Why Budgets Matter Budget Policy and American Politics Revised and Updated Edition by Dennis S. Ippolito 9780271085784 0271085789

Why Budgets Matter Budget Policy and American Politics Revised and Updated Edition Dennis S. Ippolito – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780271085784, 0271085789

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• ISBN 10: 0271085789
• ISBN 13: 9780271085784
• Author: Dennis S. Ippolito 

Much of what government does depends on money. From the nation’s founding until today, conflicts over the powers to tax, spend, and borrow have been at the heart of American politics. Why Budgets Matter is a comprehensive account of how these conflicts over budget policy have shaped national politics by determining the size and role of the federal government.

The history of budget policy provides a unique perspective on political change in the United States and helps explain how and why the federal government has grown over time. Dennis Ippolito reviews the different stages of this development—from the era of small government prior to the Civil War through the dramatic transformations of the New Deal and Cold War up to the current challenges of modernizing the welfare state—and shows how each of these stages reflected a dominant vision of the size and role of the federal government, incorporating particular spending, tax, and borrowing philosophies and policies.

Why Budgets Matter offers new insights into the enduring debate over “limited government” versus “big government” in the United States and will be a valuable resource for students, scholars, and policy makers seeking a better understanding of the background to the fiscal problems we face today.

Table contents:

1 PERSPECTIVES ON BUDGET POLICY

2 THE “SMALL GOVERNMENT” ERA (1789–1860)

3 BUDGETING FOR GOVERNMENT GROWTH (1860–1915)

4 THE TRANSITION TO MODERN GOVERNMENT (1915–1940)

5 WAR AND DEFENSE BUDGETS (1940–1970)

6 SOCIAL WELFARE BUDGETS AND DEFICITS (1970–1990)

7 RECONCILIATION AND BALANCED BUDGETS (1990–2001)

8 DESTABILIZING BUDGET POLICY (2001–)

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