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Informationen zum Autor Isaac William Martin is an associate professor of sociology at the University of California - San Diego. He is the author of The Permanent Tax Revolt, and co-editor of After the Tax Revolt: California's Proposition 13 Turns 30 and The New Fiscal Sociology. Klappentext Why do protesters sometimes take to the streets to demand lower taxes on the rich? In this urgently relevant study, sociologist Isaac William Martin examines how these protesters used tactics that they learned in movements of the poor and powerless-and sometimes won big. Zusammenfassung Why do protesters sometimes take to the streets to demand lower taxes on the rich? In this urgently relevant study, sociologist Isaac William Martin examines how these protesters used tactics that they learned in movements of the poor and powerless-and sometimes won big. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction: The Riddle of Rich People's Movements Chapter One: The Revolution of 1913 Chapter Two: Populism against the Income Tax Chapter Three: The Sixteenth Amendment Repealers Chapter Four: The Most Sinister Lobby Chapter Five: The Power of Women Chapter Six: The Radical Rich Chapter Seven: Strange Bedfellows Chapter Eight: The Temporary Triumph of Estate Tax Repeal Conclusion: The Century of Rich People's Movements
