LibGuides: PUB-7005 v3: Week 2 Resources

Week 2 Resources

Fiscal Administration: Analysis and Applications for the Public Sector

Mikesell, J. L. (2018). Fiscal administration: Analysis and applications for the public sector (10th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
Read Chapter 3: Budget Methods and Practices
Read Chapter 5: State and Local Budgets

*Please refer to the Getting Started module in your course (NCUOne) to access your textbook.

It’s Not Just Welfare: Racial Inequality and the Local Provision of Public Goods in the United States
An, B., Levy, M., & Hero, R. (2018). It’s not just welfare: Racial inequality and the local provision of public goods in the United States. Urban Affairs Review, 54(5), 833.
This article sheds light on ethics issues in the budgeting process.
Contracting, Ethics, and Policy Adoption: The Case of Florida Municipalities
Fay, D. L., & Zavattaro, S. M. (2019). Contracting, ethics, and policy adoption: The case of Florida Municipalities. Public Integrity, 21(3), 301–319.
The paper explores the relationship between privatization of government services and adoption of municipal ethics policies.
More Dissimilar than Alike? Public Values Preferences Across US Minority and White Managers
Stazyk, E. C., Davis, R. S., & Portillo, S. (2017). More dissimilar than alike? Public values preferences across US minority and white managers. Public Administration, 95(3), 605.
This research examines the impact of race on the value preferences of public managers.