Democracies in Peril - Taxation and Redistribution in Globalizing Economies

Explains the political factors behind the failure of many developing country democracies to benefit from globalization.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The problem and puzzle; 2. Democracies in peril; 3. Empirical assessment: democracies in peril; 4. Why democratic citizens resist; 5. Why firms resist; 6. The repercussions: who suffers?; 7. Democratic country example: India; 8. Conservative authoritarian country example: China; 9. Liberal authoritarian country examples: Jordan and Tunisia; Conclusion; Appendix.

About the author

Ida Bastiaens is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Fordham University, New York. Her research analyzes questions on the political determinants of integration in the global economy, the impact of international integration on fiscal and social welfare in developing countries, and citizen preferences for global capital flows. She has published in International Interactions, the Journal of European Public Policy, and Review of International Political Economy.Nita Rudra is Professor of Government at Georgetown University, Washington DC. Her research focuses on the problems of economic development, democracy, globalization, inequality, and redistribution in the developing world. Her work appears in British Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, American Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, and International Organization.

Summary

Why are developing country democracies struggling to take advantage of globalization when free trade is supposed to benefit all participants? This book makes a significant contribution to political science by revealing how and why these democracies are struggling to generate much-needed public revenues in the face of trade liberalization.

Product details

• Authors: Ida Bastiaens, Ida (Fordham University Bastiaens, Nita Rudra, Nita (Georgetown University Rudra, Rudra Nita
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9781108454889
• ISBN: 978-1-108-45488-9
• No. of pages: 342
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, Developing Countries, Political Economy, Public finance, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Public finance and taxation, Global South / Developing countries