The Price of Government by Peter Hutchinson
From the author of the best-selling Reinventing Government , a timely and important answer to the dilemma of constant fiscal crisis. Government fiscal problems have reached crisis proportions and generated headlines all over the country. In Oregon, schools are forced to close early because money to operate them runs out. In New York City, firehouse closings cause celebrity-studded neighborhood protests. Twenty-two state governors, from both parties and all regions of the country, have proposed tax increases to make up for falling revenues, rising expenses, and falling federal support. In Washington, the federal government projects a half-trillion-dollar deficit. The fiscal crisis in government at every level is the most severe it's been since World War II.Where David Osborne's 1992 New York Times bestseller Reinventing Government was descriptive, showing readers a new model of government then emerging around the country, The Price of Government is prescriptive. It offers specific solutions, drawn from the authors' ten years of experience applying reinvention strategies, and shows how to apply them in the context of a permanent fiscal crisis. The authors describe how a budget proces
The Editors: Peter Hutchinson is Reader in Modern German Studies in the University of Cambridge and Vice-Master of Trinity Hall. He is the author of Stefan Heym: The Perpetual Dissident (1992) and has published widely on aspects of East German literature as well as earlier German poetry and fiction.
Reinhard K. Zachau is Professor of German at the University of the South (Sewanee), USA, and wrote the first monograph on Stefan Heym (1982). He has published several books on modern German literature, including volumes on Bü¾¦˜¼ll, Fallada, and Koeppen.
Die Herausgeber: Peter Hutchinson ist Dozent fü¾˜¶˜¼r Modern German Studies an der University of Cambridge (England) und Vice-Master von Trinity Hall. Er ist der Autor der Studie Stefan Heym - Dissident auf Lebenszeit (1992, dt. 1999). Hutchinson verü¾¦˜¼ffentlichte auch eine Reihe von Arbeiten zur DDR-Literatur sowie zur Geschichte der deutschen Lyrik und Prosa.
Reinhard K. Zachau ist Professor fü¾˜¶˜¼r deutsche Sprache und Literatur an der University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, USA. Er verü¾¦˜¼ffentlichte 1982 die erste Heym-Monographie. Zu Zachaus Arbeiten zü¾†”¼hlen Bü¾˜¶˜¼cher zur modernen deutschen Literatur, unter anderem zu Heinrich Bü¾¦˜¼ll, Hans Fallada und Wolfgang Koeppen.
Reinhard K. Zachau is Professor of German at the University of the South (Sewanee), USA, and wrote the first monograph on Stefan Heym (1982). He has published several books on modern German literature, including volumes on Bü¾¦˜¼ll, Fallada, and Koeppen.
Die Herausgeber: Peter Hutchinson ist Dozent fü¾˜¶˜¼r Modern German Studies an der University of Cambridge (England) und Vice-Master von Trinity Hall. Er ist der Autor der Studie Stefan Heym - Dissident auf Lebenszeit (1992, dt. 1999). Hutchinson verü¾¦˜¼ffentlichte auch eine Reihe von Arbeiten zur DDR-Literatur sowie zur Geschichte der deutschen Lyrik und Prosa.
Reinhard K. Zachau ist Professor fü¾˜¶˜¼r deutsche Sprache und Literatur an der University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, USA. Er verü¾¦˜¼ffentlichte 1982 die erste Heym-Monographie. Zu Zachaus Arbeiten zü¾†”¼hlen Bü¾˜¶˜¼cher zur modernen deutschen Literatur, unter anderem zu Heinrich Bü¾¦˜¼ll, Hans Fallada und Wolfgang Koeppen.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780465053636 |
| ISBN 10 | 0465053637 |
| Title | The Price of Government |
| Author | Peter Hutchinson |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Basic Books |
| Year published | 2004-04-13 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
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