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Paying for the Liberal State : The Rise of Public Finance in Nineteenth Century Europe

ISBN: 9780521518529 | 0521518520
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date: 2/8/2010

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SummaryTable of Contents
This book is about the rise and development of taxation systems, expenditure programs, and dept regimes in Europe from the early nineteenth century to the beginning of World War I. Its main purpose is to describe and explain the process by which financial resources were raised and managed.
Public finance is a major feature of the development of modern European societies, and it is at the heart of the definition of the nature of political regimes. Public finance is also a most relevant issue in the understanding of ... MORE
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Contributorsp. vii
Acknowledgmentsp. xi
Introduction: Paying for the Liberal Statep. 1
Creating Legitimacy: Administering Taxation in Britain, 1815-1914p. 27
The Development of Public Finance in the Netherlands, 1815-1914p. 57
The Apogee and Fall of the French Rentier Regime, 1801-1914p. 81
The Evolution of Public Finances in Nineteenth-Century Germanyp. 103
Public Finance in Austria-Hungary, 1820-1913p. 132
The Rise of the Fiscal State in Sweden, 1800-1914p. 162
Always on the Brink: Piedmont and Italyp. 186
Public Finance and the Rise of the Liberal State in Spain, 1808-1914p. 214
Public Finance in Portugal, 1796-1910p. 251
Conclusion: The Monetary, Fiscal and Political Architecture of Europe, 1815-1914p. 279
Indexp. 303
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