Budgeting and governing / Aaron Wildavsky ; edited by Brendon Swedlow and an introduction by Joseph White.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Editor's Preface / Brendon Swedlow -- Introduction / Joseph White -- Pt. 1. Making Budgets. 1. A Budget for All Seasons?: Why the Traditional Budget Lasts. 2. The Political Economy of Efficiency: Cost Benefit Analysis, Systems Analysis, and Program Budgeting. 3. Rescuing Policy Analysis. 4. Toward a Radical Incrementalism. 5. The Annual Expenditure Increment. 6. Budgetary Reform in an Age of Big Government. 7. Equality, Spending Limits, and the Growth of Government -- Pt. 2. The Culture of Budgeting. 8. Toward a Comparative Theory of Budgetary Processes. 9. Planning and Budgeting in Poor Countries. 10. The Movement toward Spending Limits in American and Canadian Budgeting. 11. The Transformation of Budgetary Norms. 12. A Cultural Theory of Expenditure Growth and (Un)balanced Budgets. 13. The Budget as New Social Contract. 14. On the Balance of Budgetary Cultures -- Pt. 3. Budgeting and Governing. 15. Securing Budgetary Convergence Within the European Community.

16. If You Can't Budget, How Can You Govern? Postscript / Brendon Swedlow.