When the party's over the politics of fiscal squeeze in perspective
This title develops a framework for analysing the politics of 'fiscal squeeze', defined as political effort to cut spending and increase taxes to correct the public finances - a theme which has dominated the politics of many democracies in the 2010s. The book poses three questions about th...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
published for The British Academy by Oxford University Press
2014, 2014
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| Edition: | First edition |
| Series: | Proceedings of the British Academy / Proceedings of the British Academy
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This title develops a framework for analysing the politics of 'fiscal squeeze', defined as political effort to cut spending and increase taxes to correct the public finances - a theme which has dominated the politics of many democracies in the 2010s. The book poses three questions about the politics of fiscal squeeze in democracies: what if anything is special about the politics of austerity or retrenchment; whether fiscal squeeze presents credit-claiming opportunities or severe blame-avoidance challenges to elected governments; and whether fiscal squeezes are highly consequential in their effects |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 277 pages illustrations (black and white) |
| ISBN: | 9780191771941 |