Annotation Public money is one of the primary currencies of influence for politicians and public servants. It affects the standards by which they undertake the nation's business and impacts the standard of living of the nation's citizens. David A. Good's 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. This new edition offers an up-to-date account of the Canadian system, including the creation of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, the government's response to the global financial crisis, Canada's Economic Action Plan, strategic and operating reviews, the most recent attempts to reform the Estimates, and much more. An insightful and incisive study of the changing budgetary process, The Politics of Public Money examines the promises and pitfalls of budgetary reform and sheds new light on the role insiders play in influencing government spending.
Record details
ISBN:1442615524
ISBN:9781442615526
ISBN:1442647418
ISBN:9781442647411
ISBN:1442668113
ISBN:9781442668119
Physical Description:1 online resource remote
Edition:Second edition.
Publisher:Toronto, Canada : University of Toronto Press, 2014.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Victims of Conflicting Norms: The Chief Financial OfficerThe Second Line of Defence -- Victims of the Intractability of Cultural Change: The Comptroller General -- On Becoming Players -- Part Four: New Prospects for Public Money -- 9 Parliament and Public Money -- Parliament as Watchdog -- Shaping Government Spending: The Commons Finance Committee -- Approving Government Spending: The Business of Supply -- Holding Government Accountable for Spending: The Public Accounts Committee -- Realism and Reform -- 10 Budget Reforms -- Budgets and Reforms
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