First published in 1980, Public Spending Decisions attempts to answer some important questions regarding public spending and its relationship with economic and financial stringency. By the beginning of the 1970s the expectation of continuing economic growth had become implicit in the attitudes of politicians, administrators, and the public in Britain; likewise, the assumption of the growth of public spending had become embedded in the machinery and processes of both local and central government. How then were the local authorities and government departments affected by the abrupt halt in the growth of public spending during 1970s? How were the decisions made about the allocation of increasingly scares resources? How did the treasury ensured that the spending limits it established were not exceeded and what are the implications of changes in the attitudes of decision makers towards the growth of the public sector? The contributors are distinguished scholars in the field of local and central government. This book is a must read for scholars of public policy, public administration, finance, and economics.
Author(s): Maurice Wright
Series: Routledge Revivals
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 178
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Original Title Page
Original Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: From Growth to Standstill
Chapter 3: Incremental Budgeting and the Assumption of Growth: The Experience of Local Government
Chapter 4: The Organisational Consequences of Financial Restraint in Local Government
Chapter 5: The Context of Central Administration
Chapter 6: From Planning to Control: PESC in the 1970s
Chapter 7: Public Expenditure and Welfare
Chapter 8: Growth, Restraint and Rationality
Index
