Isaac William Martin

Rich People's Movements

Grassroots Campaigns to Untax the One Percent

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Produktbeschreibung

Why do protesters sometimes take to the streets to demand lower taxes on the rich? In this urgently relevant study, sociologist Isaac William Martin examines how these protesters used tactics that they learned in movements of the poor and powerless-and sometimes won big.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780199928996
• ISBN-10: 0199928991
• Artikelnr.: 37039477

Autorenporträt

Isaac William Martin is an associate professor of sociology at the University of California - San Diego. He is the author of The Permanent Tax Revolt, and co-editor of After the Tax Revolt: California's Proposition 13 Turns 30 and The New Fiscal Sociology.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction: The Riddle of Rich People's Movements
Chapter One: The Revolution of 1913
Chapter Two: Populism against the Income Tax
Chapter Three: The Sixteenth Amendment Repealers
Chapter Four: The Most Sinister Lobby
Chapter Five: The Power of Women
Chapter Six: The Radical Rich
Chapter Seven: Strange Bedfellows
Chapter Eight: The Temporary Triumph of Estate Tax Repeal
Conclusion: The Century of Rich People's Movements