Democracies in Peril: Taxation and Redistribution in Globalizing Economies

ISBN-13: 9781108454889 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 342 str.

Ida Bastiaens; Nita Rudra

Opis

Explains the political factors behind the failure of many developing country democracies to benefit from globalization.

Recenzje

'… exceptional, theoretically rich, and empirically dense work … a must read for scholars and students working on questions at the core of both political economy research and democratic theory.' Sarah Berens, Perspectives on Politics

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. The problem and puzzle; 2. Democracies in peril; 3. Empirical assessment: democracies in peril; 4. Why democratic citizens resist; 5. Why firms resist; 6. The repercussions: who suffers?; 7. Democratic country example: India; 8. Conservative authoritarian country example: China; 9. Liberal authoritarian country examples: Jordan and Tunisia; Conclusion; Appendix.