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Rich people's movements : grassroots campaigns to untax the one percent /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Martin, Isaac William
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Series:Oxford studies in postwar American political development.
Subjects:
Income tax > United States.
Repeal of legislation > United States.
Social movements > United States.
Tax credits > United States.
Rich people > United States.
Abrogation > États-Unis.
Mouvements sociaux > États-Unis.
Crédit d'impôt > États-Unis.
Riches > États-Unis.
Income tax
Repeal of legislation
Rich people
Social movements
Tax credits
United States
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199367733
0199367736