Regressive Taxation and the Welfare State
Subtitle: Path Dependence and Policy Diffusion (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: September 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780521824521
Subjects: Elections & political parties; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Political economy; Social welfare & social services; Public welfare; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Taxation; Economics - Theory; General; Political Science / General; Expenditures, Public
First sentence: Economic stagnation and subsequent shortage of government revenue brought the welfare state under intensive censure in the 1980s.