Fiscalization of Social Policy - How Taxpayers Trumped Children in the Fight Against Child Poverty

The earned income tax credit (EITC) and child tax credit (CTC) are tax credits for low-income families that paradoxically exclude the poorest families. This book challenges the conventional wisdom on American exceptionalism and offers the first and only comparative analysis of the politics on these important anti-poverty tax credits.

List of contents

• 1: American Exceptionalism Revisited


• 2: The Great Divergence


• 3: From the Era of Easy Finance to Permanent Austerity


• 4: Canada: Taking Children Off Welfare


• 5: The United Kingdom: The Childrens Budget


• 6: The United States: Tax Relief for Families


• 7: Conclusion


• Index

About the author

Joshua T. McCabe is a sociologist and the Assistant Dean of Social Sciences at Endicott College. He was previously the Associate Director at Wellesley College's Freedom Project. His research interests include economic sociology and political sociology with a focus on the comparative politics of taxation and social policy. He is especially motivated by puzzles of American exceptionalism and their practical implications for public policy.

Summary

The earned income tax credit (EITC) and child tax credit (CTC) are tax credits for low-income families that paradoxically exclude the poorest families. This book challenges the conventional wisdom on American exceptionalism and offers the first and only comparative analysis of the politics on these important anti-poverty tax credits.

Additional text

McCabe has provided an intriguing theory about why America's safety net looks the way it does-and why two closely related countries do things so differently. His book deserves a careful read by those concerned about family-oriented public policy.

Product details

• Authors: Joshua T McCabe, Joshua T. McCabe, Joshua T. (Freedom Project Postdoctoral Fe Mccabe, Joshua T. (Freedom Project Postdoctoral Fellow McCabe
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.07.2018
• EAN: 9780190841300
• ISBN: 978-0-19-084130-0
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Poverty & unemployment, Social welfare & social services, Social welfare and social services, Poverty and precarity