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Democracies in peril : taxation and redistribution in globalizing economies /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bastiaens, Ida (Author), Rudra, Nita (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Taxation > Developing countries.
Democracy > Developing countries.
Free enterprise > Developing countries.
Finance, Public > Developing countries.
Developing countries > Politics and government.
Developing countries > Economic conditions.
Democracy.
Economic history.
Finance, Public.
Free enterprise.
Politics and government.
Taxation.
Developing countries.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The problem and puzzle
  • The democratic dilemma
  • Empirically assessing the democratic dilemma
  • Why democratic citizens resist
  • Why firms resist
  • The repercussions: who suffers?
  • Democratic country example: India
  • Conservative authoritarian country example: China
  • Liberal authoritarian country examples: Jordan and Tunisia
  • Conclusion.