Sage Publications Financial Management in the Public Sector (SAGE Library of the Public Sector)

The study of public financial management is essential to improving the practice of public management and to our understanding of the politics and organization of public institutions. As a study of the practice of public management, the literature of public financial management closely scrutinizes developing trends and standards in various areas of expertise, such as budgeting, accounting, and taxation. As a study of politics and organization of public institutions, the literature of public financial management examines the salience of financial resources and their management in the allocation and use of political authority. This four-volume set aims to address the sophistication and breadth of issues in this fast-developing area of study, bringing together seminal works on both practice-centric research and research that speaks to broader public management concerns. Above all this major work represents an invaluable resource which can be used to educate readers toward the practice and institutional affects of public financial management. About the Author Justin Marlowe is assistant professor of public affairs at the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington. He was previously on the faculty of the Department of Public Administration at the University of Kansas and served as analyst with the Council of State Governments. His research on public budgeting and finance, accounting, citizen participation and trust in government and other topics has been published in Public Budgeting and Finance, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Municipal Finance Journal, Public Administration Review, International Journal of Public Administration and other journals. In 2007 he received the Jesse Burkhead Award for best article published in Public Budgeting and Finance. He has written two books including, “Management Policies in Local Government Finance,” 6th Edition that will be published in 2010. He received his PhD in political science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2004.