Tax and Development: Solving Kenya's Fiscal Crisis through Human Rights /

Taxation is perceived by citizens as a compulsory contribution to the state yet, the legitimacy of the state rests on the public's acceptance of the state's right to levy tax and redistribute it in such a manner as to promote the overall good of society. The modern developing state can be...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Waris, Attiya (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Kampala, Uganda : LawAfrica, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Constituencies Development Fund (Kenya)
Taxation.
Human rights.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Public Finance.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Kenya.
Impôt > Kenya.
Human rights > Kenya.
Taxation > Kenya.
Kenya.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Part 1. Legitimising the Post Colonial State
  • Chapter 2. Legitimising the Post-Colonial Fiscal State through Fiscal Sociology
  • Chapter 3. The Fiscal State in Colonial Kenya
  • Chapter 4. Legitimising the Kenyan Post-Colonial Fiscal State
  • Part 2. Human Rights and State Fiscal Resources
  • Chapter 5. Realising Human Rights through Taxation
  • Chapter 6. Linking Human Rights to Taxation through Participation: Budgeting for Development
  • Part 3. Contextualizing Taxation and Human Rights in Kenya
  • Chapter 7. The Kenyan Constituency Development Fund
  • Chapter 8. Conclusion.

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