Maurice Mullard has been involved in the study of public policy and the interface of politics and economics since the early 1980s. He has been published extensively and is the author of Understanding Economic Policy.

• Chapter 1 Definitions of Politics and Public Expenditure; Chapter 2 Explaining Public Expenditure; Chapter 3 Conservative Party Politics and Public Expenditure, Harry Fineberg; Chapter 4 The Labour Party and the politics of public expenditure, Harry Fineberg; Chapter 5 The Heath Government 1970–4; Chapter 6 The Labour Governments 1974–9; Chapter 7 The Thatcher Government 1979–83; Chapter 8 The Restructuring of Public Expenditure 1984–90; Chapter 9 Politics and Public Expenditure in the 1990s: The Years of the New Pragmatism; Chapter 10 Conclusions: The Challenges of the 1990s;

`The author provides a very comprehensive study of the changing attitude to the role of Public Expenditure which occurred during the 1970s ... very well researched and full of quotes from relevant documents and individuals. There is also considerable use of statistical and graphical data to illustrate the arguments in the text ... a worthwhile addition to a Politics or Economics reference library.' - Teaching Politics`Packed full of interesting material' - Parliamentary Affairs