书目

Federalism,FiscalAuthority,andCentralizationinLatinAmerica

内容简介

Thisbookexploresthepoliticsoffiscalauthority,focusingonthecentralizationoftaxationinLatinAmericaduringthetwentiethcentury.ThebookstudiesthisissueingreatdetailforthecaseofMexico.Thepolitical(andfiscal)fragmentationassociatedwithcivilwaratthebeginningofthecenturywaseventuallytransformedintoahighlycentralizedregime.Theanalysisshowsthatfiscalcentralizationcanbestbestudiedastheconsequenceofabargainstruckbetweenself-interestedregionalandnationalpoliticians.FiscalcentralizationwasmoreextremeinMexicothaninmostotherplacesintheworld,butthechallengesandproblemstackledbyMexicanpoliticianswerenotunique.ThebookthusanalyzesfiscalcentralizationandtheoriginsofintergovernmentalfinancialtransfersintheotherLatinAmericanfederalregimes,Argentina,Brazil,andVenezuela.Theanalysisshedslightonthefactorsthatexplaintheconsolidationoftaxauthorityindevelopingcountries.

作者简介

AlbertoDiaz-CayerosisanassistantprofessorofpoliticalscienceatStanfordUniversity.HepreviouslytaughtattheUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles.HereceivedhisM.A.andPh.D.inpoliticalsciencefromDukeUniversity.HisdissertationwontheawardforbestdissertationgrantedbythepoliticaleconomysectionoftheAmericanPoliticalScienceAssociation.Diaz-CayeroshaspublishedarticlesintheJournalofTheoreticalPolitics,ComparativePoliticalStudies,PoliticayGobiernoandseveraleditedvolumes.

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