Budgeting Entitlements

Looks at the food stamp program to examine how the growing integration of welfare and budgeting has affected both politics and people. Examines the effects of welfare transfers on the kinds of budgetary rules adopted by Congress, covering discretion, entitlement, and expenditure caps. Uses models based on these forms to interpret events in the history of the food stamp program up to the welfare reform of 1996, and shows how these different budget rules have affected political strategies among key actors and policy outcomes. King teaches political science at Tulane University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Ronald F. King is a professor of political science at Tulane University and author ofMoney, Time and Politics: Investment Tax Subsidies and American Democracy(1993).