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1 online resource (xiii, 313 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The thunder of history: the origins and development of the new fiscal sociology / Isaac William Martin, Ajay K. Mehrotra, Monica Prasad -- "The unfair advantage of the few": the New Deal origins of "soak the rich" taxation / Joseph J. Thorndike -- What Americans think of taxes / Andrea Louise Campbell -- Read their lips: taxation and the right-wing agenda / Fred Block -- Making taxes the life of the party / Christopher Howard -- The politics of demanding sacrifice: applying insights from fiscal sociology to the study of AIDS policy and state capacity / Evan S. Lieberman -- The end of the strong state?: on the evolution of Japanese tax policy / Eisaku Ide, Sven Steinmo -- War and taxation: when does patriotism overcome the free-rider impulse? / Naomi Feldman, Joel Slemrod -- Liberty, democracy, and capacity: lessons from the early American tax regimes / Robin L. Einhorn -- Extraction and democracy / Charles Tilly -- Improving tax administration in contemporary African states: lessons from history / Edgar Kiser, Audrey Sacks -- Adam Smith and the search for an ideal tax system / Beverly Moran -- Where's the sex in fiscal sociology?: taxation and gender in comparative perspective / Edward McCaffery -- The Shoup mission to Japan: two political economies intersect / W. Elliot Brownlee -- Epilogue: A Renaissance for fiscal sociology? / John L. Campbell. |
| Summary |
This volume presents sixteen essays by comparative historical scholars who offer a survey of the new fiscal sociology. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Taxation -- Social aspects.
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Taxation -- Social aspects. |
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Taxation. |
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Fiscal policy.
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Fiscal policy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Martin, Isaac William, editor.
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Mehrotra, Ajay K., 1969- editor.
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Prasad, Monica, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: New fiscal sociology. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 9780521738392 (DLC) 2009001167 (OCoLC)298670845 |
| ISBN |
9780511651311 (electronic book) |
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0511651317 (electronic book) |
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9780511627071 (electronic book) |
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0511627076 (electronic book) |
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9786612393280 |
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6612393289 |
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9780521738392 (paperback) |
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0521738393 (paperback) |
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9780521494274 |
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0521494273 |
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9780511593338 |
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0511593333 |
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