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971901
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b726271
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Eaton, Kent,1968-
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Politicians and economic reform in new democracies : : Argentina and the Philippines in the 1990s /\ Kent Eaton.
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| Publication Statement
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University Park :: Pennsylvania State University Press,, ©2002.
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1 online resource (xiii, 351 pages)
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0271030577
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: 0271049200
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: 9780271049205
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0271021934
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0271028351
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9780271021935
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9780271028354
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9780271049205
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| Notes
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Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.--Yale University, 1998).
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-331) and index.
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| Contents
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Chapter 1: Why study legislators and economic reform? -- Chapter 2: Legislators and the politics of reform -- Chapter 3: The logic of fiscal adjustment in developing countries -- Chapter 4: Policy reform in a candidate-centered electoral system: the Philippines -- Chpater 5: Policy reform in a party-centered electoral system: Argentina -- Chapter 6: Legislators and bureaucratic reform -- Chapter 7: Legislators and decentralization -- Chapter 8: Beyond taxation: other reform arenas in the Philippines and Argentina -- Chapter 9: Tax reforms in other developing countries -- Chapter 10: Theoretical perspectives and implications.
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"This book focuses attention on differences in institutional structure, in political parties and electoral rules, to show how they create incentives that can explain the varying ways in which legislators respond to policy initiatives from the executive branch." "In Argentina and the Philippines, presidents proposed similar fiscal reforms in the 1990s; expanding tax bases, strengthening tax administration, and redesigning tax revenue-sharing with subnational governments. Drawing on archival research and interviews with policymakers, Kent Eaton follows the path of legislation in these three areas from initial proposal to final law to reveal how it was shaped by the legislators participating in the process. Obstacles to the adoption of reform, he demonstrates, are greater in candidate-centered systems like the Philippines' (where the cultivation of personal reputations is paramount) than in party-centered systems like Argentina's (where loyalty to party leaders is emphasized)." "To test his argument further, Eaton looks finally at other kinds of reform ventures in these two countries and at tax reforms attempted in some other countries."--Jacket.
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Democratization-- Economic aspects, Case studies.
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Elections-- Argentina.
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Elections-- Philippines.
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Fiscal policy-- Political aspects, Case studies.
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New democracies, Case studies.
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Taxation-- Argentina.
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Taxation-- Developing countries, Case studies.
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Taxation-- Philippines.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- International-- Taxation.
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Democratization-- Economic aspects.
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Elections.
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Fiscal policy.
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New democracies.
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Taxation.
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Fiskalpolitik.
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Fiskalpolitik.
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Argentina.
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Argentinien.
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Argentinien.
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Developing countries.
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Philippinen.
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Philippinen.
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Philippines.
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| Dewey Classification
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336.2009599
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| LC Classification
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HJ2351.7.E28 2002eb
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MH 32910rvk
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MI 82910rvk
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RR 59986rvk
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