DEVOLVED BUDGET MAKING WITHIN LOCAL AUTHORITY HOUSING DEPARTMENTS: STAFF PERCEPTIONS OF POWER AND CONTROL

JACOBS, KEITH

LOCAL GOVERNMENT STUDIES, n.º 2/2001, pág. 93

1. Theories of the budgetary process. 2. Devolvedbudget making. 3. Empirical research: general observations.4. Case study authorities. 5. Perceptions of budget making:issues of power and control. 6. Reining in demands: the roleof centrally located finance staff. 7. Divided loyalties:the views of finance staff based in the housing department.8. Delivering policies: housing managers' views of thebudgetary process. 9. Conclusion.