The Politics of City Revenue

The Politics of City Revenue provides an in-depth exploration of local government finance, specifically focusing on the city of Oakland, California, during a time of fiscal constraint and political challenge. Authored by Thomas M. Stanback, Jr., the book emerges from his firsthand experiences as a participant-observer in Oakland's city management during the late 1960s. Originally intending to apply program-budgeting techniques, Stanback quickly discovered that the city's central problem was...