Taxation and social policy : financing the welfare state / Michal Koreh, Olivier Jacques, Daniel Béland

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Koreh, Michal, author.

Jacques, Olivier (Lecturer in health management, evaluation and policy), author.

Béland, Daniel, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in public policy

Cambridge elements. Elements in public policy, 2398-4058

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social policy--Economic aspects.

Social policy.

Taxation--Social aspects.

Taxation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026

Summary:

"This Element maps the relationship between taxation and social policy from a comparative and historical perspective. It critically reviews studies in fiscal sociology, history, political science, and political economy to highlight blind spots in the body of knowledge that future studies could explore. It shows that studying the revenue side of social policy offers compelling answers to central questions tackled in welfare state scholarship and addresses questions such as: What explains the introduction and timing of social programs? How can we understand processes of welfare state expansion and retrenchment? What determines the redistributive capacity of welfare states? What accounts for variations in redistributive capacity between groups and across generations in different countries? While bringing in the financing side of social policy complements prevailing accounts in the welfare state literature, studying financing can also transform how we understand social policy"-- Cambridge Core

Contents:

The architecture of welfare state financing

How do fiscal development and welfare state development relate?

Fiscal foundations of welfare state diversity

Public opinion on taxation

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed April 20, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: Koreh, Michal Taxation and social policy

ISBN:

9781009446990

1009446991

OCLC:

1564132145

Publisher Number:

CIPO000317207

Access Restriction:

Some versions: Open access versions available from some providers open access