Budgeting in the States: Institutions, Processes, and Politics

Author:   Edward J. Clynch ,  Thomas Lauth
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Pages:   332
Publication Date:   01 September 2006
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Author:   Edward J. Clynch ,  Thomas Lauth
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.603kg
ISBN:  

9780275980139


ISBN 10:   0275980138
Pages:   332
Publication Date:   01 September 2006
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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"Acknowledgements Budgeting in the States: Institutions, Processes, and Policies--Edward J. Clynch and Thomas P. Lauth California: Revenue Scarcity, Incremental Solutions, the Rise of Citizen Initiatives and the Decline of Trust.""--Jerry L. McCaffrey Georgia: Shared Power and Fiscal Conservatism--Thomas P. Lauth New York: The Growth, Waning, and Resurgence of Executive Power--Dall W. Forsythe and Donald J. Boyd Connecticut: Public Scarcity and Private Wealth--Carol W. Lewis Illinois: Constitutional Versus Negotiated Powers--Douglas R. Snow and Irene S. Rubin Oregon: The Influence of Direct Democracy on Budget Outcomes--Bill Simonsen Florida: Ebb and Flow in Executive-Legislative Relations--Robert B. Bradley Kentucky: The Executive/Legislative Budget Role Transition Continues--Merl M. Hackbart and James R. Ramsey Nevada: Budgeting at The CrossroadsPaula D. Yeary South Carolina: Executive Budgeting Brings A Stronger Gubernatorial Voice to the Table--Cole Blease Graham, Jr. Virginia: Expenditure Increases, Tax Cuts, and Budget Deficits--James K. Conant Wisconsin: Institutions, Processes, and Policies--James K. Conant Mississippi: Changing Gubernatorial-Legislative Dynamics in Budget Decision Making.--Edward J. Clynch Texas: The Use of Performance Data in Budgeting and Management--Robert L. Bland and Wes Clarke Utah: ""Economics, Political Culture, and Priority Setting""--James J. Gosling Budgeting in the States: Innovations and Implications--Edward J. Clynch, Thomas P. Lauth, Barbara A. Patrick"

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A good way to take the pulse of a state's priorities and its political, demographic, and economic trends is to look at its budget. Clynch and Lauth introduce 16 chapters examining the contentious process involved in budget and policy-making. Building on the framework they presented in Governors, Legislatures and Budgets: Diversity Across the American States (1991), they overcome deficits in both aggregated data and single-state studies by presenting in-depth, single-state studies developed within a common framework and timeframe. To the mix of gubernatorial and legislative authority, they add the complicating factors of political party controls, court decisions, voter initiatives, and rational budget reforms instituted by most states. - Reference & Research Book News Sixteen papers characterize formal executive-legislative relationships across states and examine several informal factors that help governors and legislators overcome institutional weaknesses and increase their leverage over budget decisions. Papers discuss budgeting in the statess--institutions, processes, and policies. - Journal of Economic Literature State budget processes in the US, although following approximately the same general template, have many individual features, and they work in differing political contexts. The essays that Clynch and Lauth have assembled for this volume track these differences and what they have meant for individual state finances in the last two decades....These authors give outstanding insights into how budget procedures operate; how institutions and demographics in states influence the process and outcomes; how political balancing shapes state finances; how process reforms arrive and then fade in government operations; and how states manage shocks to their economic systems. They demonstrate again how states can operate as insulated chambers of experimentation in the American federal system and how many different ways a responsible and responsive fiscal system can be constructed. Highly recommended. Graduate, research, and professional collections. - Choice


<p> A good way to take the pulse of a state's priorities and its political, demographic, and economic trends is to look at its budget. Clynch and Lauth introduce 16 chapters examining the contentious process involved in budget and policy-making. Building on the framework they presented in Governors, Legislatures and Budgets: Diversity Across the American StateS (1991), they overcome deficits in both aggregated data and single-state studies by presenting in-depth, single-state studies developed within a common framework and timeframe. To the mix of gubernatorial and legislative authority, they add the complicating factors of political party controls, court decisions, voter initiatives, and rational budget reforms instituted by most states. - <p>Reference & Research Book News


State budget processes in the US, although following approximately the same general template, have many individual features, and they work in differing political contexts. The essays that Clynch and Lauth have assembled for this volume track these differences and what they have meant for individual state finances in the last two decades….These authors give outstanding insights into how budget procedures operate; how institutions and demographics in states influence the process and outcomes; how political balancing shapes state finances; how process reforms arrive and then fade in government operations; and how states manage shocks to their economic systems. They demonstrate again how states can operate as insulated chambers of experimentation in the American federal system and how many different ways a responsible and responsive fiscal system can be constructed. Highly recommended. Graduate, research, and professional collections. * Choice * Sixteen papers characterize formal executive-legislative relationships across states and examine several informal factors that help governors and legislators overcome institutional weaknesses and increase their leverage over budget decisions. Papers discuss budgeting in the statess--institutions, processes, and policies. * Journal of Economic Literature * A good way to take the pulse of a state's priorities and its political, demographic, and economic trends is to look at its budget. Clynch and Lauth introduce 16 chapters examining the contentious process involved in budget and policy-making. Building on the framework they presented in Governors, Legislatures and Budgets: Diversity Across the American States (1991), they overcome deficits in both aggregated data and single-state studies by presenting in-depth, single-state studies developed within a common framework and timeframe. To the mix of gubernatorial and legislative authority, they add the complicating factors of political party controls, court decisions, voter initiatives, and rational budget reforms instituted by most states. * Reference & Research Book News *


<p> Sixteen papers characterize formal executive-legislative relationships across states and examine several informal factors that help governors and legislators overcome institutional weaknesses and increase their leverage over budget decisions. Papers discuss budgeting in the statess--institutions, processes, and policies. - <p>Journal of Economic Literature


States are going to face some very difficult fiscal times over the next decade and beyond. Looking at specific states and studying specific examples as [this book] does is one of the best ways to deal with at best a major problem and at worst a major crisis. -Elaine Evancho Administrative Coordinator NASBO


Author Information

Edward J. Clynch is Professor and Graduate Coordinator for the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Mississippi State University. His research interests include public administration education and state budgeting. He has published numerous articles on these topics in professional journals. He is the co-editor of Governors, Legislatures, and Budgets: Diversity Across the American States. Thomas P. Lauth is Dean of the School of Public and International Affairs at The University of Georgia. His articles on state budgeting have appeared in several academic journals. He is the co-author of Compromised Compliance: Implementation of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, co-author of The Politics of State and City Administration, and co-editor of Governors, Legislatures, and Budgets: Diversity Across the American States.

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