Politics of Public Money, Second Edition / / David A. Good.

Public money is one of the primary currencies of influence for politicians and public servants. It affects the standards by which they undertake the nation’s business and impacts the standard of living of the nation’s citizens. David A. Good’s The Politics of Public Money examines the extent to whic...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2022]
©2014
Year of Publication:2022
Edition:2nd Edition
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (416 p.) :; 1 figure
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • PART ONE: The Changing Politics of Public Money
  • 1 Beyond Spenders and Guardians
  • PART TWO: The Public Money Players
  • 2 The Guardians and the Changing Role of the Budget Office
  • 3 Why Spenders Keep Spending
  • 4 The Priority Setters at the Centre
  • 5 The Watchdogs: The Barks That Bite
  • PART THREE: The Public Money Processes
  • 6 Fiscal Aggregates: Controlling Totals
  • 7 Budget Allocations
  • 8 Budget Implementation: Financial Management and Efficiency
  • PART FOUR: New Prospects for Public Money
  • 9 Parliament and Public Money
  • 10 Budget Reforms
  • 11 Doing Better with Public Money?
  • Notes
  • Index
  • The Institute of Public Administration of Canada Series in Public Management and Governance