Public Authority and the Public Interest
What the 1980s Budget Battles Tell Us about the American State
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6298232 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joseph White (0000-0001-7416-8701), Aaron Wildavsky |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 7-31 |
| Publication date | 1989-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Theoretical Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0951-6298 • E-ISSN: 1460-3667 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0951692889001001002 |
| OpenAlex | W2080353466 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Our paper reviews Marxist, pluralist and conservative theories of the state under capitalism from the standpoint of evidence on United States federal taxing and spending during the 1980s. The deficit panic is a product of the political stratum that defines the public interest as actions opposed to private interests because then they cannot be accused of selling out. Though there is no institutional state in America (committee chairs come closest), there is a state of mind that can be called `stateness'. There is also an important set of arguments conducted on grounds of public interests. The trouble is that the public interest defined as deficit reduction is opposed to majority rule. We urge renewed concern over maintaining authoritative procedures rather than subordinating democracy to deficits
Democracy · Economics · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public interest · State (computer science · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 2014 (25) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |