Public Spending Decisions

Klappentext

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.

Zusammenfassung
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.

Inhalt

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