This 5 page paper looks at the concept of the line-item budget as used for cities. Advantages and disadvantages are noted and other types of budgeting are compared. Bibliography lists 4 sources. This 8 page paper looks at German social scientist Max Weber's definitions, characteristics, and value of bureaucracy. It also reviews his opinion that bureaucracies serve a social good and have a significant role in human development.
Bibliography lists five sources.
A 7 page paper discussing the implications of increasing budgetary restrictions on government at all levels. The effects of greater accountability and still-increasing budgetary restrictions is that governments are expected to operate more as businesses. A business can cease to exist if it fails to serve its customers and make sound economic choices for its own operation, a fate unlikely for government agencies. However, the trend remains toward greater microeconomic influence in government operation. Bibliography lists 4 sources.