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The politics of public money : spenders, guardians, priority setters, and financial watchdogs inside the Canadian government

Title
The politics of public money : spenders, guardians, priority setters, and financial watchdogs inside the Canadian government / David A. Good.
Author
Good, David A.
Publication
Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2007.

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Institute of Public Administration of Canada.
Description
xiii, 370 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
"The politics of public money examines the extent to which the Canadian federal budgetary process is shifting from one based on a bilateral relationship between departmental spenders and central guardians to one based on a more complex, multilateral relationship involving a variety of players."--Page [i].
Series Statement
Institute of Public Administration of Canada series in public management and governance
Uniform Title
Institute of Public Administration of Canada series in public management and governance
Subject
  • Government spending policy > Canada
  • Budget > Political aspects > Canada
  • Budget process > Canada
  • Budget > Political aspects
  • Budget process
  • Expenditures, Public
  • Government spending policy
  • Aufsicht
  • Fiskalpolitik
  • Öffentliche Ausgaben
  • Canada > Appropriations and expenditures
  • Canada
  • Kanada
Note
  • "IPAC IAPC."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-358) and index.
Contents
pt. 1. The Changing Politics of Public Money -- 1. Beyond Spenders and Guardians -- pt. 2. The Public Money Players -- 2. The Guardians and the Changing Role of the Budget Office -- 3. Why Spenders Keep Spending -- 4. The Priority Setters at the Centre -- 5. The Financial Watchdog: A Bark with a Bite -- pt. 3. The Public Money Processes -- 6. Fiscal Aggregates: Controlling Totals -- 7. Budget Allocations -- 8. Budget Implementation: Financial Management and Efficiency -- pt. 4. New Prospects for Public Money -- 9. Parliament and Public Money -- 10. Budget Reforms -- 11. Doing Better with Public Money?
ISBN
  • 9780802093417
  • 0802093418
  • 9780802095039
  • 0802095038
LCCN
2008360293
OCLC
  • ocn122707028
  • 122707028
  • SCSB-1450202
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library