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This 4 page paper examines the framework developed by Aaron Wildavsky to explain how budgetary processes take place and the role of guardians and spenders. The paper then considers if this is a model suitable for use when studying both developed and developing nations. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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of an examination of what should be undertaken and how, but a study of the different interactions by actors within the process. For this we can used the framework of
Aaron Wildavsky, this is a behavioural framework, that has a flexible approach to allow the paradigm to be applied to different political systems (Savoie, 1990). Wildavsky takes the approach
of examining how budgetary process work including the very competitive budget formulation processes and the need for actors to satisfice a number of needs and make decision in a complex
environment (Wildavsky, 1986). In Wildavskys model, there are two main actors these are referred to as guardians and spenders (Wildavsky, 1986).These two roles will be played at different points
of the budgetary process (Wildavsky, 1986). Political budgets are a game between these two roles, there will always be demands that are greater than the resources that can be used
to meet those demands. When a government official forms the priorities these will be driven by needs and as such there is the need for the purse of the government
to have guardians to ensure one need does not have more than a reasonable use of resources (Wildavsky, 1986). The guardians and the spenders are therefore in a dichotomy
that can be problematic due to the limited nature of the resources and the government being both spender and guardian. For a government to be successful both of these roles
need to be recognised as legitimate and to be negotiated in order to develop a balanced budget (Wildavsky, 1986). Whilst Wildavsky sees there being conflict between these two roles, this
is not automatically one that is problematic, but can serve a productive purpose. The sending needs and programmes are put together by the officials with the specialist knowledge, and the
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