Download or read book The Politics Of Public Budgeting: Getting and Spending, Borrowing and Balancing, 5th Edition written by Irene S Rubin and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2005-10-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Rubin has shown in past editions, public budgeting is inherently political. By presenting federal, state, and local budgeting within a comparative framework, he gives attention to issues of federalism, always sensitive to the power struggles between the different branches and levels of government.