Product Description
Public Financial Management
Author: JSH Gildenhuys
Format: Physical Hardcopy
Public Financial Management was born of a genuine demand from academics, practitioners and students of Public Finance. The book is an authoritative work on the subject of financial management, both at central and local government levels. The approach followed in this book is normative/descriptive, and the content is presented in a universally applicable and generic manner.
The book is divided into five parts, dealing with the following subjects:
Experts in the field will find the work indispensable, whereas members of municipal councils and legislative authorities, officials and members of the public who take an interest in central and local government affairs, will find it most instructive. The author is a well-known academic who has become an expert on public financial management through many years of practical and teaching experience, enabling him to write authoritatively on this subject.
The author is a well-known academic who has become an expert on public financial management through many years of practical and teaching experience, enabling him to write authoritatively on this subject.
Features:
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the fundamental principles of public finance;
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the organisational rules of public financial management;
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public revenue;
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public budgeting; and
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financial activities.
Contents:
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PART I: FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC FINANCE
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Chapter 1. General goals and objectives of government
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Chapter 2. Government functions and public services
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Chapter 3. Democratic principles for public financial management
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Chapter 4. Public choices and public finance
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PART II: ORGANIZATIONAL RULES FOR PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Chapter 5. Role of the legislature
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Chapter 6. Role of the executive authority
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Chapter 7. Role of the administrative authority
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Chapter 8. Intergovernmental financial relations
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PART III: PUBLIC REVENUE
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Chapter 9. Theories of taxation
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Chapter 10. Income taxation
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Chapter 11. Wealth taxation
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Chapter 12. Consumption taxation
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Chapter 13. User charges, consumer tarriffs and nominal levies
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PART IV: PUBLIC BUDGETS
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Chapter 14. Features and functions of a budget
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Chapter 15. Budget logic and budget format
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Chapter 16. Budget cycle: methods and practices
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Chapter 17. Budgetary systems and budget reform
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PART V: FINANCING OPERATIONS
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Chapter 18. Cash management
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Chapter 19. Public debt management and loans administration
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Chapter 20. Inventory management
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