| The New Fiscal Sociology Contributor(s): Martin, Isaac William (Editor), Mehrotra, Ajay K. (Editor), Prasad, Monica (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521494273 ISBN-13: 9780521494274 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $118.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2009 Annotation: This volume presents sixteen essays by comparative historical scholars who offer a survey of the new fiscal sociology. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Taxation - Business & Economics | Economics - Macroeconomics |
| Dewey: 339.525 |
| LCCN: 2009001167 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 9" (1.41 lbs) 328 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mehrotra, Ajay K.: - Ajay K. Mehrotra is a professor of law and history at Indiana University Maurer School of Law in Bloomington, IN, USA.Martin, Isaac William: - Isaac William Martin is the author of The Permanent Tax Revolt (2008), which won the President's Book Award from the Social Science History Association, and he is the co-editor of After the Tax Revolt: California's Proposition 13 Turns 30 (2009). He teaches sociology and urban studies at the University of California at San Diego.Prasad, Monica: - Monica Prasad teaches in the Department of Sociology at Northwestern University. She is the author of The Politics of Free Markets (2006), which won the 2007 Barrington Moore Award. Her current projects include research on the origins of progressive taxation in America; a comparative study of tax progressivity (with Yingying Deng); and a comparative historical investigation of carbon taxes. |
