When The Party'S Over: The Politics Of Fiscal Squeeze In Perspective (Proceedings Of The British Academy)

This title develops a framework for analysing the politics of 'fiscal squeeze', defined as political effort to cut spending and increase taxes to correct the public finances - a theme which has dominated the politics of many democracies in the 2010s. The book poses three questions about the politics of fiscal squeeze in democracies: what if anything is special about the politics of austerity or retrenchment; whether fiscal squeeze presents credit-claiming opportunities or severe blame-avoidance challenges to elected governments; and whether fiscal squeezes are highly consequential in their effects.

• | Author: Christopher Hood|David Heald|Rozana Himaz
• | Publisher: British Academy
• | Publication Date: Dec 09, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 277 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0197265731
• | ISBN-13: 9780197265734