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The Politics of Budgetary Surplus. Ideology, Economic Governance and Public Management Reform.
Scott Brenton
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Description for The Politics of Budgetary Surplus. Ideology, Economic Governance and Public Management Reform.
Hardback. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPP; KCP; KFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 411.
This book probes the hollow rhetoric of debt, deficits and austerity. It explores the decisions of parties of the left which have attempted to deflect criticisms of economic mismanagement and gain trust by depoliticising the budget process and financial management with various rules, albeit with elements of discretion. The book argues that this is a perverse form of trust as it is premised on the belief that political leaders and the public sector cannot be trusted to make appropriate decisions given the economic circumstances of the time and need rules, but at the same time that they can be trusted ... Read more
This book probes the hollow rhetoric of debt, deficits and austerity. It explores the decisions of parties of the left which have attempted to deflect criticisms of economic mismanagement and gain trust by depoliticising the budget process and financial management with various rules, albeit with elements of discretion. The book argues that this is a perverse form of trust as it is premised on the belief that political leaders and the public sector cannot be trusted to make appropriate decisions given the economic circumstances of the time and need rules, but at the same time that they can be trusted ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
Number of Pages
187
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137585967
SKU
V9781137585967
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Ref
99-15
About Scott Brenton
Scott Brenton is a political scientist in the Melbourne School of Government at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He has previously worked at the Australian parliament and held teaching and visiting appointments at Australian, British and Scandinavian universities. He has published widely on issues of democratic accountability. ... Read more
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