Paying for the welfare state in the 21st century : tax and spending in post-industrial societies /

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Amid urgent debates around the function of welfare in the post-industrial 21st Century, and how we pay for it, David Byrne and Sally Ruane deploy the concepts and analytical tools of Marxist political economy to better understand recent developments, and the possibilities they present for social cha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Byrne, D. S. (David S.), 1947- (Autor), Ruane, Sally (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Policy Press, 2017.
Colección:Policy Press shorts. Insights.
Temas:
2000-2099
Welfare state > History > 21st century.
Welfare state > Finance.
Public welfare administration.
Finance, Public.
Finances publiques.
Aide sociale > Administration.
État providence > Finances.
État providence > Histoire > 21e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
Finance, Public
Public welfare administration
Welfare state
Sozialstaat
Finanzpolitik
Politics and Government.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • PAYING FOR THE WELFARE STATE IN THE 21ST CENTURY
  • Contents
  • List of figures
  • List of tables
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations and acronyms
  • Introduction:Why understanding the tax system is so important
  • 1. Fiscal crisis in post-industrial capitalism
  • Industrial capitalism: monopoly, competitive and state sectors2
  • The purposes of public expenditure
  • Post-industrial capitalism: a profile
  • Conclusion: benefits and taxes after industry
  • a post-industrial welfare state?
  • 2. The history of tax and the development of the fiscal crisis in post-industrial capitalism
  • What is taxed: the elements of the tax base
  • Taxes not paid: the role of allowances and avoidance/evasion
  • 3. Austerity, debt and welfare in post-industrial capitalism
  • 4. Tax and inequality
  • Shaping inequality through personal taxation
  • Comparing the incidence of tax today with that in the 1970s and the contribution of taxation to inequality
  • Taxation and inequality: the respective contributions of taxation and cash and in-kind benefits
  • The 1 per cent, the falling wage share of national income and the shifting tax burden
  • The connection between the rising share of the top 1 per cent and systems of taxation
  • Changing composition of total tax revenues and shifting the tax burden
  • 5. The politics of tax and welfare in post-industrial capitalism
  • Conclusion
  • Where now?
  • Can it be done?
  • References
  • Index.

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