{"product_id":"private-wealth-and-public-revenue-in-latin-america-business-power-and-tax-politics-paperback-9781107459090","title":"Private Wealth and Public Revenue in Latin America; Business Power and Tax Politics (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107459090","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePrivate Wealth and Public Revenue in Latin America\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBusiness Power and Tax Politics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book identifies sources of power that help business and economic elites influence policy decisions.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTasha Fairfield (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107459090, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 February 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e364 pages, 27 b\/w illus.  23 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.56 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Extraordinary work.' Latin American Research Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eInequality and taxation are fundamental problems of modern times. How and when can democracies tax economic elites? This book develops a theoretical framework that refines and integrates the classic concepts of business's instrumental (political) power and structural (investment) power to explain the scope and fate of tax initiatives targeting economic elites in Latin America after economic liberalization. In Chile, business's multiple sources of instrumental power, including cohesion and ties to right parties, kept substantial tax increases off the agenda. In Argentina, weaker business power facilitated significant reform, although specific sectors, including finance and agriculture, occasionally had instrumental and\/or structural power to defend their interests. In Bolivia, popular mobilization counterbalanced the power of economic elites, who were much stronger than in Argentina but weaker than in Chile. The book's in-depth, medium-N case analysis and close attention to policymaking processes contribute insights on business power and prospects for redistribution in unequal democracies.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Tax policy and economic elites: going where the money is\u003cbr\u003e 2. The power of economic elites\u003cbr\u003e 3. Organized business and direct taxation in Chile: restricting the agenda\u003cbr\u003e 4. Circumventing business power in Chile: progress at the margins\u003cbr\u003e 5. Weak economic elites and direct tax policy successes in Argentina\u003cbr\u003e 6. Sectoral tax politics in Argentina: finance\u003cbr\u003e 7. Sectoral tax politics in Argentina: agriculture\u003cbr\u003e 8. Bolivia's tax-policy tightrope: powerful elites and mobilized masses\u003cbr\u003e 9. Tax developments under left rule in Bolivia and right rule in Chile\u003cbr\u003e 10. Conclusions.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Political economy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political economy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20economy%20%5BKCP%5D%22\"\u003eKCP\u003c\/a\u003e], Comparative politics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Comparative politics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Comparative%20politics%20%5BJPB%5D%22\"\u003eJPB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46001126113560,"sku":"9781107459090","price":31.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107459090i.jpg?v=1696754451","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/private-wealth-and-public-revenue-in-latin-america-business-power-and-tax-politics-paperback-9781107459090","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}