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The Shifting Roles of State Budget Offices in the Midwest: Gosling Revisited
Author(s) -
Thurmaier Kurt,
Gosling James J.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
public budgeting and finance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.694
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1540-5850
pISSN - 0275-1100
DOI - 10.1111/1540-5850.01116
Subject(s) - state (computer science) , variety (cybernetics) , control (management) , orientation (vector space) , state policy , business , economics , political science , public administration , policy analysis , management , computer science , geometry , algorithm , artificial intelligence , mathematics
Almost a decade ago a study of three midwestern states revealed a variety of budget office orientations, ranging from a control to a policy emphasis, including a state in transition from one to the other. This article revisits these states to examine their current orientations and whether different office orientations influence the role of budget analysts in the budgetary process. The results suggest that another stage should be added to Schick's 1966 framework to account for the evolution of some state budget offices to a policy orientation.