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The Social Sources of Financial Power: Domestic Legitimacy and International Financial Orders
Leonard Seabrooke
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Hardback. Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy. Num Pages: 248 pages, 9. BIC Classification: KCLF; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 558.
A state's financial power is built on the effect its credit, property, and tax policies have on ordinary people: this is the key message of Leonard Seabrooke's comparative historical investigation, which turns the spotlight away from elite financial actors and toward institutions that matter for the majority of citizens. Seabrooke suggests that everyday contests between social groups and the state over how the economy should work determine the legitimacy of a state's financial and fiscal system. Ideally, he believes, such contests compel a state to intervene on behalf of people below the median income level, leading the state to broaden ... Read more
A state's financial power is built on the effect its credit, property, and tax policies have on ordinary people: this is the key message of Leonard Seabrooke's comparative historical investigation, which turns the spotlight away from elite financial actors and toward institutions that matter for the majority of citizens. Seabrooke suggests that everyday contests between social groups and the state over how the economy should work determine the legitimacy of a state's financial and fiscal system. Ideally, he believes, such contests compel a state to intervene on behalf of people below the median income level, leading the state to broaden ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Series
Cornell Studies in Political Economy
Condition
New
Weight
557g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801443800
SKU
V9780801443800
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About Leonard Seabrooke
Leonard Seabrooke is Associate Professor in the International Center for Business and Politics at the Copenhagen Business School and Adjunct Senior Fellow in the Department of International Relations, RSPAS, The Australian National University. He is the author of U.S. Power in International Finance and coeditor of Everyday International Political Economy and Global Standards of Market Civilization.
Reviews for The Social Sources of Financial Power: Domestic Legitimacy and International Financial Orders
This intelligent, bold, trenchant, and important book seeks to take the notion of legitimacy from the periphery of political economy into the mainstream. Leonard Seabrooke, supported by impressive archival work, forces readers to rethink much of what they think they know about the political economy of the United Kingdom and Germany in the early twentieth century and the United States ... Read more