilities. This pathbreaking study examines state budget offices as institutional actors, with special attention to the role of budget examiners. Drawing on empirical findings from field studies of eleven states in the American heartland, the authors demonstrate how budgeting at the state level has become more policy-oriented, requiring more complex decision making by budget analysts. The incrementalist model of budgetary decision making thus gives way to a multiple rationalities model. The book includes a comprehensive bibliography of historical and modern writings on state budgeting operations, activities, and decision making; state budgeting cycles; and the state-level policy-development process

By: Kurt M. Thurmaier, Katherine G. Willoughby
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 544g
ISBN: 9780765602947
ISBN 10: 0765602946
Pages: 398
Publication Date: 31 July 2001
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Tables, Figures, and Boxes, Preface, Acknowledgments, Acronyms, Chapter 1. Introduction, Chapter 2. The State Budget Office and the Budget Problem, Chapter 3. Budget Rationalities: Effectiveness Decisions, Chapter 4. Budget Rationalities: Efficiency Decisions, Chapter 5. Budget Office Orientations and Decision Contexts, Chapter 6. The Anatomy of a Policy-Oriented Budget Recommendation, Chapter 7. The Anatomy of a Control-Oriented Budget Recommendation, Chapter 8. Changing Roles: From Guarding the Purse to Guarding the Policy, Chapter 9. Conclusion, References, Index, About the Authors

Thurmaier, Kurt M.; Willoughby, Katherine G.