Taxing Democracy
Local Taxation and the Social Contract in America
1st Edition
Published on 20. April 2023
148 pages
978-1-5292-1557-1 (ISBN)
Description
Carrie Manning's illuminating book examines how policies to limit taxation at state and local levels in the US have direct and lasting consequences for equity, accountability, and ultimately for democracy.
Tax structures embed and reproduce an implicit social contract between government and citizens, creating path-dependent outcomes that produce unintended consequences which are rarely traced back to state and local revenue models. This book combines historical American political development with the study of state formation. It provides a clear-eyed investigation into the past, present, and future of the social contract between America's local governments and citizens.
Tax structures embed and reproduce an implicit social contract between government and citizens, creating path-dependent outcomes that produce unintended consequences which are rarely traced back to state and local revenue models. This book combines historical American political development with the study of state formation. It provides a clear-eyed investigation into the past, present, and future of the social contract between America's local governments and citizens.
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
1 s/w Tabelle
1 Tables, black and white
File size
0,72 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-5292-1557-1 (9781529215571)
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Other editions
Additional editions
Book
04/2023
1st Edition
Bristol University Press
€105.50
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Person
Carrie Manning is Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University.
Content
1. Taxes and the Social Contract
2. States, Taxes, and the Polities They Create
3. The US Tax State and the Limited Social Contract
4. Tax and Expenditure Limitations vs. an Expanding Social Contract
5. Implications of the Reliance on Fines and Fees
6. Taxing Democracy: Conclusions
2. States, Taxes, and the Polities They Create
3. The US Tax State and the Limited Social Contract
4. Tax and Expenditure Limitations vs. an Expanding Social Contract
5. Implications of the Reliance on Fines and Fees
6. Taxing Democracy: Conclusions
