Paying for the Welfare State in the 21st Century

Tax and Spending in Post-Industrial Societies
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-4473-3653-2
Verlag: Policy Press

Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 186 g

What does the future hold for the welfare state in the post-industrial 21st century? Political and economic forces are threatening the taxation regimes of highly globalised, capitalist societies, prompting an urgent debate around the function of the welfare state and how we pay for it.

In a challenge to current policy and thinking, David Byrne and Sally Ruane deploy the concepts and analytical tools of Marxist political economy to better understand these developments, and the possibilities they present for social change.

Using the SNP in Scotland as an illustrative case study, current debates are related to a critical understanding of the relationship between taxation and spending, issues that are fundamental to early 21st century politics and the future of the welfare state.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Byrne, David

Ruane, Sally

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Finanzkrisen, Wirtschaftskrisen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Öffentliche Finanzwirtschaft, Besteuerung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Why understanding the tax system is so important

Fiscal crisis in post-industrial capitalism

The history of tax and the development of the fiscal crisis in post-industrial capitalism

Austerity, debt and welfare in post-industrial capitalism

Tax and inequality

The politics of tax and welfare in post-industrial capitalism

Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Ruane, Sally
Sally Ruane is Reader in Social Policy and the Director of the Health Policy Research Unit in the School of Applied Social Sciences at De Montfort University, UK.

Byrne, David
David Byrne is a retired Professor of Sociology and Applied Social Sciences from the University of Durham and a long time practitioner of action research.

David Byrne is Emeritus Professor of Applied Social Sciences at Durham University. His work explores the consequences of the post-industrial transition and the implications of the complexity frame of reference for understanding the social world.

Sally Ruane works in the School of Applied Social Sciences at De Montfort University, Leicester, and is Deputy Director of the Health Policy Research Unit. Her research interests lie in health service reform, forms of NHS privatisation and taxation.