The politics of budgetary surplus[el...
Brenton, Scott.

 

  • The politics of budgetary surplus[electronic resource] /
  • 紀錄類型: 書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
    杜威分類號: 336.3
    書名/作者: The politics of budgetary surplus/ by Scott Brenton.
    作者: Brenton, Scott.
    出版者: London : : Palgrave Macmillan UK :, 2016.
    面頁冊數: xv, 187 p. : : ill., digital ;; 24 cm.
    Contained By: Springer eBooks
    標題: Surplus (Economics)
    標題: Economics.
    標題: Public Administration.
    標題: Economic Policy.
    標題: Comparative Politics.
    ISBN: 9781137585974
    ISBN: 9781137585967
    內容註: Chapter 1. The path towards surplus -- Chapter 2. Political strategies -- Chapter 3. Types of fiscal rules -- Chapter 4. Types of expenditure cuts -- Chapter 5. The effects on public management -- Chapter 6. The Global Financial Crisis and beyond.
    摘要、提要註: 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 to follow the rules. The book also explores parties of the right, which often advocate stricter rules and which tend to be the least effective. The book describes how few conservative governments have admirable records on sustained surpluses, given a propensity for unsustainable tax cuts, and the future opportunities this provides to advance a political program of deeper spending cuts. 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.
    電子資源: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58597-4
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