Ida Bastiaens

Democracies in Peril (eBook, ePUB)

Taxation and Redistribution in Globalizing Economies

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Globalization is triggering a 'revenue shock' in developing economies. International trade taxes - once the primary source of government revenue - have been cut drastically in response to trade liberalization. Bastiaens and Rudra make the novel argument that regime type is a major determinant of revenue-raising capacity once free trade policies have been adopted. Specifically, policymakers in democracies confront greater challenges than their authoritarian counterparts when implementing tax reforms to offset liberalization's revenue shocks. The repercussions are significant: while the poor bear the brunt of this revenue shortfall in democracies, authoritarian regimes are better-off overall. Paradoxically, then, citizens of democracies suffer precisely because their freer political culture constrains governmental ability to tax and redistribute under globalization. This important contribution on the battle between open societies and the ability of governments to help their people prosper under globalization is essential reading for students and scholars of political economy, development studies and comparative politics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108676618
• Artikelnr.: 56613719

Autorenporträt

Ida Bastiaens is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Fordham University, New York. Her research analyzes questions on the political determinants of integration in the global economy, the impact of international integration on fiscal and social welfare in developing countries, and citizen preferences for global capital flows. She has published in International Interactions, the Journal of European Public Policy, and Review of International Political Economy.

Inhaltsangabe

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.