Of rule and revenue / Margaret Levi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levi, Margaret.

Series:

California series on social choice and political economy ; 9.

California series on social choice and political economy ; 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Revenue--History.

Revenue.

Income tax--History.

Income tax.

State, The--History.

State, The.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 1988 (1989 printing)

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Margaret Levi's wide-ranging theoretical and historical study demonstrates the importance of political relative to economic factors in accounting for revenue production policies.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

2. The Theory of Predatory Rule

3. Creating Compliance

4. Revenue Production in Republican Rome

5. France and England in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

6. Introduction of the Income Tax in Eighteenth- Century Britain

7. Compliance with the Commonwealth Income Tax in Australia

8. Conclusion

Appendix: Bringing People Back into the State. A Bibliographical Essay

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612355561

9781282355569

1282355562

9780520909540

0520909542

OCLC:

609850094