{"product_id":"managing-public-expenditure-in-australia-paperback","title":"Managing Public Expenditure in Australia - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Wanna\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJoanne Kelly\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Forster\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow do Australian governments budget? How well do they spend and manage our money? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGovernments seem to be locked in a constant struggle with the problems of budgeting. Cabinet never has enough resources to go around, and while some agencies 'guard' public expenditure, others find endless ways to make new claims on budgets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eManaging Public Expenditure in Australia\u003c\/i\u003e provides the first systematic analysis of government budgeting and the politics of the budgetary process. Drawing on extensive original sources, the authors examine debates and reforms in public finance from Whitlam and Fraser to Hawke, Keating and Howard, and assess their impacts on policy development. In tracking the way governments actually spend money, \u003ci\u003eManaging Public Expenditure in Australia\u003c\/i\u003e provides an alternate and complementary political history of federal government over the past forty years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book also includes accessible discussions on topics such as budget theory, financial management in government, and debt and deficit reduction. An explanation of new resource management techniques and initiatives help to illuminate the ongoing changes to budget and expenditure management practices. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is an essential purchase for students, teachers and practitioners of public finance, and for anyone involved in the continuing debate over the nature and role of the public sector.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJOHN WANNA is Professor of Politics and Public Policy at Griffith University. He is the co-author of \u003ci\u003ePublic Policy in Australia\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePublic Sector Management in Australia\u003c\/i\u003e, and coeditor of the \u003ci\u003eAustralian Journal of Public Administration\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJOANNE KELLY is a principal research officer in Canada's Treasury Board Secretariat and a research associate of the Centre for Australian Public Sector Management (CAPSM). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJOHN FORSTER is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at Griffith University. He is a founding member of CAPSM and coeditor with John Wanna of \u003ci\u003eBudgetary Management and Control\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42128401399943,"sku":"9781864487138","price":74.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/32b4073280a0d844ab18701b53f49e26.webp?v=1732595199","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/managing-public-expenditure-in-australia-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}