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One of the most important functions of modern government is to
marshal and deploy resources to achieve desired objectives and
outcomes. This task is overseen by the Central Budget Agencies
(such as Ministries of Finance and Treasuries) who have the
responsibility of generating tax revenue, and controlling and
allocating public expenditure. This extensive comparative study
investigates the changing nature and role of Central Budget
Agencies (CBAs) in ten countries reflecting a spectrum of different
institutional and constitutional contexts. Eighteen expert
contributors offer detailed accounts of the various trajectories
that have occurred within their respective CBAs, set against the
changing political environment in which they operate. A recurring
theme throughout is an evaluation of the power and agenda-setting
roles of CBAs, assessing how their influence has grown or waned
over time. An important feature of the book is that each chapter
attempts to incorporate external scholarly analyses with internal
practitioner views. Four key areas are examined in each of the
CBAs, including: * the changing roles and responsibilities of CBAs
* the politics of the budget process and the influence of CBAs *
administrative and post-administrative cultures inside government *
future prospects and directions for the CBAs. The original research
presented in this book provides a new window into the world of
CBAs, adding an important contribution to the scholarly research on
public finance and government budgeting. It will also assist many
CBAs to re-evaluate their roles and contributions to public
budgeting and public sector management. This volume is required
reading for anyone wanting to gain greater insight into whether
CBAs really are the best guardians of the public purse.
The Reality of Budgetary Reform in OECD Nations investigates the
impacts and consequences of budgetary reform through a comparative
assessment of advanced Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD) democracies that have undertaken budget reforms
over the past two to three decades. This unique book traces the
?story of reform? in the respective countries. The expert authors
explore the journey each country took, what the objectives were,
the approach taken, the main events and key dates, what was
implemented and what was discarded or replaced. They capture both
the essence of each nation?s approach, as well as discuss the
similarities and trends. The study investigates how the various
roles of the central budget agencies have changed with respect to
public expenditure, how budget processes have developed and the
impact on the relations between key actors. It also analyses the
internal cultures of central budget agencies and how they evaluate
events, problems and their roles in controlling the fiscal policy
of government.With its comparative focus, this timely book is
essential reading for the OECD and World Bank affiliates. Likewise,
scholars and researchers of public finance, international and
comparative government, and development and public sector
management should not be without this important resource.
In his groundbreaking Imagined Communities, first published in
1983, Benedict Anderson argued that members of a community
experience a "deep, horizontal camaraderie." Despite being
strangers, members feel connected in a web of imagined experiences.
Yet while Anderson's insights have been hugely influential, they
remain abstract: it is difficult to imagine imagined communities.
How do they evolve and how is membership constructed cognitively,
socially and culturally? How do individuals and communities
contribute to group formation through the act of imagining? And
what is the glue that holds communities together? Imagining
Communities examines actual processes of experiencing the imagined
community, exploring its emotive force in a number of case studies.
Communal bonding is analysed, offering concrete insights on where
and by whom the nation (or social group) is imagined and the role
of individuals therein. Offering eleven empirical case studies,
ranging from the premodern to the modern age, this volume looks at
and beyond the nation and includes regional as well as
transnational communities as well.
This collection brings together scholars from a wide range of
disciplines to offer perspectives on national identity formation in
various European contexts between 1600 and 1815. Contributors
challenge the dichotomy between modernists and traditionalists in
nationalism studies through an emphasis on continuity rather than
ruptures in the shaping of European nations in the period, while
also offering an overview of current debates in the field and case
studies on a number of topics, including literature,
historiography, and cartography.
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