Just Taxes : The Politics of Taxation in Britain, 1914–1979
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0521039797
ISBN-13
9780521039796
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 16th, 2007
Print length
424 Pages
Weight
633 grams
Dimensions
22.80 x 15.20 x 2.40 cms
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Professor Martin Daunton's major work of original synthesis explores the politics of taxation in the twentieth century. Combining research with a comprehensive survey of existing knowledge, this lucid and wide-ranging book examines the complex financial relationship between the State and its citizens in modern Britain.
In 1914, taxation was about 10 per cent of GNP; by 1979, taxes had risen to almost half of the total national income, and contributed to the rise of Thatcher. Martin Daunton continues the story begun in Trusting Leviathan, offering an analysis of the politics of acceptance of huge tax rises after the First World War and asks why it did not provoke the same levels of discontent in Britain as it did on the continent. He further questions why acceptance gave way to hostility at the end of this period. Daunton views taxes as the central driving force for equity or efficiency. As such he provides a detailed discussion of their potential in providing revenue for the state, and their use in shaping the social structure and influencing economic growth. Just Taxes places taxation in its proper place, at the centre of modern British history.
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