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September 11 produced unprecedented political will in the United States to fight terrorism with all of the energy and power at the collective disposal of America and its allies. That principle has already been applied to al-Qaeda and is now being applied to Saddam Hussein's Iraq. But what effect has the US-led war on terror had on the leaders and state sponsors of other Middle Eastern terrorist organizations? Here, Michael Levitt provides an assessment of US counter-terrorism policy during 2002...

New Technologies are revolutionizing global media and communications. Many believe that those institutions that fail to adapt will simply perish. Market forces, of course, will determine most of the winners and losers in the new media order, but governments must decide whether commercial forces alone will provide for the needs of their citizens. The future of American public television, in particular will be highly dependent on the policies of the public sector. At the heart of questions about t...

The Basics of Public Budgeting and Financial Management brings budgetary theory and practice together, filling the void between the two that has existed in the field of budgeting and public finance. This book bridges the gap by providing the reader with applications and exercises that reinforce each theory. Students are given the opportunity to learn various concepts and skills necessary to succeed in the field and the exercises provided in each chapter require application of what is learned. Th...

New Mexico and Arizona joined the Union in 1912, despite the opposition from some of their residents. The Fiscal Case against Statehood examines the concerns of the people who lost the battle over statehood in the two territories. Moussalli examines their territorial and early state governments' fiscal behavior and reveals that while their fears of steep increases in the cost of government were well-founded, statehood also significantly improved their governments' accountability for their use o...

In the absence of a bottom-line (profitability test), efficient and equitable delivery of public services requires that public sector interventions must be subjected to rigorous pre and post evaluations. Edited by Anwar Shah, this book provides tools of analysis to conduct economic evaluation of projects, programs, and policies. The evaluation techniques reflect not just the costs and benefits of expenditures, but also how these expenditures are financed. Conceptual and empirical guidance on cap...

The first book to comprehensively discuss both governmental and nonprofit financial management! Governmental and Nonprofit Financial Management makes it easy for both nonprofit and governmental managers to understand essential governmental and nonprofit financial management topics and their various subfields. • Understand the similarities and differences between governmental and nonprofit financial management standards and procedures • Learn multiple cost-saving techniques • Explore highly...

The public sector accounts for about 40% of the gross domestic product of the United Kingdom. The book has been written in response to the major changes that are taking place in the public sector and puts forward a unified approach to practical auditing based on the idea that audits of all types require the auditor to give an opinion to his client. The external auditor traditionally gives an opinion on a set of financial statements and an internal auditor gives an opinion to managers on the stre...