The book is currently out of stock
More about the book
Focusing on the impact of taxation policies at state and local levels, the book explores their effects on equity, accountability, and democracy in the U.S. It highlights how tax structures create an implicit social contract that leads to unintended consequences, often overlooked in discussions about revenue models. By integrating historical American political development with state formation studies, the author offers a comprehensive analysis of the evolving relationship between local governments and citizens, addressing both historical context and future implications.
Book purchase
Taxing Democracy, Carrie Manning
- Language
- Released
- 2023
- product-detail.submit-box.info.binding
- (Hardcover)
We’ll notify you via email once we track it down.
Payment methods
- Title
- Taxing Democracy
- Subtitle
- Local Taxation and the Social Contract in America
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Carrie Manning
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Released
- 2023
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 148
- ISBN13
- 9781529215564
- Category
- Political Science / Politics
- Description
- Focusing on the impact of taxation policies at state and local levels, the book explores their effects on equity, accountability, and democracy in the U.S. It highlights how tax structures create an implicit social contract that leads to unintended consequences, often overlooked in discussions about revenue models. By integrating historical American political development with state formation studies, the author offers a comprehensive analysis of the evolving relationship between local governments and citizens, addressing both historical context and future implications.