"No one can understand the politics of the 1980s without understanding the politics of the budget, and no one understands the politics of the budget better than White and Wildavsky. In explaining why budgeting has dominated national politics, they show the implications for American government of the long stalemate over the deficit."--Allen Schick, University of Maryland "No one can understand the politics of the 1980s without understanding the politics of the budget, and no one understands the politics of the budget better than White and Wildavsky. In explaining why budgeting has dominated national politics, they show the implications for American government of the long stalemate over the deficit."--Allen Schick, University of Maryland