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Taxing democracy : local taxation and the social contract in America / Carrie Manning.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Manning, Carrie L., 1964- author.
- Series:
- Policy Press scholarship online.
- Policy Press scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Local taxation--Political aspects--United States.
- Local taxation.
- Democracy--Economic aspects--United States.
- Democracy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (iv, 143 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol, UK : Bristol University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- Carrie Manning's illuminating book examines how policies to limit taxation at state and local levels in the US have direct and lasting consequences for equity, accountability, and ultimately for democracy.
- Contents:
- Taxes and the social contract
- States, taxes, and the polities they create
- The US tax state and the limited social contract
- Tax and expenditure limitations vs. an expanding social contract
- Implications of the reliance on fines and fees
- Taxing democracy : conclusions.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Jan 2024).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781529215595
- 1529215595
- 9781529215571
- 1529215579
- 9781529215588
- 1529215587
- OCLC:
- 1376194210
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