Budgeting : politics and power / Carol W. Lewis, W. Bartley Hildreth
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- Lewis, Carol W. (Carol Weiss), 1946-
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- New York : Oxford University Press, 2011 [i.e. 2010]
- xxiv, 360 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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- 9780195387452
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- Preface: A Note Of Welcome And Appreciation
- A Different Take on the Subject
- Organization and Learning Style
- About the Authors
- Introduction. Budgeting And Democracy
- Democracy
- Politics
- Theoretically Speaking
- Chapter 1. Follow The Money
- What Is the Public Sector?
- Why Do We Need to Make Political Choices?
- Not a Brawl
- Political Process
- Do the Choices Matter?
- Guarantee
- Limits to Budgeting
- How Does Democracy Affect Budgeting?
- Accountability
- Transparency
- Responsiveness
- Stewardship and Efficiency
- What Is a Good Budget?
- Case: A Lesson in Political Muscle
- Chapter 2. We The People: Power And Participation
- Do We Vote Our Budget Choices?
- Voting Bundles, Not Budgets
- Voting Political Parties
- Voting Core Political Beliefs
- What Does Governing Mean?
- Can Citizens Speak to Political Leaders?
- Transparency and Meaningful Participation
- Voting Directly on Budget Choices
- Are Citizens Self-Interested Rational Actors?
- Emotional Language of Budgetary Politics
- How Political Ideology Affects Budgeting
- Is Lobbying Legitimate in Budgetary Politics?
- How and Why We Lobby
- Issue Networks
- Does Public Opinion Influence Budgetary Politics?
- Do Leaders Listen?
- Interpreting Public Opinion
- Case: Advocacy Strategy, Advocacy Ethics
- Chapter 3. Fairness And Trust In Budgetary Politics
- What's Fair?
- Are Taxes Fair?
- The Public's Perspective
- Notions of Tax Fairness
- Tax Burden
- Taxes and Income Inequality
- Fiscal Federalism and Tax Fairness
- Is Spending Fair?
- The Politics of Redistribution
- Generational Politics
- Spending across the States
- Political and Budgetary IOUs
- Are Citizens Satisfied with Performance?
- Does Citizen Trust or Distrust Matter?
- Case: What Do You Think?
- Chapter 4. Process Matters
- How Is the Budget "Game" Played?
- How Did We Get Here?
- What Is Executive Budgeting?
- How Does Executive Budgeting Work?
- Executive Formulation and Submission
- Bouncing Off the Base
- Budget Requests
- - Legislative Call
- - Appeals and Issue Networks
- - Budget Strategies
- Significance of Stage One
- Legislative Review and Appropriation
- Review of the Executive Budget Request
- Limits on Legislative Powers
- Line-Item Appropriations and Veto Power
- Budget Blackout
- Implementation and Audit
- Allotments and Rescissions
- Supplemental Appropriations
- War and the Federal Budget Process
- After the Books Are Closed
- Summary of the Executive Process
- Why Take a Political Perspective?
- How Does the Federal Entitlement Process Work?
- The Art of the Budget Process
- Case: A Package Deal
- Chapter 5. Putting The Puzzle Together
- What Rules Guide Putting the Budget Pieces Together?
- Fiscal Rules for the Federal Government
- Fiscal Rules for State and Local Governments
- Fiscal Rules Are Norms
- What Is a Balanced Budget?
- Revision of the Budget during the Year
- The "Is" of a Balanced Budget
- What Happens When There Is No Budget or the Budget Is Not in Balance?
- Financing the Deficit by Issuing Debt
- State and Local Government Debt
- Budget Cutbacks
- Is the Budget Sustainable Over Time?
- Rainy Day Budgeting
- Public Sector Employee Benefits
- Budget Sustainability
- Case: Insulating Politicians by Letting a Commission Do the Heavy Lifting on What to Cut
- Chapter 6. Spending Public Resources
- How Much Are We Spending?
- Measuring Spending
- Internal Dynamics: Percent Change and Growth Rate
- External Developments
- - Changing Prices
- - Economic Change
- - Social Change
- A Slice of the Pie
- Cost Structure Makes a Difference
- Workforce and Payroll
- Employee Benefits and Unpaid Bills
- Why Is Some Federal Spending Kept Secret?
- What Is the Cost of the "War on Terror"?
- What Does Counterterrorism Cost?
- What Are We Getting for the Money?
- Why Do Budgets Grow?
- Case: A Difficult Dilemma
- Chapter 7. A Taxing Subject: Raising Public Resources
- Why Do We Pay for Public Services?
- Willingness to Pay
- Revenue Systems Serve Different Functions
- Revenue and Civic Engagement
- Strategies for Public Support
- Who Makes Revenue Policy?
- Political Pressure on Technical Experts
- Revenue Power outside the Beltway
- Political Pressure on Decision Makers
- What Types of Revenue Does the Public Sector Use?
- The Property Tax
- The Income Tax
- The Sales and Use Tax
- Revenue Diversity
- How Do Taxes Work?
- The Sticky Problems of Tax Administration
- Rules that Limit Tax Uses and Tax Increases
- Nominal versus Effective Tax Rate
- What Are the Five Principles of Taxation and How Are They Applied?
- Applying Tax Principle #1: How Does Tax Policy Affect Economic Growth?
- Applying Tax Principle #2: What Is Efficient Taxation?
- Applying Tax Principle #3: How Can Tax Policy Be Economical?
- Forecasting Revenue
- Price of Government
- Tax Elasticity
- Revenue Yield Over Time
- Other Concerns
- Applying Tax Principle #4: How Does Transparency Make Taxation Responsive?
- Applying Tax Principle #5: What Is a Fair Tax?
- Benefits-Received Principle
- Ability-to-Pay Principle
- Tax Incidence
- Taxes in the Global Economy
- Can Governments Raise Revenue without Having Taxes?
- Case: Repeal the #@! Income Tax in Taxachusetts!
- Chapter 8. Politics And Capital Budgeting
- What Is Capital Budgeting and Why Is It Important?
- Infrastructure as Durable Goods and Capital Assets
- Doing Public Mega-Projects
- Should Governments Plan and If So, How?
- Identifying Capital Projects
- Capital Programs and Budgets
- Project Costs and Benefits
- If Not Pay Cash, Then Why and When Borrow Money?
- Debt Is Not Always Bad
- Bond Ratings and Credit Quality
- Debt Rules
- State and Local Governments' Securities
- Is There Such a Thing as Free Money?
- State and Local Officials Look to the Federal Government
- Local Officials Look to the States
- Case: Budget Busters!
- Chapter 9. How To Read A Local Budget
- Budget Message
- Budget Summary
- Detailed Schedules
- Supporting Documentation
- Eight Focal Points
- Who/What?
- Fiscal Year?
- Operating or Capital Budget?
- Legal Status of the Document?
- Is the Budget Balanced?
- What Fund Applies?
- What Are the Budget Drivers?
- What Gets the Spotlight?
- Proceed with Caution!
- Go Beyond the Budget
- Applications
- Questions to Ask When Reading a Budget
- Would You Vote for This Budget?
- Chapter 10. The Bottom Line
- Why Does Budgeting Change and Yet So Much Stays the Same?
- Sources of Change
- Putting on the Squeeze
- Budgetary and Political Time Bombs
- How Do Today's Budget Decisions Affect Tomorrow's Democracy?
- Arguments For
- Arguments Against
- How Are We Doing?
- Transparency and Complexity
- Financing Public Higher Education
- Following the Money through a Maze
- Accountability, Stewardship, and the Artful Dodge
- Budget Gimmicks
- Dodging Tough Choices
- Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Performance
- Responsiveness and the Role and Size of Government
- Where Are We Headed?
- Reforming the Appropriations Process
- Entitlement Reform
- Closure Commissions
- Reforming Earmarks
- Other Reforms
- What Can We Do about It?
- Trust and the Political Deficit
- Participation and a Challenge to Take Two Steps
- Case: The Gag Rule
- The Big Picture: Integrating Questions
- Appendix A. The Federal Budget Process
- Appendix B. Glossary Of Terms In Budgetary Politics
- References
- Credits
- Subject Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Hildreth, W. Bartley, 1949-
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