State Supervision

Literature Review on (Local Government) State Supervision of Budgets and Finance

In the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, [1] Julia Beckett offers the following summary about the topic of (Local Government) State Supervision of Budgets and Finance: States have the authority to supervise local government budgets and finance using intergovernmental management or mandates. This entry summarizes how states supervise local government budgets in five ways: states enable, authorize, and empower local governments; states set budget controls and fiscal limits; states impose requirements and mandates; states employ administrative supervision; and states intervene in fiscal crises.

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Notes and References

1. Entry about (Local Government) State Supervision of Budgets and Finance in the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy (2015, Routledge, Oxford, United Kingdom)

See Also

Further Reading

• Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance (2018, Springer International Publishing, Germany)