Paying for the Welfare State in the 21st Century
Tax and Spending in Post-Industrial Societies
$71.18
- Paperback
168 pages
- Release Date
28 June 2017
Summary
What does the future hold for the welfare state in the post-industrial 21st century? Political and economic forces are threatening the taxation regimes of highly globalised, capitalist societies, prompting an urgent debate around the function of the welfare state and how we pay for it.
In a challenge to current policy and thinking, David Byrne and Sally Ruane deploy the concepts and analytical tools of Marxist political economy to better understand these developments, and the possib…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781447336532 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1447336534 |
| Author: | Sally Ruane, David Byrne |
| Publisher: | Bristol University Press |
| Imprint: | Policy Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 168 |
| Release Date: | 28 June 2017 |
| Weight: | 186g |
| Dimensions: | 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
“Fiscal crisis, class, … and taxation. This very welcome book provides a clear analysis of the class-based nature of tax systems in post-industrial capitalism.”
“Fiscal crisis, class… and taxation. This very welcome book provides a clear analysis of the class-based nature of tax systems in post-industrial capitalism.” Nick Ellison, University of York
“This is a timely revisit to O’Connor’s seminal analysis of the welfare state in a capitalist system. David Byrne and Sally Ruane make an important argument that there is a better alternative to the financial system that is currently destroying social cohesion and feeding rising inequality. Taxation is part of the solution, not the problem.” Philip Haynes, University of Brighton
Sally Ruane
David Byrne is Emeritus Professor of Applied Social Sciences at Durham University. His work explores the consequences of the post-industrial transition and the implications of the complexity frame of reference for understanding the social world.
Sally Ruane works in the School of Applied Social Sciences at De Montfort University, Leicester, and is Deputy Director of the Health Policy Research Unit. Her research interests lie in health service reform, forms of NHS privatisation and taxation.
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