1976
DOI: 10.3138/9781487592813
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A Theory of the Expenditure Budgetary Process

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“…That the presence of administrative professionals can be a causal operator of contracting makes sense from a theoretical point of view, as professionals both have an interest in contracting and are vital to the process. Contracting allows administrative professionals to focus on work they care about in strategic agencies close to political power centers (Dunleavy 1991; Hartle 1976) and can be a useful blame‐avoidance tool under pressure. In addition, professionals are instrumental for the contracting process because of its complexity.…”
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“…That the presence of administrative professionals can be a causal operator of contracting makes sense from a theoretical point of view, as professionals both have an interest in contracting and are vital to the process. Contracting allows administrative professionals to focus on work they care about in strategic agencies close to political power centers (Dunleavy 1991; Hartle 1976) and can be a useful blame‐avoidance tool under pressure. In addition, professionals are instrumental for the contracting process because of its complexity.…”
Section: Analysis and Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For instance, following Dunleavy (1991), administrative professionals often prefer interesting work in small strategically elite agencies close to political power centers rather than running large‐budget agencies with large staffs (Danish Council for Contracting Out 2006, 47; Dunleavy 1991). Hence, administrative professionals are interested in contracting as it allows them to focus on the things they care about, namely, strategic decisions rather than more trivial day‐to‐day decisions (Hartle 1976). In the literature, several complementary views have developed on what utility functions the individuals in the administration may have.…”
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“…2 On stock arguments in the budgetary process, see Anton (1966), Heclo and Wildavsky (1974) and Tarschys and Eduards (1975). 3 For critical analyses of this approach, see van Gunsteren (1976), Hartle (1976), Merewitz and Sosnick (1971) and Straussman (1978). 4 The experience of various governments is examined in a growing body of studies on budgetary austerity, including Wright (1980), CSE State Apparatus and Expenditure Group (1979) and Beck Jorgensen (1981).…”
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