The Politics of Budgets: Getting a Piece of the Pie

The Politics of Budgets explores when governments make preferred budgetary changes, arguing for an interconnected view of budgets and examining the reallocation of expenditures and interplay among budgetary components across thirty-three countries over thirty-five years.

Format: Hardback
Length: 300 pages
Publication date: 31 March 2023
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Governments often adjust their budgets to align with their ideological beliefs, but the domestic and international environments can either facilitate or hinder behavior. The Politics of Budgets delves into the instances when governments opt for and refrain from making preferred budgetary changes. It advocates for a interconnected perspective on budgets, examining both the reallocation of expenditures across policy domains and the intricate interplay among budgetary components. While previous scholars have explored how politics and economics shape individual budgetary categories or collective groups, this methodologically robust study analyzes data from thirty-three countries spanning thirty-five years to offer a comprehensive theoretical framework: a holistic approach to understanding the competition and contexts surrounding the budgetary process, as well as an in-depth examination of how and when these factors influence budgetary decision-making processes.

Governments frequently adjust their budgets to align with their ideological beliefs, but the domestic and international environments can either facilitate or hinder behavior. The Politics of Budgets delves into the instances when governments opt for and refrain from making preferred budgetary changes. It advocates for a interconnected perspective on budgets, examining both the reallocation of expenditures across policy domains and the intricate interplay among budgetary components. While previous scholars have explored how politics and economics shape individual budgetary categories or collective groups, this methodologically robust study analyzes data from thirty-three countries spanning thirty-five years to offer a comprehensive theoretical framework: a holistic approach to understanding the competition and contexts surrounding the budgetary process, as well as an in-depth examination of how and when these factors influence budgetary decision-making processes.

Governments often adjust their budgets to align with their ideological beliefs, but the domestic and international environments can either facilitate or hinder behavior. The Politics of Budgets delves into the instances when governments opt for and refrain from making preferred budgetary changes. It advocates for a interconnected perspective on budgets, examining both the reallocation of expenditures across policy domains and the intricate interplay among budgetary components. While previous scholars have explored how politics and economics shape individual budgetary categories or collective groups, this methodologically robust study analyzes data from thirty-three countries spanning thirty-five years to offer a comprehensive theoretical framework: a holistic approach to understanding the competition and contexts surrounding the budgetary process, as well as an in-depth examination of how and when these factors influence budgetary decision-making processes.

Weight: 552g
ISBN-13: 9781107179318