This volume presents sixteen essays by comparative historical scholars who offer a survey of the new fiscal sociology.

Rejecting conventional approaches, the author offers a view of public finance as one element of a broader scheme of social theorizing. The book assumes a workin

This book investigates the relationship between taxation, the State and society in democracy. Fiscal sociology is a broad social science in terms of its discipl

This book discusses the socio-legal tax state and its relationship to development, inequality and the transnational. 'Fiscal Sociology' commenced in 1918 when J

In the 1930s, a Pareto vogue emerged in the English-speaking world. In Italy, however, the Paretian episode was already well established, with many Italian econ