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Record Nr.

UNINA9910369908903321

Autore

Dimitrakopoulos Dionyssis

Titolo

The Depoliticisation of Greece’s Public Revenue Administration : Radical Change and the Limits of Conditionality / / by Dionyssis Dimitrakopoulos, Argyris Passas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-23213-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVI, 163 p. 4 illus.)

Disciplina

351

336.495

Soggetti

Public administration

Finance, Public

Political planning

Political science

Tax accounting

Tax laws

Public Administration

European Union Politics

Public Finance

Public Policy

Governance and Government

Business Taxation/Tax Law

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Non-Majoritarian Institutions, Conditionality and Domestic Reform -- The First MoU: Piecemeal Change and External Assistance in Conditions of Crisis -- The Second MoU: Externally Imposed Change Despite Domestic Opposition -- The Third MoU and the Establishment of the Independent Authority for Public Revenue -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book analyses the reform of Greece’s public revenue administration promoted by its international lenders under the



successive bailout agreements put in place since 2010. In particular, it shows how an integral part of the finance ministry was converted into an independent agency operating largely outside the direct control of the finance minister. The authors focus on the implementation of this major reform and demonstrate the impact of domestic decisions on the increasing specificity of the international lenders’ demands and the concomitant lack of confidence in the Greek political élite’s commitment to the reform package. This book helps readers understand the response to the eurozone crisis (especially, the conditionality of funding), Greece’s reform capacity with a focus on its tax administration, and the expansion of the scope of non-majoritarian institutions in Western democracies.