Taxation and social policy : financing the welfare state /
"This Element maps the relationship between taxation and social policy from a comparative and historical perspective. It critically reviews studies in fiscal sociology, history, political science, and political economy to highlight blind spots in the body of knowledge that future studies could...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2026
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| Series: | Cambridge elements. Elements in public policy.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "This Element maps the relationship between taxation and social policy from a comparative and historical perspective. It critically reviews studies in fiscal sociology, history, political science, and political economy to highlight blind spots in the body of knowledge that future studies could explore. It shows that studying the revenue side of social policy offers compelling answers to central questions tackled in welfare state scholarship and addresses questions such as: What explains the introduction and timing of social programs? How can we understand processes of welfare state expansion and retrenchment? What determines the redistributive capacity of welfare states? What accounts for variations in redistributive capacity between groups and across generations in different countries? While bringing in the financing side of social policy complements prevailing accounts in the welfare state literature, studying financing can also transform how we understand social policy"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references |
| ISBN: | 9781009446990 1009446991 9781009447003 1009447009 |
| ISSN: | 2398-4058 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/9781009446990 |