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Class, Tax, and Power: Municipal Budgeting In the United States (Public Administration and Public Policy)

Class, Tax, and Power: Municipal Budgeting In the United States (Public Administration and Public Policy)
By Irene S. Rubin

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Offering case studies of financial management in numerous American cities over a period of enormous growth and change, Irene Rubin explores the historical context of municipal budgeting in the United States and the political environment that conditions reform and problem solving at the local level.


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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #924529 in Books
  • Published on: 1998-01-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 234 pages

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About the Author
Irene S. Rubin is professor emeritus of political science in the division of public administration at Northern Illinois University. She is the author of a number of other books on public budgeting, including Balancing the Federal Budget: Trimming the Herds or Eating the Seed Corn?, Class, Tax and Power: Municipal Budgeting in the United States, and Shrinking the Federal Government. She edited the journal Public Budgeting and Finance for two years and Public Administration Review for three, and was a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington in 1996.