The Fiscalization of Social Policy: How Taxpayers Trumped Children in the Fight Against Child Poverty

ISBN-13: 9780190841300 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 248 str.

Joshua T. McCabe

Opis

The earned income tax credit (EITC) and child tax credit (CTC) are tax credits for low-income families that paradoxically exclude the poorest families. This book challenges the conventional wisdom on American exceptionalism and offers the first and only comparative analysis of the politics on these important anti-poverty tax credits.

Recenzje

McCabe has provided an intriguing theory about why America's safety net looks the way it does-and why two closely related countries do things so differently. His book deserves a careful read by those concerned about family-oriented public policy.

O autorze

Joshua T. McCabe is a sociologist and the Assistant Dean of Social Sciences at Endicott College. He was previously the Associate Director at Wellesley College's Freedom Project. His research interests include economic sociology and political sociology with a focus on the comparative politics of taxation and social policy. He is especially motivated by puzzles of American exceptionalism and their practical implications for public policy.