The new fiscal sociology : taxation in comparative and historical perspective /

This volume presents sixteen essays by comparative historical scholars who offer a survey of the new fiscal sociology.

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Other Authors: Martin, Isaac William (Editor), Mehrotra, Ajay K., 1969- (Editor), Prasad, Monica (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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Table of 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.