Books
Politics of the Budgetary Process
– Wildavsky, Aaron. Politics of the Budgetary Process. Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1964.“In this very readable book A. Wildavsky challenges traditional normative approaches to a theory of budgeting and proposes a political basis for understanding the budget process.… More
PPBS: the Political Economy of Efficiency,
– Wildavsky, Aaron. "PBBS: The Political Economy of Efficiency," Public Interest, Summer 1967.There was a day when the meaning of economic efficiency was reasonably dear. An objective met up with a technician. Efficiency consisted in meeting the objective at the lowest cost or in… More
The Annual Expenditure Increment, or how Congress can Regain Control of the Budget
– Wildavsky, Aaron. "The Annual Expenditure Increment, or how Congress can Regain Control of the Budget." Public Interest, Fall 1973.Why does a President whose administration is responsible for a deficit of over $30 billion in the last fiscal year suddenly appear as a protector of the purse? Why do Congressmen who vote… More
Planning and Budgeting in Poor Countries
– Wildavsky, Aaron and Naomi Caiden. Planning and Budgeting in Poor Countries. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1974.“It should be little surprise that although economic planning has enjoyed something of a venerated status in the development literature, a proposition should be made for its total… More
Budgeting: A Comparative Theory of Budgetary Processes
– Wildavsky, Aaron. Budgeting: A Comparative Theory of Budgetary Processes. Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1975.Aaron Wildavsky collects in one place the existing knowledge on budgeting. Realistic budgets are an expression of practical politics. Budgeting is so basic it reveals the norms by which men… More
A History of Taxation and Expenditure in the Western World
– Webber, Carolyn and Aaron Wildavsky. A History of Taxation and Expenditure in the Western World. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1986.“Throughout history, all governments, regardless of their form, have sustained themselves by controlling the purse. This exercise of the power to tax their citizens and allocate… More
The Deficit and the Public Interest: The Search for Responsible Budgeting in the 1980s
– White, Joseph and Aaron Wildavsky. The Deficit and the Public Interest: The Search for Responsible Budgeting in the 1980s. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1989.“Political time is counted, not in years, but in issues—the depression defined the political era of the 1930s just as the cold war did the 1950s and civil rights the 1960s. Today… More
How to Fix the Deficit – Really
– Wildavsky, Aaron and Joseph White. "How to Fix the Deficit - Really." Public Interest, Winter 1989.American politics in the 1980s has been dominated by Ronald Reagan and federal budget deficits. Reagan is gone now, but the deficit remains. The new President and old Congress have many… More
Public Administration: The State of the Discipline
– Ed. Lynn, Naomi and Aaron Wildavsky. Public Administration: The State of the Discipline. London: Chatham House Publishers, 1990.“Public Administration represents an early, and up to this most most useful and complete academic response to the legitimation crisis that has overtaken government, public service,… More
Budgeting and Governing
– Wildavsky, Aaron. Budgeting and Governing. New Jersey: Transaction Books, 2001.“Aaron Wildavsky’s greatest concern, as expressed in his writings, is how people manage to live together. This concern may at first appear to have little to do with the study of… More
The New Politics of the Budgetary Process
– Wildavsky, Aaron and Naomi Caiden. The New Politics of the Budgetary Process. New York: Longman Classics, 2003.“This text explains how the federal budget process has evolved and analyzes recent developments in key areas: entitlements, defense, deficit/surplus and reforms. Its critical and… More
Controlling Public Expenditure: The Theory of Expenditure Limitation
– Wildavsky, Aaron. "Controlling Public Expenditure: The Theory of Expenditure Limitation." OECD Journal on Budgeting. Vol. 2, No. 4, 2003.“What don’t I mean by expenditure limitation? This paper is not about why governments should choose to limit spending. If governments wish to increase spending, that is… More
Essays
Politics of the Budgetary Process
– Wildavsky, Aaron. Politics of the Budgetary Process. Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1964.“In this very readable book A. Wildavsky challenges traditional normative approaches to a theory of budgeting and proposes a political basis for understanding the budget process.… More
PPBS: the Political Economy of Efficiency,
– Wildavsky, Aaron. "PBBS: The Political Economy of Efficiency," Public Interest, Summer 1967.There was a day when the meaning of economic efficiency was reasonably dear. An objective met up with a technician. Efficiency consisted in meeting the objective at the lowest cost or in… More
The Annual Expenditure Increment, or how Congress can Regain Control of the Budget
– Wildavsky, Aaron. "The Annual Expenditure Increment, or how Congress can Regain Control of the Budget." Public Interest, Fall 1973.Why does a President whose administration is responsible for a deficit of over $30 billion in the last fiscal year suddenly appear as a protector of the purse? Why do Congressmen who vote… More
Planning and Budgeting in Poor Countries
– Wildavsky, Aaron and Naomi Caiden. Planning and Budgeting in Poor Countries. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1974.“It should be little surprise that although economic planning has enjoyed something of a venerated status in the development literature, a proposition should be made for its total… More
Budgeting: A Comparative Theory of Budgetary Processes
– Wildavsky, Aaron. Budgeting: A Comparative Theory of Budgetary Processes. Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1975.Aaron Wildavsky collects in one place the existing knowledge on budgeting. Realistic budgets are an expression of practical politics. Budgeting is so basic it reveals the norms by which men… More
A History of Taxation and Expenditure in the Western World
– Webber, Carolyn and Aaron Wildavsky. A History of Taxation and Expenditure in the Western World. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1986.“Throughout history, all governments, regardless of their form, have sustained themselves by controlling the purse. This exercise of the power to tax their citizens and allocate… More
The Deficit and the Public Interest: The Search for Responsible Budgeting in the 1980s
– White, Joseph and Aaron Wildavsky. The Deficit and the Public Interest: The Search for Responsible Budgeting in the 1980s. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1989.“Political time is counted, not in years, but in issues—the depression defined the political era of the 1930s just as the cold war did the 1950s and civil rights the 1960s. Today… More
How to Fix the Deficit – Really
– Wildavsky, Aaron and Joseph White. "How to Fix the Deficit - Really." Public Interest, Winter 1989.American politics in the 1980s has been dominated by Ronald Reagan and federal budget deficits. Reagan is gone now, but the deficit remains. The new President and old Congress have many… More
Public Administration: The State of the Discipline
– Ed. Lynn, Naomi and Aaron Wildavsky. Public Administration: The State of the Discipline. London: Chatham House Publishers, 1990.“Public Administration represents an early, and up to this most most useful and complete academic response to the legitimation crisis that has overtaken government, public service,… More
Budgeting and Governing
– Wildavsky, Aaron. Budgeting and Governing. New Jersey: Transaction Books, 2001.“Aaron Wildavsky’s greatest concern, as expressed in his writings, is how people manage to live together. This concern may at first appear to have little to do with the study of… More
The New Politics of the Budgetary Process
– Wildavsky, Aaron and Naomi Caiden. The New Politics of the Budgetary Process. New York: Longman Classics, 2003.“This text explains how the federal budget process has evolved and analyzes recent developments in key areas: entitlements, defense, deficit/surplus and reforms. Its critical and… More
Controlling Public Expenditure: The Theory of Expenditure Limitation
– Wildavsky, Aaron. "Controlling Public Expenditure: The Theory of Expenditure Limitation." OECD Journal on Budgeting. Vol. 2, No. 4, 2003.“What don’t I mean by expenditure limitation? This paper is not about why governments should choose to limit spending. If governments wish to increase spending, that is… More
Commentary
Politics of the Budgetary Process
– Wildavsky, Aaron. Politics of the Budgetary Process. Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1964.“In this very readable book A. Wildavsky challenges traditional normative approaches to a theory of budgeting and proposes a political basis for understanding the budget process.… More
PPBS: the Political Economy of Efficiency,
– Wildavsky, Aaron. "PBBS: The Political Economy of Efficiency," Public Interest, Summer 1967.There was a day when the meaning of economic efficiency was reasonably dear. An objective met up with a technician. Efficiency consisted in meeting the objective at the lowest cost or in… More
The Annual Expenditure Increment, or how Congress can Regain Control of the Budget
– Wildavsky, Aaron. "The Annual Expenditure Increment, or how Congress can Regain Control of the Budget." Public Interest, Fall 1973.Why does a President whose administration is responsible for a deficit of over $30 billion in the last fiscal year suddenly appear as a protector of the purse? Why do Congressmen who vote… More
Planning and Budgeting in Poor Countries
– Wildavsky, Aaron and Naomi Caiden. Planning and Budgeting in Poor Countries. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1974.“It should be little surprise that although economic planning has enjoyed something of a venerated status in the development literature, a proposition should be made for its total… More
Budgeting: A Comparative Theory of Budgetary Processes
– Wildavsky, Aaron. Budgeting: A Comparative Theory of Budgetary Processes. Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1975.Aaron Wildavsky collects in one place the existing knowledge on budgeting. Realistic budgets are an expression of practical politics. Budgeting is so basic it reveals the norms by which men… More
A History of Taxation and Expenditure in the Western World
– Webber, Carolyn and Aaron Wildavsky. A History of Taxation and Expenditure in the Western World. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1986.“Throughout history, all governments, regardless of their form, have sustained themselves by controlling the purse. This exercise of the power to tax their citizens and allocate… More
The Deficit and the Public Interest: The Search for Responsible Budgeting in the 1980s
– White, Joseph and Aaron Wildavsky. The Deficit and the Public Interest: The Search for Responsible Budgeting in the 1980s. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1989.“Political time is counted, not in years, but in issues—the depression defined the political era of the 1930s just as the cold war did the 1950s and civil rights the 1960s. Today… More
How to Fix the Deficit – Really
– Wildavsky, Aaron and Joseph White. "How to Fix the Deficit - Really." Public Interest, Winter 1989.American politics in the 1980s has been dominated by Ronald Reagan and federal budget deficits. Reagan is gone now, but the deficit remains. The new President and old Congress have many… More
Public Administration: The State of the Discipline
– Ed. Lynn, Naomi and Aaron Wildavsky. Public Administration: The State of the Discipline. London: Chatham House Publishers, 1990.“Public Administration represents an early, and up to this most most useful and complete academic response to the legitimation crisis that has overtaken government, public service,… More
Budgeting and Governing
– Wildavsky, Aaron. Budgeting and Governing. New Jersey: Transaction Books, 2001.“Aaron Wildavsky’s greatest concern, as expressed in his writings, is how people manage to live together. This concern may at first appear to have little to do with the study of… More
The New Politics of the Budgetary Process
– Wildavsky, Aaron and Naomi Caiden. The New Politics of the Budgetary Process. New York: Longman Classics, 2003.“This text explains how the federal budget process has evolved and analyzes recent developments in key areas: entitlements, defense, deficit/surplus and reforms. Its critical and… More
Controlling Public Expenditure: The Theory of Expenditure Limitation
– Wildavsky, Aaron. "Controlling Public Expenditure: The Theory of Expenditure Limitation." OECD Journal on Budgeting. Vol. 2, No. 4, 2003.“What don’t I mean by expenditure limitation? This paper is not about why governments should choose to limit spending. If governments wish to increase spending, that is… More
Multimedia
Politics of the Budgetary Process
– Wildavsky, Aaron. Politics of the Budgetary Process. Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1964.“In this very readable book A. Wildavsky challenges traditional normative approaches to a theory of budgeting and proposes a political basis for understanding the budget process.… More
PPBS: the Political Economy of Efficiency,
– Wildavsky, Aaron. "PBBS: The Political Economy of Efficiency," Public Interest, Summer 1967.There was a day when the meaning of economic efficiency was reasonably dear. An objective met up with a technician. Efficiency consisted in meeting the objective at the lowest cost or in… More
The Annual Expenditure Increment, or how Congress can Regain Control of the Budget
– Wildavsky, Aaron. "The Annual Expenditure Increment, or how Congress can Regain Control of the Budget." Public Interest, Fall 1973.Why does a President whose administration is responsible for a deficit of over $30 billion in the last fiscal year suddenly appear as a protector of the purse? Why do Congressmen who vote… More
Planning and Budgeting in Poor Countries
– Wildavsky, Aaron and Naomi Caiden. Planning and Budgeting in Poor Countries. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1974.“It should be little surprise that although economic planning has enjoyed something of a venerated status in the development literature, a proposition should be made for its total… More
Budgeting: A Comparative Theory of Budgetary Processes
– Wildavsky, Aaron. Budgeting: A Comparative Theory of Budgetary Processes. Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1975.Aaron Wildavsky collects in one place the existing knowledge on budgeting. Realistic budgets are an expression of practical politics. Budgeting is so basic it reveals the norms by which men… More
A History of Taxation and Expenditure in the Western World
– Webber, Carolyn and Aaron Wildavsky. A History of Taxation and Expenditure in the Western World. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1986.“Throughout history, all governments, regardless of their form, have sustained themselves by controlling the purse. This exercise of the power to tax their citizens and allocate… More
The Deficit and the Public Interest: The Search for Responsible Budgeting in the 1980s
– White, Joseph and Aaron Wildavsky. The Deficit and the Public Interest: The Search for Responsible Budgeting in the 1980s. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1989.“Political time is counted, not in years, but in issues—the depression defined the political era of the 1930s just as the cold war did the 1950s and civil rights the 1960s. Today… More
How to Fix the Deficit – Really
– Wildavsky, Aaron and Joseph White. "How to Fix the Deficit - Really." Public Interest, Winter 1989.American politics in the 1980s has been dominated by Ronald Reagan and federal budget deficits. Reagan is gone now, but the deficit remains. The new President and old Congress have many… More
Public Administration: The State of the Discipline
– Ed. Lynn, Naomi and Aaron Wildavsky. Public Administration: The State of the Discipline. London: Chatham House Publishers, 1990.“Public Administration represents an early, and up to this most most useful and complete academic response to the legitimation crisis that has overtaken government, public service,… More
Budgeting and Governing
– Wildavsky, Aaron. Budgeting and Governing. New Jersey: Transaction Books, 2001.“Aaron Wildavsky’s greatest concern, as expressed in his writings, is how people manage to live together. This concern may at first appear to have little to do with the study of… More
The New Politics of the Budgetary Process
– Wildavsky, Aaron and Naomi Caiden. The New Politics of the Budgetary Process. New York: Longman Classics, 2003.“This text explains how the federal budget process has evolved and analyzes recent developments in key areas: entitlements, defense, deficit/surplus and reforms. Its critical and… More
Controlling Public Expenditure: The Theory of Expenditure Limitation
– Wildavsky, Aaron. "Controlling Public Expenditure: The Theory of Expenditure Limitation." OECD Journal on Budgeting. Vol. 2, No. 4, 2003.“What don’t I mean by expenditure limitation? This paper is not about why governments should choose to limit spending. If governments wish to increase spending, that is… More
Teaching
Politics of the Budgetary Process
– Wildavsky, Aaron. Politics of the Budgetary Process. Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1964.“In this very readable book A. Wildavsky challenges traditional normative approaches to a theory of budgeting and proposes a political basis for understanding the budget process.… More
PPBS: the Political Economy of Efficiency,
– Wildavsky, Aaron. "PBBS: The Political Economy of Efficiency," Public Interest, Summer 1967.There was a day when the meaning of economic efficiency was reasonably dear. An objective met up with a technician. Efficiency consisted in meeting the objective at the lowest cost or in… More
The Annual Expenditure Increment, or how Congress can Regain Control of the Budget
– Wildavsky, Aaron. "The Annual Expenditure Increment, or how Congress can Regain Control of the Budget." Public Interest, Fall 1973.Why does a President whose administration is responsible for a deficit of over $30 billion in the last fiscal year suddenly appear as a protector of the purse? Why do Congressmen who vote… More
Planning and Budgeting in Poor Countries
– Wildavsky, Aaron and Naomi Caiden. Planning and Budgeting in Poor Countries. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1974.“It should be little surprise that although economic planning has enjoyed something of a venerated status in the development literature, a proposition should be made for its total… More
Budgeting: A Comparative Theory of Budgetary Processes
– Wildavsky, Aaron. Budgeting: A Comparative Theory of Budgetary Processes. Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1975.Aaron Wildavsky collects in one place the existing knowledge on budgeting. Realistic budgets are an expression of practical politics. Budgeting is so basic it reveals the norms by which men… More
A History of Taxation and Expenditure in the Western World
– Webber, Carolyn and Aaron Wildavsky. A History of Taxation and Expenditure in the Western World. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1986.“Throughout history, all governments, regardless of their form, have sustained themselves by controlling the purse. This exercise of the power to tax their citizens and allocate… More
The Deficit and the Public Interest: The Search for Responsible Budgeting in the 1980s
– White, Joseph and Aaron Wildavsky. The Deficit and the Public Interest: The Search for Responsible Budgeting in the 1980s. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1989.“Political time is counted, not in years, but in issues—the depression defined the political era of the 1930s just as the cold war did the 1950s and civil rights the 1960s. Today… More
How to Fix the Deficit – Really
– Wildavsky, Aaron and Joseph White. "How to Fix the Deficit - Really." Public Interest, Winter 1989.American politics in the 1980s has been dominated by Ronald Reagan and federal budget deficits. Reagan is gone now, but the deficit remains. The new President and old Congress have many… More
Public Administration: The State of the Discipline
– Ed. Lynn, Naomi and Aaron Wildavsky. Public Administration: The State of the Discipline. London: Chatham House Publishers, 1990.“Public Administration represents an early, and up to this most most useful and complete academic response to the legitimation crisis that has overtaken government, public service,… More
Budgeting and Governing
– Wildavsky, Aaron. Budgeting and Governing. New Jersey: Transaction Books, 2001.“Aaron Wildavsky’s greatest concern, as expressed in his writings, is how people manage to live together. This concern may at first appear to have little to do with the study of… More
The New Politics of the Budgetary Process
– Wildavsky, Aaron and Naomi Caiden. The New Politics of the Budgetary Process. New York: Longman Classics, 2003.“This text explains how the federal budget process has evolved and analyzes recent developments in key areas: entitlements, defense, deficit/surplus and reforms. Its critical and… More
Controlling Public Expenditure: The Theory of Expenditure Limitation
– Wildavsky, Aaron. "Controlling Public Expenditure: The Theory of Expenditure Limitation." OECD Journal on Budgeting. Vol. 2, No. 4, 2003.“What don’t I mean by expenditure limitation? This paper is not about why governments should choose to limit spending. If governments wish to increase spending, that is… More