A century of fiscal squeeze politics : (Record no. 2568)
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| fixed length control field | 02278cam a2200253 i 4500 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780198779612 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0198779615 |
| MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Hood, Christopher, |
| TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | A century of fiscal squeeze politics : |
| EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | First edition. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xii, 248 pages : |
| Other physical details | illustrations ; |
| SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "This book identifies and compares 'fiscal squeezes' (major efforts to cut public spending and/or raise taxes) in the UK over a century from 1900 to 2015. The authors examine how different the politics of fiscal squeeze and austerity is today from what it was a century ago, how (if at all) fiscal squeezes reshaped the state and the provision of public services, and how political credit and blame played out after austerity episodes. The analysis is both quantitative and qualitative, starting with reported financial outcomes from historical statistics and then going behind those numbers to explore the political choices and processes in play. This analysis identifies some patterns that have not been explained or even recognized in earlier works on retrenchment and austerity. For example, it identifies a long term shift from what it terms a 'surgery without anaesthetics' approach (deep but short-lived episodes of spending restraint or tax increases) in the earlier part of the period towards a 'boiling frogs' approach (episodes in which the pain is spread out over a longer period) in more recent decades. It also identifies a curious reduction of revenue-led squeezes in more recent decades, and a puzzle over why blame-avoidance logic only led to outsourcing painful decisions over squeeze in a minority of cases. Furthermore, the volume's distinctive approach to classifying types of fiscal squeezes and qualitatively assessing their intensity seeks to solve the puzzle as to why voter 'punishment' of governments that impose austerity policies seems to be so erratic."-- |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Fiscal policy |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Taxation |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Economic history. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Expenditures, Public. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Fiscal policy. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Politics and government. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Taxation. |
| ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Himaz, Rozana, |
| ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198779612.001.0001 |
| ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Permanent Location | Current Location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). | Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). | 02/02/2023 | HJ1023 .H66 2017 | 0162153 | Books |
| Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). | Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). | 02/02/2023 | HJ1023 .H66 2017 | 0162154 | Books |