The Continuity of change : public budgeting and finance reforms over 70 years
By: POSNER, Paul L
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ArticlePublisher: Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishers, November / December 2007Public administration review : PAR 67, 6, p. 1018-1029Abstract: Fiscal management in the national government remains just as important to public administration in 2007 as it was in 1937. Arthur E. Buck and Harvey C. Mansfields critique of the fragmentation among congressional, bureaucratic, and presidential interests in budgeting and accountability is a classic for those who argue for stronger presidential power and capacity within American government. This analysis draws the fields attention to what we can learn about the politics of management reform from the successes and limitations of this landmark studylessons that will serve the field well as it confronts new issues and reform agendas in the future
Fiscal management in the national government remains just as important to public administration in 2007 as it was in 1937. Arthur E. Buck and Harvey C. Mansfields critique of the fragmentation among congressional, bureaucratic, and presidential interests in budgeting and accountability is a classic for those who argue for stronger presidential power and capacity within American government. This analysis draws the fields attention to what we can learn about the politics of management reform from the successes and limitations of this landmark studylessons that will serve the field well as it confronts new issues and reform agendas in the future
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