ME Sharpe Professor

Thoroughly class-tested, here is a clear, comprehensive, practice-oriented text for your public budgeting courses. Rather than presenting each budgeting concern in mind-numbing detail, the book offers a commonsense view of public budgeting and its importance to future public managers. The text is designed to show students how managers relate to budgeting and how their actions make a difference in the operation and performance of public organizations. The book covers the historical development of public budgeting, sources of public revenues, revenue management, budgeting processes and formats, operating techniques, politics within public budgeting, and more.

This text is concise, clearly written, well illustrated, and grounded in real-world concerns. Each chapter concludes with a helpful list of additional reading and resources for students who want to dig deeper into budgeting practice and application.

“This is a fresh approach to teaching public budgeting. The authors provide an intriguing framework for thinking about the utility of budget reforms and the central role that public managers have always played—and continue to play—in the public budget process.” — Kurt Thurmaier, Northern Illinois University (*)