Sustaining the states : the fiscal viability of American state governments / edited by Marilyn M. Rubin, Katherine G. Willoughby.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Charles H. Maxson Fund.

Rubin, Marilyn M. (Marilyn Marks), 1940-

Willoughby, Katherine G., 1958-

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Series:

Public administration and public policy

American Society for Public Administration series in public administration & public policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Budget--United States--States.

Budget.

United States.

Finance, Public--United States--States.

Finance, Public.

State governments--United States.

State governments.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 304 pages.)

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2015]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

State fiscal decisions have a significant impact on the U.S. economy. Taken together, subnational governments employ more than one out of every eight workers and provide the bulk of all basic governmental services consumed by individuals and businesses. Sustaining the States: The Fiscal Viability of American State Governments will give you a basic understanding of trends in, current status of, and future prospects for the fiscal sustainability of state governments. After reading this book, you should have a greater appreciation for the reach and multiple contributions of state governments to individuals and communities across the nation. The book examines the broad range and depth of state revenues, responsibilities, and activities. It begins with an assessment of executive budgeting in the states, then presents the experiences of states with strong executive-driven systems and the various rules and institutions that impact state government budget discipline. The book goes on to examine state revenue sources, debt, pensions, and spending, homing in on vital state functions including education, transportation, health services, and public safety. It concludes with an assessment of the challenges that will test the fiscal vibrancy of U.S. state governments going forward: vulnerability to future economic downturns, growing dependence on an increasingly austere federal government, the obsolescence of state tax systems and an ever more coercive system of federalism. Edited by experts, with a hand-picked panel of contributors, the book delineates the resources that states generate and use to conduct the business of government. The chapters outline the very real and significant constraints on the ability of the states to fulfill their responsibilities and introduce several challenges that state governments face and are actively addressing as they strive for fiscal sustainability. These features provide a clear, realistic understanding of state operations and financing in the United States today. The book should also leave you with a sense of optimism for the capacity of state governments to advance forward. Book jacket.

Contents:

1. Sustaining the states : an introduction / Scott Pattison and Katherine G. Willoughby

2. Political institutions for sustainable state budgets / Irene S. Rubin and Roy T. Meyers

3. Changing state revenue strategies / John L. Mikesell

4. State tax structures : past trends, future possibilities / David L. Sjoquist

5. State competition for debt resources / Dwight V. Denison and Robert A. Greer

6. State debt management challenges / Merl Hackbart and Dwight V. Denison

7. State pension plans in crisis / Cynthia S. Searcy and William R. Darnell

8. The future of state spending / Carolyn Bourdeaux

9. State education expenditures / Sean P. Corcoran, Sarah A. Cordes, and Amy Ellen Schwartz

10. State health care expenditures / Shanna Rose

11. Future issues in state transportation finance / John R. Bartle and Can Chen

12. Financing criminal justice in the states / Michael C. Walker

13. State government workforces of the future / Sally Coleman Selden

14. A vision of the future sustainability of the states / Robert D. Ebel and Marilyn Marks Rubin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charles H. Maxson Fund.

ISBN:

9781466555426

1466555424

Publisher Number:

99977600366

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.