The New Fiscal Sociology :Taxation in Comparative and Historical Perspective

Publication subTitle :Taxation in Comparative and Historical Perspective

Author: Isaac William Martin; Ajay K. Mehrotra; Monica Prasad  

Publisher: Cambridge University Press‎

Publication year: 2009

E-ISBN: 9780511590542

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780521494274

Subject: D91 Legal departments

Keyword: 法学各部门

Language: ENG

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The New Fiscal Sociology

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The New Fiscal Sociology: Taxation in Comparative and Historical Perspective demonstrates that the study of taxation can illuminate fundamental dynamics of modern societies. The sixteen essays in this collection offer a state-of-the-art survey of the new fiscal sociology that is emerging at the intersection of sociology, history, political science, and law. The contributors include some of the foremost comparative historical scholars in these disciplines and others. They approach the institution of taxation as a window onto the changing social contract. Their chapters address the social and historical sources of tax policy, the problem of how taxes persist, and the social and cultural consequences of taxation. They trace fundamental connections between tax institutions and macrohistorical phenomena - wars, shifting racial boundaries, religious traditions, gender regimes, labor systems, and more.

Chapter

Half-title

Dedication

Title

Copyright

Contents

List of Contributors

Acknowledgments

Foreword

1 The Thunder of History:The Origins and Development of the New Fiscal Sociology

THE CLASSICAL ROOTS OF FISCAL SOCIOLOGY

THE FRAGMENTATION OF FISCAL SOCIOLOGY

Modernization Theory and the Consequences of Economic Development

Elite Theory: Why People Consent to Taxes

Militarist Theory: The Consequences of Taxes for State Capacity

THE NEW FISCAL SOCIOLOGY

Part I. Social Sources of Taxation: American Tax Policy in Comparative Perspective

Part II. Taxpayer Consent

Part III. The Social Consequences of Taxation

THE FUTURE OF THE NEW FISCAL SOCIOLOGY

Part one social sources of taxation: american tax policy in comparative perspective

2 “The Unfair Advantage of the Few”:The New Deal Origins of “Soak the Rich” Taxation

TREASURY EXPERTISE

TAXATION FOR REGULATION

TAXATION FOR REDISTRIBUTION

POLITICAL IMPERATIVES

THE MESSAGE

BUSINESS REACTION

CONGRESSIONAL ACTION

CONCLUSION

3 What Americans Think of Taxes

HOW AMERICANS THINK ABOUT TAXES

PUBLIC OPINION AT THE DAWN OF MASS TAXATION

THE MUTED TAX POLITICS OF THE 1950s AND 1960s

TAXES ON THE NATIONAL AGENDA: 1970 TO THE PRESENT

CONCLUSION

4 Read Their Lips:Taxation and the Right-Wing Agenda

THE FISCAL CRISIS OF THE STATE

THE PERMANENT TAX REVOLT

THE GLOBAL CONTEXT

THE RIGHT-WING COALITION

THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT

HISTORICAL PARALLELS

RETURNING TO THE 1970s

CONCLUSION

5 Making Taxes the Life of The Party

CONNECTING TAX POLICY TO SOCIAL POLICY

PARTY POLITICS AND TAX EXPENDITURES

CONCLUSION

Part two taxpayer consent

6 The Politics of Demanding Sacrifice: Applying Insights from Fiscal Sociology to the Study of AIDS Policy and State Capacity

INTRODUCTION: INSIGHTS FROM THE TAX STATE

UNPACKING STATE AUTHORITY: DISBURSEMENTS AND SACRIFICES

AIDS POLICY AND TAXATION AS VARIETIES OF SACRIFICE

THEORIZING ABOUT THE DETERMINANTS OF SACRIFICE: THE ROLE OF BOUNDARIES

THE DETERMINANTS OF TAXATION AND AIDS POLICY IN BRAZIL AND SOUTH AFRICA

Tax State

AIDS Capacity

Discussion

CONCLUSION

7 The End of the Strong State?:On the Evolution of Japanese Tax Policy

JAPAN’S UNIQUE (TAX) POLITICAL ECONOMY

TAXES AND THE JAPANESE MODEL

JAPAN’S (SMALL) WELFARE STATE

CONSUMPTION TAXES

FROM BOOM TO BUST: RETHINKING THE JAPANESE MODEL

SOCIOPOLITICAL STRUCTURAL CHANGE AT THE END OF THE 1990 AND INCREASING INCOME INEQUALITY

REFORM AND REVENUE

CONCLUSION

8 War and Taxation:When Does Patriotism Overcome the Free-Rider Impulse?

THE ECONOMICS OF TAXATION AND TAX COMPLIANCE

The Economics of Taxation

The Economics of Tax Compliance: Deterrence

Other Influences on Tax Compliance

WAR AND TAXATION

Related Positive Literature

Related Normative Literature

HOW DOES WAR AFFECT ATTITUDES TOWARD TAX EVASION?

Data

Country-Level Results

Country Fixed-Effects

Discussion

CONCLUSION

9 Liberty, Democracy, and Capacity:Lessons from the Early American Tax Regimes

MASSACHUSETTS

VIRGINIA

PENNSYLVANIA

SOUTH CAROLINA

REVOLUTION

CONCLUSION

Part three the social consequences of taxation

10 Extraction and Democracy

11 Improving Tax Administration in Contemporary African States:Lessons from History

THE LIMITS OF CENTRALIZED BUREAUCRACY

ALTERNATIVES TO CENTRALIZED BUREAUCRACY IN PREMODERN STATES

HOW ARE CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN STATES SIMILAR TO PREMODERN STATES?

DECENTRALIZATION IN CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN STATES

PARTIAL PRIVATIZATION IN CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN STATES: SEMI-AUTONOMOUS REVENUE AUTHORITIES

THE UGANDAN REVENUE AUTHORITY

THE SOUTH AFRICAN REVENUE SERVICE

THE KENYA REVENUE AUTHORITY

CONCLUSION

12 Adam Smith and the Search for an Ideal Tax System

EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY BRITISH TAXES AND ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY

SMITH’S IDEAL TAX SYSTEM

APPLYING ADAM SMITH TO THE CONTEMPORARY UNITED STATES

THE INSTITUTIONAL POSSIBILITIES FOR SMITH’S IDEAL TAX SYSTEM

CONCLUSION

13 Where's the Sex in Fiscal Sociology?:Taxation and Gender in Comparative Perspective

INTRODUCTION: BEYOND WAR

THE ANALYTICS OF TAXING HOUSEHOLDS

THE FILING UNIT, MARRIAGE PENALTIES, AND BONUSES

CHOICES OF FILING UNIT

WHY DOES IT MATTER?

TWO NEUTRALITIES AND ONE IMPOSSIBILITY THEOREM

A NUMERICAL EXAMPLE

MOVING TO JOINT FILING AND ADDING IN RATES

THE MATH OF IT ALL AND A THIRD WAY

A LOOK AT THE NORMS

A (Not Just) Semantic Note

NOT JUST THE MARRIAGE PENALTY: SECONDARY-EARNER BIAS

A NOTE ON THE KIDS: CHILD VERSUS CHILDCARE CREDITS

NOT JUST THE INCOME TAX

THE SUM TOTAL

THREE THEMES

THE FOG OF TAX

RHETORICAL MANIPULATION AND COGNITIVE ERROR

ELITES AND EFFICIENCY

CONCLUSION

14 The Shoup Mission to Japan:Two Political Economies Intersect

INTRODUCTION: AN AMBITIOUS MISSION

POLITICAL ECONOMIES IN NATIONAL CRISIS

THE SHOUP MISSION: THE AMERICAN SETTING

PREPARATION FOR THE MISSION

THE SHOUP RECOMMENDATIONS

THE AFTERMATH AND LEGACY OF THE MISSION

Epilogue: A Renaissance for Fiscal Sociology?

DIALOGUE ACROSS DISCIPLINARY AND SUBDISCIPLINARY BOUNDARIES

TAXATION AND THE RISE OF NEOLIBERALISM

TAXATION AND GLOBALIZATION

TAXATION AS A SOURCE OF INSTITUTIONAL COMPETITIVENESS

CONCLUSION

References

Index

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