Century of Fiscal Squeeze Politics C

by Rozana Himaz and Christopher Hood

This volume identifies and compares 'fiscal squeezes' (major efforts to cut public spending and/or raise taxes) in the UK over a century from 1900 to 2015. The authors examine how different the politics of fiscal squeeze and austerity is today from what it was a century ago, how (if at all) fiscal squeezes reshaped the state and the provision of public services, and how political credit and blame played out after austerity episodes. The analysis is...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198779615
• ISBN13: 9780198779612
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Academic
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"