The Politics of Public Expenditure

ISBN-13: 9780415102223 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 264 str.

Maurice Mullard

Opis

The question of public expenditure has proved to be one of the perennial problems for British governments. Given forecasts of low growth and record levels of unemployment, the present government could be faced with dilemmas of greater magnititude than ever. This edition of Maurice Mullard's book has been revised to provide students with an accessible text. It is principally concerned with explaining the political contexts in which public expenditure decisions have had to be made over the last 20 years. It examines the way in which governments make choices according to public pressure and the fact that bargains and compromises have to be made in order to maintain political credibility. Maurice Mullard provides examples of the way in which government policy and individual expenditure programmes have been shaped according to the political climate. The text combines theoretical frameworks with policy analysis. This edition contains new chapters on Conservative and Labour politics and a section on John Major's government.

Recenzje

`The author provides a very comprehensive study of the changing attitude to the role of Public Expenditure which occurred during the 1970s ... very well researched and full of quotes from relevant documents and individuals. There is also considerable use of statistical and graphical data to illustrate the arguments in the text ... a worthwhile addition to a Politics or Economics reference library.' - Teaching Politics

`Packed full of interesting material' - Parliamentary Affairs

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Definitions of Politics and Public Expenditure; Chapter 2 Explaining Public Expenditure; Chapter 3 Conservative Party Politics and Public Expenditure, Harry Fineberg; Chapter 4 The Labour Party and the politics of public expenditure, Harry Fineberg; Chapter 5 The Heath Government 1970–4; Chapter 6 The Labour Governments 1974–9; Chapter 7 The Thatcher Government 1979–83; Chapter 8 The Restructuring of Public Expenditure 1984–90; Chapter 9 Politics and Public Expenditure in the 1990s: The Years of the New Pragmatism; Chapter 10 Conclusions: The Challenges of the 1990s;

O autorze

Maurice Mullard has been involved in the study of public policy and the interface of politics and economics since the early 1980s. He has been published extensively and is the author of Understanding Economic Policy.