14020. PUBLIC BUDGETING POLITICS. This essay considers the politics of public budgeting, focusing on the importance of economic issues in the public budgeting process and the role of environmental and balancing constraints and considering the extent to which democratic politics serves as an appropriate alternative to the marketplace for allocating the values that people hold dear in a democracy. KEYWORDS: public budget political aspects term paper. APA Style. 14 pages, 32 footnotes, 10 bibliographic sources. 3,966 words.