Dr. Richard Kinney has been a member of Boise State University’s Department of
Political Science and Master of Public Administration (MPA) Program since 1976. He
received his Ph.D. in 1980 from the University of Notre Dame in Government and
International Studies. His dissertation was entitled "Decisions and Roles of
Executive and Legislative Officials in the Idaho State Budgetary Process" and his
research agenda has continued to focus on state and sub-state budgetary politics and
processes since then. Dr. Kinney has been an active participant and presenter at
conferences including those of the Idaho Political Science Association, the Western
Political Science Association, and the American Society for Public Administration.

Articles

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Economic Stress, Revenue Shortfalls, and Budget Reductions Continue in Idaho, Western States Budget 2009 Roundtable: State Budgeting in the Western States. Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting (2010)

In February of 2008, Idaho budget officials detected initial effects of the nation’s economic woes...

 

Economic Problems, Revenue Scarcity and Idaho State Budgeting (with Gregory Hill), Annual Western States Budget Review (2009)

When Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter submitted his budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 in January...

 

Factors Influencing the Politics and Process of County Government Budgeting (with Sydney Duncombe and William Duncombe), State and Local Government Review (1992)

This article reports the results of a national survey on the politics and process of...

 

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Winners in the Idaho State Budget Process (with Sydney Duncombe), Public Budgeting & Finance (1989)

The semi-annual reports made by the Inspector General's Office of the Department of Defense (IG,...

 

New Directions in Budget Theory Since Key (with Sydney Duncombe and William Duncombe), New Directions in Public Administration Research (1988)
 

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Contributions to Books

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Idaho: Process and Politics in Gem State Budgeting (with Sydney Duncombe), Governors, Legislatures, and Budgets: Diversity Across the American States (1991)

This chapter provides an overview of Idaho's revenue and expenditures, examines the budget process, and...

 

Presentations

Governor Otter’s FY 2012 Budget and Its Potential Impacts: A Precis, Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association (2011)
 

And the Cuts Just Keep On Coming: Idaho State Budgeting in 2009 and 2010, Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association (2010)