The Politics of Public Budgeting textbook considers a number of frameworks for the decision-making process.
Previous discussions and activities have touched upon many of these. These frameworks are reduced to three
common themes: transparency, polarization, and action or reaction.
For this discussion, address any two of the following questions:
What challenges occur when dealing with the issue of budget transparency in your community, and how might
a public administrator deal with them?
How might public administrators create a professional sense of balance within themselves to minimize the
potential for their budgets or services to potentially marginalize members of the community based on
ideological influences?
How might a public administrator interact with decision makers in the community to minimize the potential
effects of either under-reacting or over-reacting in a budget crisis?
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