The Politics of Taxation: A Comparative Perspective

by B. Guy Peters

Book Overview

Taxation is of crucial importance to politicians and political scientists. The question of how a government will raise its taxes - and how it will spend them - is a central political issue, which needs to be addressed in political terms. In this carefully structured and accessibly written text, Peters provides a much needed comparative introduction to the politics of taxation in the industrialized democracies, drawing on data from he OECD along with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557862117
• ISBN13: 9781557862112
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 320 Pages