Author: Aaron Wildavsky
Publisher: Transaction Publisher
Keywords: budgeting, revised, processes, theory, comparative
Number of Pages: 425
Published: 1986-01-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0887386040
ISBN-13: 9780887386046

In this completely revised edition of his classic work, Aaron Wildavsky collects in one place the existing knowledge on budgeting. Realistic budgets are an expression of practical politics. Budgeting is so basic it reveals the norms by which men live in a particular political culture. In dealing directly with the universe of governmental activity, Wildavsky uses reliable accounts of how budgeting is carried on to capture a great deal of national political life. The focus is explicitly comparative. After developing a general theory of budgeting; he analyzes four rich countries - Britain, France

Author: Roy T. Meyer
Publisher: University of Michigan Pre
Keywords: budgeting, strategic
Number of Pages: 248
Published: 1996-11-01
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0472084143
ISBN-13: 9780472084142

Strategic Budgeting offers a new way to understand how federal budget deficits developed. Rejecting the incrementalist theory of budgetary strategy, this study focuses on the micro level--the competitive process of budgeting for individual programs--to advance a theory based on the changing structural characteristics of the budgetary process itself. The book illustrates how advocates for spending have creatively taken advantage of flawed accounting practices to make costs less visible and documents how they designed programs to avoid budgetary controls. Strategic Budgeting also shows how contr

Author: Heather Hammond
Publisher: Smart Apple Media
Keywords: money, budgeting
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2006-08-01
List price: $28.50
ISBN-10: 1583407820
ISBN-13: 9781583407820

Author: David C. Nice
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Keywords: budgeting, public
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2001-10-09
List price: $79.95
ISBN-10: 0495063185
ISBN-13: 9780495063186

The author’s primary emphasis is on the national budgeting process, with additional coverage of state and local processes. His goal is to bridge the gap between public budgeting and public finance/financial administration.

Author: Sandra Donova
Publisher: Lerner Publicatio
Keywords: works, economics, budgeting
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 2005-09-01
List price: $25.26
ISBN-10: 0822526654
ISBN-13: 9780822526650

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.

Authors:Sid Kemp, Eric Dunbar,
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Keywords: managers, budgeting
Number of Pages: 180
Published: 2003-01-30
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0071391339
ISBN-13: 9780071391337

Now translated into 11 languages! This reader-friendly, icon-rich series is must reading for all managers at every level All managers, whether brand new to their positions or well established in the corporate heirarchy, can use a little "brushing up" now and then. The skills-based Briefcase Books series is filled with ideas and strategies to help managers become more capable, efficient, effective, and valuable to their corporations. Managers in all types of organizations and environments must be able to prepare, or at least understand, a realistic and results-oriented budget. Budgeting for Man

Author: Robert N. Kratz
Publisher: ScarecrowEducatio
Keywords: budgeting, school, primer
Number of Pages: 168
Published: 1998-04-28
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 1566766397
ISBN-13: 9781566766395

Does the prospect of preparing your school district’s budget seem daunting? Beginning school administrators, often having only one theoretical course on the subject under their belt, see the budget development process as a nightmare. Teachers and board members who have little experience with budgeting are justifiably concerned by the prospect of their involvement in budgeting. This book leads the reader through all stages of the process, from the theoretical underpinnings (history, types of budgets, etc.) and practical considerations (revenue planning, budget calendar, etc.) through to t