It is no secret that public budgeting courses can feel dry, technical, and overwhelming for students. Exploring real financial and budgeting situations in the public sector to engage students more actively in their learning, Public Budgeting and Financial Management: A Casebook applies budgeting and public finance course concepts in context to help students transform abstract concepts into practical applications.
Each chapter of this book begins with a brief introduction to a foundational budgeting concept, including definitions, basic steps, and optional further reading, to provide an overview of and context for each concept. The case studies that then follow are organized by topic, designed to help students reflect, make connections, and analyze budgeting situations within and across settings. The cases demonstrate strategies in system implementation, policy formulation, and financial management for different levels of government, with international, federal, state, county, and local cases included. Each case study concludes with questions for discussion, and teaching notes are woven thoughtfully throughout this book, offering instructors guidance on how the case studies can be implemented effectively in a classroom setting.
Public Budgeting and Financial Management: A Casebook is a detailed, indispensable guide for all public budgeting students, as well as early career faculty as they prepare to teach the course for what may be the first time, as well as for more senior faculty looking to improve the learning experience of students in the classroom.
Natalia Ermasova is a Professor and an MPA Program Director at Governors State University, Illinois, USA. She is an Adjunct Professor in the MPPA Program at Northwestern University. She was a Fulbright Specialist at Matej Bel University, Slovakia, in 2025, a Fulbright Visiting Professor at the National University of Public Service, Budapest, Hungary, in 2023, and a DAAD Visiting Professor at Ludwigsburg Academy for Civil Services, Germany. She is the co-author (with Tatyana Guzman) of Municipal Fiscal Stress, Bankruptcies, and Other Financial Emergencies (Routledge, 2023).
Tatyana Guzman is an Associate Professor in Public Budgeting and Finance at the Levin College of Public Affairs and Education at Cleveland State University, Ohio, USA. She joined Levin College faculty in 2013, where she teaches government budgeting and finance, economics, statistics, and research methods courses to college students and government officials outside of academia. She is the co-author (with Natalia Ermasova) of Municipal Fiscal Stress, Bankruptcies, and Other Financial Emergencies (Routledge, 2023). She is active with the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM), serving on the Executive Board and on several other ABFM committees.
