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Title: Fiscal Administration: Analysis and Applications for the Public Sector by John L. Mikesell ISBN: 0-15-505855-X Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company Pub. Date: 03 October, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $117.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Regarding Fiscal Administration
Comment: I am currently using this book for a graduate-level public budgeting course for a ranked MPA program. Mikesell's textbook is a poorly written, discursive and convoluted in scope. There are several basic grammatical errors in this textbook, and this is coming from someone whose first language is not English. The end-of-chapter computational problems are difficult to complete because nowhere in the chapters does the author explain how to do the problems.
There is also too much information crammed into each paragraph; I'm lucky if I can read three pages in a row in one sitting. The author does not write well; he uses too many block quotes and lists (e.g, (1), (2), (3)...). Therefore, this book does not read well, and the information he tries to provide does not register in the mind.
Most of my classmates have the same complaints as the ones I listed above. This book agitating for many to read, even for someone with a fairly solid economic background. Therefore, I'd strongly recommend not to use this book if at all possible.
But to balance out this criticism with some good points, the first chapter is relatively easy to read and useful.
Rating: 5
Summary: Incorrect statement from former reviewer
Comment: A previous reviewer incorrectly identified my father's (J. Mikesell) undergrad alma mater as Illinois. In fact John Mikesell earned his BA from Wabash College.
Just setting the facts straight.
Rating: 2
Summary: Leaves something to be desired...
Comment: I use this book in a public budgeting graduate class. For people with limited knowledge of public budgeting or fiscal administration in general, this book leaves much to be desired. A certain base knowledge is required and one must be able to decode the private language of budget scholars to understand the writings. Examples are frequently presented with no clear connection to the text. This book is regarded as one of the best, but I would not recommend it for anyone without prior knowledge of the subject or to someone looking for a quick and easy explanation of budgeting.
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Title: The Politics of Public Budgeting: Getting and Spending, Borrowing and Balancing by Irene Rubin, Irene S. Rubin ISBN: 1889119423 Publisher: Seven Bridges Press, LLC Pub. Date: 01 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $36.95 |
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Title: The Federal Budget: Politics, Policy, Process by Allen Schick, Felix Lostracco ISBN: 0815777256 Publisher: Brookings Institution Press Pub. Date: July, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Memos to the Governor: An Introduction to State Budgeting by Dall W. Forsythe ISBN: 0878406379 Publisher: Georgetown University Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: American Intergovernmental Relations: Foundations, Perspectives, and Issues by Laurence J. O'Toole ISBN: 1568024053 Publisher: Congressional Quarterly Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: Public Budgeting by David C. Nice ISBN: 0830415157 Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company Pub. Date: 09 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $43.95 |
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