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States of credit : size, power, and the development of European polities
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ISBN: 9780691140575 069114057X 0691166730 9786613129277 1400838878 1283129272 9781400838875 9780691166735 Year: 2011 Volume: *9 Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,

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States of Credit provides the first comprehensive look at the joint development of representative assemblies and public borrowing in Europe during the medieval and early modern eras. In this pioneering book, David Stasavage argues that unique advances in political representation allowed certain European states to gain early and advantageous access to credit, but the emergence of an active form of political representation itself depended on two underlying factors: compact geography and a strong mercantile presence. Stasavage shows that active representative assemblies were more likely to be sustained in geographically small polities. These assemblies, dominated by mercantile groups that lent to governments, were in turn more likely to preserve access to credit. Given these conditions, smaller European city-states, such as Genoa and Cologne, had an advantage over larger territorial states, including France and Castile, because mercantile elites structured political institutions in order to effectively monitor public credit. While creditor oversight of public funds became an asset for city-states in need of finance, Stasavage suggests that the long-run implications were more ambiguous. City-states with the best access to credit often had the most closed and oligarchic systems of representation, hindering their ability to accept new economic innovations. This eventually transformed certain city-states from economic dynamos into rentier republics. Exploring the links between representation and debt in medieval and early modern Europe, States of Credit contributes to broad debates about state formation and Europe's economic rise.

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History of Europe --- Debts, Public --- Credit --- Middle Ages. --- Dettes publiques --- Crédit --- Moyen Age --- History --- Histoire --- Europe --- Politics and government. --- History. --- Politique et gouvernement --- EARLY MODERN ERAS -- 338.98 --- POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT -- 338.98 --- MIDDLE AGES -- 338.98 --- EUR / Europe - Europa --- 331.161.0 --- Geschiedenis van de overheidsfinanciën: agemeenheden. --- Crédit --- Middle Ages --- Dark Ages --- History, Medieval --- Medieval history --- Medieval period --- World history, Medieval --- World history --- Civilization, Medieval --- Medievalism --- Renaissance --- Debts, Government --- Government debts --- National debts --- Public debt --- Public debts --- Sovereign debt --- Debt --- Bonds --- Deficit financing --- Borrowing --- Finance --- Money --- Loans --- Geschiedenis van de overheidsfinanciën: agemeenheden --- Politics --- E-books --- Politics and government --- Carolingian Empire. --- Carolingian partition hypothesis. --- Castile. --- Cologne. --- Dutch Republic. --- Europe. --- France. --- Genoa. --- Holland. --- Italy. --- Low Countries. --- Rokkan/Tilly hypothesis. --- Siena. --- absolutism. --- borrowing. --- city-states. --- commitment problems. --- credit. --- debt. --- economic development. --- geographic scale. --- government finance. --- interest rates. --- merchant oligarchy. --- merchants. --- nominal rates. --- political control. --- political representation. --- polities. --- public borrowing. --- public credit. --- public debt. --- public finance. --- rentes sur l'Htel de Ville. --- representative assemblies. --- social conflict. --- soldiers. --- state formation. --- taxation. --- territorial states. --- war. --- Debts, Public - Europe - History --- Credit - Europe - History --- Europe - Politics and government --- Europe - History

Public debt and thebirth of the democratic state : France and Great Britain, 1688-1789.
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ISBN: 9780521071277 0521809673 9780521809672 9780511510557 0521071275 1107132002 0511180799 0511064128 0511307713 0511510551 128043385X 0511204841 0511072589 9780511064128 9786610433858 6610433852 Year: 2008 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University

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This book develops new theory about the link between debt and democracy and applies it to a classic historical comparison: Great Britain in the eighteenth century which had strong representative institutions and sound public finance vs. ancient regime France, which had neither. The book argues that whether representative institutions improve commitment depends on the opportunities for government creditors to form new coalitions with other social groups, more likely to occur when a society is divided across multiple political cleavages. It then presents historical evidence to show that improved access to finance in Great Britain after 1688 had as much to do with the development of the Whig Party as with constitutional changes. In France, it is suggested that the balance of partisan forces made it unlikely that an early adoption of 'English-style' institutions would have improved credibility.


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The decline and rise of democracy : a global history from Antiquity to today
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ISBN: 9780691177465 9780691228976 0691228973 9780691201955 0691201951 0691177465 Year: 2020 Publisher: Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press

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"Historical accounts of democracy's rise tend to focus on ancient Greece and pre-Renaissance Europe. The Decline and Rise of Democracy draws from global evidence to show that the story is much richer-democratic practices were present in many places, at many other times, from the Americas before European conquest, to ancient Mesopotamia, to precolonial Africa. Delving into the prevalence of early democracy throughout the world, David Stasavage makes the case that understanding how and where these democracies flourished-and when and why they declined-can provide crucial information not just about the history of governance, but also about the ways modern democracies work and where they could manifest in the future. Drawing from examples spanning several millennia, Stasavage first considers why states developed either democratic or autocratic styles of governance and argues that early democracy tended to develop in small places with a weak state and, counterintuitively, simple technologies. When central state institutions (such as a tax bureaucracy) were absent-as in medieval Europe-rulers needed consent from their populace to govern. When central institutions were strong-as in China or the Middle East-consent was less necessary and autocracy more likely. He then explores the transition from early to modern democracy, which first took shape in England and then the United States, illustrating that modern democracy arose as an effort to combine popular control with a strong state over a large territory. Democracy has been an experiment that has unfolded over time and across the world-and its transformation is ongoing. Amidst rising democratic anxieties, The Decline and Rise of Democracy widens the historical lens on the growth of political institutions and offers surprising lessons for all who care about governance"--

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Political systems --- World history --- DEMOCRACY--HISTORY --- 321.4 --- Democratie --- BPB2205 --- democracy --- history --- political science --- politikas zinātne --- valtio-oppi --- ciencia política --- политички науки --- politične vede --- scienze politiche --- nauki polityczne --- politológia --- politisk videnskab --- science politique --- ciência política --- politieke wetenschap --- политичке науке --- političke znanosti --- politische Wissenschaft --- politologija --- eolaíocht pholaitiúil --- politologie --- shkenca politike --- politoloogia --- πολιτική επιστήμη --- știință politică --- политическа наука --- xjenza politika --- statsvetenskap --- политичка теорија --- Politologie --- statskundskab --- politikatudomány --- politické vědy --- státověda --- Politikwissenschaft --- ştiinţe politice --- politicologie --- statskunskap --- teorie politiky --- politoloģija --- политикологија --- politikos mokslas --- правно-политички науки --- História --- ιστορία --- storja --- histori --- historie --- historia --- história --- история --- stair --- geschiedenis --- történettudomány --- povijest --- zgodovina --- histoire --- историја --- Geschichtswissenschaft --- storia --- istorija --- ajalugu --- vēsture --- istorie --- Geschichte --- historiografie --- storiografia --- dějiny národů --- historiador --- dějepis --- historická věda --- történelem --- δημοκρατία --- demokrácia --- demokrātija --- democracia --- demokraatia --- democrazia --- demokracija --- démocratie --- demokratija --- daonlathas --- democrație --- demokratia --- demokracie --- demokracja --- demokrati --- demokraci --- demokracia --- democratie --- Demokratie --- demokrazija --- демокрация --- демократија --- politický pluralizmus --- pluralizm polityczny --- πολιτικός πλουραλισμός --- folkstyre --- folkestyre --- politiek pluralisme --- politischer Pluralismus --- politiskais plurālisms --- demokrātiska vienlīdzība --- politikai pluralizmus --- égalité démocratique --- politický pluralismus --- ugwaljanza demokratika --- pluraliżmu politiku --- barazi demokratike --- pluralismo político --- politinis pliuralizmas --- politisk jämlikhet --- демократична равнопоставеност --- igualdad democrática --- democratische gelijkheid --- demokratische Gleichheit --- δημοκρατικό πολίτευμα --- demokraattinen yhdenvertaisuus --- poliittinen pluralismi --- demokratična enakost --- democratic equality --- demokratikus egyenlőség --- pluralisme politique --- politisk mångfald --- demokraatlik võrdsus --- igualdade democrática --- politisk pluralism --- ludowładztwo --- политически плурализъм --- politisk pluralisme --- pluralism politic --- pluralismo politico --- pluralizëm politik --- demokratická rovnost --- politički pluralizam --- uguaglianza democratica --- politični pluralizem --- egalitate democratică --- demokratická rovnosť --- political pluralism --- poliitiline pluralism --- demokratinė lygybė --- политички плурализам --- Democracy --- Political science --- World politics --- Colonialism --- Global politics --- International politics --- Political history --- Eastern question --- Geopolitics --- International organization --- International relations --- State, The --- History --- History of theories --- BPB9999 --- History. --- Anglo Saxon monarchy. --- Balance of Power. --- Barry Weingast. --- British democracy. --- Champa rice. --- Daron Acemoglu. --- Douglass North. --- Dutch Republic. --- England’s modern democracy. --- Escape from Rome. --- Forged through Fire. --- Frances McCall Rosenbluth. --- French democracy. --- Germanic tribes, Arabia. --- Glorious Revolution. --- Greek city-states, Athens. --- Hurons in seventeenth-century Canada. --- Islamic history. --- James Robinson. --- John Ferejohn. --- John Joseph Wallis. --- Native American history. --- Oman and democracy. --- Sasanid bureaucracy. --- Tlaxcalans in early sixteenth-century Mexico. --- Violence and Social Orders. --- Walter Scheidel. --- contemporary African history. --- demokratia. --- ekklesia. --- imperial China. --- premodern China. --- role of agriculture. --- slavery in America. --- thetes.

The political economy of a common currency : the CFA franc zone since 1945
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ISBN: 0754634698 Year: 2003 Publisher: Aldershot Ashgate

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Taxing the rich : A history of fiscal fairness in the United States and Europe
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ISBN: 0691165459 9780691165455 0691178291 9780691178295 Year: 2016 Publisher: New Jersey Princeton University Press

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"Taxing the Rich draws on unparalleled evidence from twenty countries over the last two centuries to provide the broadest and most in-depth history of progressive taxation available. Scheve and Stasavage explore the intellectual and political debates surrounding the taxation of the wealthy while also providing the most detailed examination to date of when taxes have been levied against the rich and when they haven't. Fairness in debates about taxing the rich has depended on different views of what it means to treat people as equals and whether taxing the rich advances or undermines this norm. Scheve and Stasavage argue that governments don't tax the rich just because inequality is high or rising--they do it when people believe that such taxes compensate for the state unfairly privileging the wealthy. Progressive taxation saw its heyday in the twentieth century, when compensatory arguments for taxing the rich focused on unequal sacrifice in mass warfare. Today, as technology gives rise to wars of more limited mobilization, such arguments are no longer persuasive. Taxing the Rich shows how the future of tax reform will depend on whether political and economic conditions allow for new compensatory arguments to be made"--Publisher's Web site.

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331.161.2 --- 336.203 --- Inégalité sociale --- Europe --- États-Unis --- Impôt sur la fortune --- Impôt direct --- Japon --- Income tax --- Rich people --- BPB1606 --- Wealth --- Affluence --- Distribution of wealth --- Fortunes --- Riches --- Business --- Economics --- Finance --- Capital --- Money --- Property --- Well-being --- Affluent people --- High income people --- Rich --- Rich, The --- Wealthy people --- Social classes --- Personal income tax --- Taxable income --- Taxation of income --- Direct taxation --- Internal revenue --- Progressive taxation --- Tithes --- Wages --- Geschiedenis van de belastingen. --- progressieve, degressieve en proportionele belastingen. --- Sociale ongelijkheid --- Europa --- Verenigde Staten --- Vermogensbelasting --- Directe belasting --- Japan --- History. --- Taxation --- Economic conditions --- Taxes --- vermogensbelasting --- fiscale geschiedenis --- europa --- verenigde staten --- impot sur le capital --- histoire de la fiscalité --- europe --- états-unis --- Sociaal werk --- Duurzame ontwikkeling --- Япония --- Japán --- Ιαπωνία --- Japani --- Јапан --- Japāna --- Japonsko --- il-Ġappun --- Japonska --- Japón --- Japonia --- Giappone --- Jaapan --- Japão --- An tSeapáin --- Japonija --- Јапонија --- Japonské císařství --- Парламентарна Уставна Монархија Јапонија --- Nippon --- podatek bezpośredni --- neposredni porez --- tiesioginis mokestis --- direkt skatt --- imposto direto --- välitön vero --- директни даноци --- otsene maks --- priama daň --- directe belasting --- tiešais nodoklis --- direkte Steuer --- tatim i drejtpërdrejtë --- imposta diretta --- άμεσος φόρος --- impuesto directo --- taxxa diretta --- direkte skat --- direct tax --- пряк данък --- impozit direct --- közvetlen adó --- přímá daň --- neposredni davek --- непосредни порез --- непосредни даноци --- imposto directo --- izravni porez --- imposta patrimoniale --- daň z bohatstva --- данок на богатство --- порез на богатство --- daň z bohatství --- φόρος στην περιουσία --- magánszemélyt terhelő vagyonadó --- varallisuusvero --- impozit pe avere --- förmögenhetsskatt --- impuesto sobre el patrimonio --- gerovės mokestis --- taksë mbi pasurinë --- varandusemaks --- porez na bogatstvo --- wealth tax --- Besteuerung privaten Vermögens --- īpašuma nodoklis --- imposto sobre a fortuna --- podatek od bogactwa --- taxxa fuq il-ġid --- данък върху богатството --- formueskat --- davek od premoženja --- φόρος ακίνητης περιουσίας --- turto mokestis --- данок на лична капитална добивка --- die Vereinigte Staaten --- Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá --- Združene države --- United States --- Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες --- l-Istati Uniti --- Ameerika Ühendriigid --- Stati Uniti --- Shtetet e Bashkuara --- Estados Unidos --- Stany Zjednoczone --- Spojené státy --- Egyesült Államok --- Statele Unite --- Amerikas Savienotās Valstis --- Förenta staterna --- Сједињене Америчке Државе --- Jungtinės Valstijos --- Yhdysvallat --- Съединени щати --- Sjedinjene Američke Države --- Spojené štáty --- Соединети Американски Држави --- Amerikas Forenede Stater --- САД --- VS --- USA --- EE.UU. --- JAV --- Amerikas förenta stater --- l-Istati Uniti tal-Amerika --- los Estados Unidos de América --- ΗΠΑ --- Shtetet e Bashkuara të Amerikës --- SAD --- Verenigde Staten van Amerika --- Соединетите Држави --- Amerikai Egyesült Államok --- Stati Uniti d'America --- Statele Unite ale Americii --- Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες της Αμερικής --- SHBA --- United States of America --- Ühendriigid --- Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες Αμερικής --- EUA --- ASV --- États-Unis d'Amérique --- Združene države Amerike --- Stany Zjednoczone Ameryki --- САЩ --- Съединени американски щати --- SUA --- Yhdysvallat, USA --- Spojené státy americké --- U.S.A. --- Jungtinės Amerikos Valstijos --- Sjedinjene Države --- Estados Unidos da América --- De Forenede Stater --- Spojené státy severoamerické --- Amerikan yhdysvallat --- Spojené štáty americké --- die Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika --- US --- Eiropa --- Ευρώπη --- Ewropa --- Euroopa --- Eurooppa --- Европа --- Európa --- hEorpa --- Evropa --- țări europene --- Europese landen --- země Evropy --- Euroopa riigid --- evropské státy --- países europeus --- evropské země --- европски земји --- European countries --- europæiske lande --- ευρωπαϊκές χώρες --- país europeo --- Euroopan maat --- paesi europei --- nazioni europee --- európske krajiny --- país de Europa --- európai országok --- Europos šalys --- pays européens --- státy Evropy --- Europese staten --- vende europiane --- europäische Länder --- europeiska länder --- desigualdade social --- друштвена неједнакост --- inechitate socială --- social inequality --- sociálna nerovnosť --- pabarazi shoqërore --- desigualdad social --- društvena nejednakost --- sociale ongelijkheid --- socialna neenakost --- nierówność społeczna --- sociala skillnader --- social ulighed --- socialinė nelygybė --- yhteiskunnallinen eriarvoisuus --- disuguaglianza sociale --- inugwaljanza soċjali --- soziale Ungleichheit --- општествена нееднаквост --- sotsiaalne ebavõrdsus --- sociālā nevienlīdzība --- sociální nerovnost --- κοινωνική ανισότητα --- társadalmi egyenlőtlenség --- социално неравенство --- општествена хиерархија --- disparità sociale --- Geschiedenis van de belastingen --- progressieve, degressieve en proportionele belastingen --- History --- Taxation&delete& --- #SBIB:33H16 --- #SBIB:33H13 --- #SBIB:35H220 --- Graduated taxation --- Proportional taxation --- Taxation, Progressive --- Publieke financiën --- Economische politiek --- Financieel management bij de overheid: algemene werken --- Belasting --- fiscaliteit, kapitaal --- cáin dhíreach --- cáin rachmais --- Na Stáit Aontaithe --- An Eoraip --- éagothromaíocht shóisialta --- Inégalité sociale --- États-Unis --- Impôt sur la fortune --- Impôt direct


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Improving policy credibility : is there a case for African monetary unions?
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Year: 1999 Publisher: Leuven : KUL. Centrum voor economische studiën,

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Improving policy credibility: is there a case for African monetary unions?
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Bureaucratic delegation and political institutions : when are independent Central Banks irrelevant?
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Year: 2000 Publisher: Washington, D.C. World Bank

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Checks and balances, private information, and the credibility of monetary commitments
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Determinants of Customs Fraud and Corruption : Evidence from Two African Countries
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Year: 1998 Publisher: Paris : OECD Publishing,

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Corruption in customs administrations is a major problem in many African countries. Data from the period 1990-96 are used to examine several hypotheses concerning the determinants of customs fraud in Senegal and Mali. Statistical tests using product-by-product data support the widely held view that high levels of taxation lead to fraud. The findings also show that hiring a pre-shipment inspection company can be an effective tool in fighting corruption, but only if it is accompanied by internal reforms like computerisation of customs procedures. Finally, changes in determinants of corruption, such as levels of taxation, have themselves depended upon broader political changes in each of the two countries ...

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