The politics of cutting public spending or raising taxes (or both) has dominated politics in many democracies in recent years. A new era of conflict has developed, with old political alignments being tested and new battles emerging over whose expectations are to be disappointed and who should be blamed for fiscal squeeze.Do parties who cut spending always go down to defeat in elections? Are there 'best practice' cases that every government should follow when it has to cut spending or raise taxes to balance its public finances? Such issues have mainly been analysed from an economic or financial perspective and in the context of recent cases. By contrast, this book focuses on the politics of fiscal squeeze and takes a longer view.It combines quantitative and qualitative analysis to examine cases ranging from the fiscal squeeze in the United States in the 1830s/40s (when half of the states then in the Union defaulted) to the squeeze following the 2001 Argentinian default. It assesses who were the winners and losers, who got the blame and what were the longer-term effects on politics and government. It argues that 'how to do it' approaches to fiscal squeeze in democracies, based on apparently successful cases, often fail to take into account profound differences in circumstances.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN-13
9780197265734
eBay Product ID (ePID)
209027868
Product Key Features
Author
Rozana Himaz, Christopher Hood, David Heald
Publication Name
When the Party's Over: the Politics of Fiscal Squeeze in Perspective
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Economics, Government, Finance
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
296 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
242mm
Item Width
163mm
Volume
Vol. 197
Item Weight
646g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Proceedings of the British Academy
Editor
Rozana Himaz, Christopher Hood, David Heald
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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