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Fiscal Administration | 
 enlarge | Author: John L. Mikesell
Publisher: Harcourt Brace College Publishers
Category: Book
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 425964
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 5th
Pages: 647
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 8 x 1.3
ISBN: 0155055283
Dewey Decimal Number: 330
EAN: 9780155055285
ASIN: 0155055283
Publication Date: March 26, 1999
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Product Description
FISCAL ADMINISTRATION IS DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS: BUDGETING, REVENUE, AND DEBT ADMINISTRATION/FUND MANAGEMENT. THIS TEXT INCLUDES AN INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER ON FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES. THE TWO SECTIONS OF BUDGETING AND REVENUE ARE ENTIRELY SELF-CONTAINED AND CAN BE TAUGHT IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE.FISCAL ADMINISTRATION IS DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS: BUDGETING, REVENUE, AND DEBT ADMINISTRATION/FUND MANAGEMENT. THIS TEXT INCLUDES AN INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER ON FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES. THE TWO SECTIONS OF BUDGETING AND REVENUE ARE ENTIRELY SELF-CONTAINED AND CAN BE TAUGHT IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE.
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 Mikesell needs to write more succinctly... please see Lee, Joyce and Johnson. October 19, 2005
Matthew S. Worner (Alexandria, VA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Public Budgeting Systems by Robert D. Lee, Philip G. Joyce, and Ronald Wayne Johnson is written more clearly... if you have a choice, buy this book. The problem with Mikesell is that he has to write 200 pages (six chapters) to explain the concept of revenues in the budget process. Too many trees were wasted in the development of this book. Lee, Joyce, and Johnson can do this in 40 pages.
The greater majority of my Public Budgeting Systems class at George Mason University feels that the Mikesell book is written in a manner to lull oneself to sleep... the benefit is that one could read the book rather than using drugs to induce sleep.
However, if you are required to purchase the Mikesell book, you should go to the Amazon UK web site and complete your transaction there... you can save yourself about 70 to 80 dollars.
Good book, bad delivery September 30, 2005
Carmen Zapata (Washington, DC)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I didn't get the book until 20 days after delivery. Way too long compared to other services. I got books I ordered the same day, 5 business days after placing the order.
Overall, Im pleased with the condition of the book.
Mikesell needs more money, reprints same book with new picture on the cover July 7, 2005
H. Ahmad (Syracuse, NY)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Are you looking for this book for your MPA course? Save some money and buy an older edition. They're all the same!!!
 Regarding Fiscal Administration April 5, 2004
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I am currently using this book for a graduate-level public budgeting course for a ranked MPA program. Mikesell's textbook is a poorly written, discursive and convoluted in scope. There are several basic grammatical errors in this textbook, and this is coming from someone whose first language is not English. The end-of-chapter computational problems are difficult to complete because nowhere in the chapters does the author explain how to do the problems. There is also too much information crammed into each paragraph; I'm lucky if I can read three pages in a row in one sitting. The author does not write well; he uses too many block quotes and lists (e.g, (1), (2), (3)...). Therefore, this book does not read well, and the information he tries to provide does not register in the mind. Most of my classmates have the same complaints as the ones I listed above. This book agitating for many to read, even for someone with a fairly solid economic background. Therefore, I'd strongly recommend not to use this book if at all possible. But to balance out this criticism with some good points, the first chapter is relatively easy to read and useful.
 Incorrect statement from former reviewer February 28, 2004
Daniel Mikesell (NY, NY United States)
2 out of 11 found this review helpful
A previous reviewer incorrectly identified my father's (J. Mikesell) undergrad alma mater as Illinois. In fact John Mikesell earned his BA from Wabash College. Just setting the facts straight.
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