The fiscal case against statehood
Subtitle: accounting for statehood in New Mexico and Arizona
By: Stephanie D. Moussalli
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780739166994; 9780739167007
Subjects: Politics and government; Public Finance; Statehood (American politics); Territories and possesions; State governments; Appropriations and expenditures; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Statehood and Leviathan; title: New Mexico's rocky fiscal road to statehood; title: Arizona's rocky fiscal road to statehood; title: The statehood gamble; title: The birth of Leviathan; title: Accountability and statehood; title: The talk: management's discussion and analysis; title: Accountants at the service of the state: reforming property tax administration; title: Funds, assets, liabilities, fiscal years, and report timing; title: Interfund transfers, federal subsidies, revenues and expenditures, tax rates, and budgets; title: The elements of accountability; title: Conclusion: statehood and accountability, Leviathan and accountants.