Overview
- Provides an in-depth look at budgeting in the state of Georgia
- Identifies the patterns and trends of taxing and spending over several decades and administrations
- Examines the institutional politics behind policy decisions
Part of the book series: Studies in Public Budgeting (SIPB)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book describes the institutions and process through which the Georgia General Assembly adopts a budget, the executive-legislative branch politics that transpire during the process and the tax and spending policies that the process produces. It argues that the state’s budget is developed by fiscal conservatives within a culture of fiscal conservatism that is conducive to low taxes and low spending. It identifies the patterns and trends of taxing and spending over several decades and during the administrations of nine governors. Its chapter on the line-item veto illustrates the nature of executive-legislative budget relationships in the state. It concludes with an examination of the important milestones in the evolution of Georgia budgeting and a comparison of Georgia with other states on several dimensions.
The book offers insights and assessments that will be of interest to budgeting scholars, students of state government, and citizens who want to know more about how government taxing and spending decisions are made.Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Thomas P. Lauth is Dean Emeritus of the School of Public and International Affairs and Professor Emeritus of Public Administration and Policy at the University of Georgia. He is the author or co-author of many articles and book chapters on Georgia state budgeting, and co-editor of Governors, Legislatures, and Budgets: Diversity Across the American States (1991) and Budgeting in the States: Institutions, Processes and Politics (2006). He is a recipient of the Aaron B. Wildavsky Award for Lifetime Scholarly Achievement in Public Budgeting and is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. He earned the B.A. in Government from the University of Notre Dame, and the Ph.D. in Political Science from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Public Budgeting in Georgia
Book Subtitle: Institutions, Process, Politics and Policy
Authors: Thomas P. Lauth
Series Title: Studies in Public Budgeting
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76023-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-76022-9Published: 01 September 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-76025-0Published: 02 September 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-76023-6Published: 31 August 2021
Series ISSN: 2946-1294
Series E-ISSN: 2946-1308
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 240
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Public Finance, Public Administration, Economic Policy, Governance and Government