Gustavo A. Flores-Macias (New York Cornell University)

Contemporary State Building

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Governments around the world struggle to get the wealthy to pay more in taxes. This book explains how modern state-building can take place by adopting elite taxes to improve public safety. Using Latin America as an example, the book helps scholars and policymakers understand contemporary state-building in the developing world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 219
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 149mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 370g
• ISBN-13: 9781009095983
• ISBN-10: 1009095986
• Artikelnr.: 69073815

Autorenporträt

Gustavo A. Flores-Macías is Associate Vice Provost for International Affairs and Associate Professor of Government and Public Policy at Cornell University.

Inhaltsangabe

I. Introduction: Contemporary state building in Latin America
II. Latin America's elite security taxes
III. A theory of elite taxation and the determinants of security taxes
IV. Colombia's targeted security taxes
V. Costa Rica's "soft" security taxes
VI. El salvador's failed and diffuse taxes
VII. Mexico's uneven security taxes
VIII. Conclusion.