David Stasavage (London School of Economics and Political Science)

Public Debt and the Birth of the Democratic State

France and Great Britain, 1688-1789

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Produktbeschreibung

This book develops new theory about the link between debt and democracy and applies it to a classic historical comparison: Great Britain in the eighteenth century which had strong representative institutions and sound public finance vs. ancient regime France, which had neither.

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Produktdetails

• Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Februar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 488g
• ISBN-13: 9780521809672
• ISBN-10: 0521809673
• Artikelnr.: 23187292

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. A model of credible commitment under representative government
3. Historical background: sovereign borrowing in Europe before 1688
4. Trends in French and British sovereign borrowing 1689-1789
5. Partisan politics and public debt in Great Britain: 1689-1789
6. Partisan politics and public debt in France: 1689-1789
7. Stability of representative institutions in France and Great Britain
8. Conclusion.