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The activist's handbook [[electronic resource] ] : winning social change in the 21st century / / Randy Shaw
| The activist's handbook [[electronic resource] ] : winning social change in the 21st century / / Randy Shaw |
| Autore | Shaw Randy <1956-> |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (304 pages) |
| Disciplina | 303.480973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Social action - United States
Community organization - United States Political activists - United States Political participation - United States Social reformers - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
activism
anthropology climate change diverse coalitions education reform electoral process engaging fighting government and governing grassroots support homelessness human condition immigrant rights liberal politics marriage equality occupy wall street occupy organising political philosophy political science political politics positive change protests revolt social change social issues social justice social media social sciences sociology student activism urban issues |
| ISBN |
9780520956995
0520956990 9780520274051 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Don't Respond, Strategize -- 2. Elected Officials: Inspiring Fear and Loathing -- 3. Coalition Activism: Rounding Up the Unusual Suspects -- 4. Ballot Initiatives: The Rules of the Game -- 5. The Media: Winning More Than Coverage -- 6. The Internet and Social Media: Maximizing the Power of Online Activism -- 7. Direct Action: Acting Up, Sitting In, Taking to the Streets -- 8. Lawyers: Allies or Obstacles to Social Change? -- 9. Student Activists Lead the Way -- Conclusion: New Activism for the Twenty-First Century -- Notes -- Index |
| Altri titoli varianti | The activist's handbook : winning social change in the twenty-first century |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779745103321 |
Shaw Randy <1956->
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| Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , [2013] | ||
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The activist's handbook [[electronic resource] ] : winning social change in the 21st century / / Randy Shaw
| The activist's handbook [[electronic resource] ] : winning social change in the 21st century / / Randy Shaw |
| Autore | Shaw Randy <1956-> |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (304 pages) |
| Disciplina | 303.480973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Social action - United States
Community organization - United States Political activists - United States Political participation - United States Social reformers - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
activism
anthropology climate change diverse coalitions education reform electoral process engaging fighting government and governing grassroots support homelessness human condition immigrant rights liberal politics marriage equality occupy wall street occupy organising political philosophy political science political politics positive change protests revolt social change social issues social justice social media social sciences sociology student activism urban issues |
| ISBN |
9780520956995
0520956990 9780520274051 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Don't Respond, Strategize -- 2. Elected Officials: Inspiring Fear and Loathing -- 3. Coalition Activism: Rounding Up the Unusual Suspects -- 4. Ballot Initiatives: The Rules of the Game -- 5. The Media: Winning More Than Coverage -- 6. The Internet and Social Media: Maximizing the Power of Online Activism -- 7. Direct Action: Acting Up, Sitting In, Taking to the Streets -- 8. Lawyers: Allies or Obstacles to Social Change? -- 9. Student Activists Lead the Way -- Conclusion: New Activism for the Twenty-First Century -- Notes -- Index |
| Altri titoli varianti | The activist's handbook : winning social change in the twenty-first century |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815472303321 |
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Shaw Randy <1956->
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| Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , [2013] | ||
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Barrio rising : urban popular politics and the making of modern Venezuela / / Alejandro Velasco
| Barrio rising : urban popular politics and the making of modern Venezuela / / Alejandro Velasco |
| Autore | Velasco Alejandro <1978-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (343 p.) |
| Disciplina | 987.06/3 |
| Soggetto topico |
Political participation - Venezuela - Caracas
City planning - Political aspects - Venezuela - Caracas Squatters - Political activity - Venezuela - Caracas |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1950s
1958 20th century barrios bolivarian revolution caracas democracy ethnographers ethnographic research historians housing hugo chavez illegal occupation latin america scholars latin america latin american studies military government modern venezuela modernization political leaders popular politics protests public housing community slums state violence urban landscape urban politics urbanization venezuelan history violent history working poor |
| ISBN | 0-520-95918-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction: A History of Place and Nation -- 1. Dictatorship's Blocks: The Battle for the New Urban Venezuela -- 2. Democracy's Projects: Occupying the Spaces of Revolution -- 3. From Ballots to Bullets: The Rise of Urban Insurgency, 1958-1963 -- 4. "The Fight Was Fierce": Uncertain Victories in the Streets and the Polls, 1963-1969 -- 5. Water, Women, and Protest: The Return of Local Activism, 1969-1977 -- 6. "A Weapon as Powerful as the Vote": Seizing the Promise of Participation, 1979-1988 -- 7. Killing Democracy's Promise: A Massacre of People and Expectations -- Conclusion: Revolutionary Projects -- APPENDIX -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797240703321 |
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Velasco Alejandro <1978->
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| Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 | ||
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Barrio rising : urban popular politics and the making of modern Venezuela / / Alejandro Velasco
| Barrio rising : urban popular politics and the making of modern Venezuela / / Alejandro Velasco |
| Autore | Velasco Alejandro <1978-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (343 p.) |
| Disciplina | 987.06/3 |
| Soggetto topico |
Political participation - Venezuela - Caracas
City planning - Political aspects - Venezuela - Caracas Squatters - Political activity - Venezuela - Caracas |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1950s
1958 20th century barrios bolivarian revolution caracas democracy ethnographers ethnographic research historians housing hugo chavez illegal occupation latin america scholars latin america latin american studies military government modern venezuela modernization political leaders popular politics protests public housing community slums state violence urban landscape urban politics urbanization venezuelan history violent history working poor |
| ISBN | 0-520-95918-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction: A History of Place and Nation -- 1. Dictatorship's Blocks: The Battle for the New Urban Venezuela -- 2. Democracy's Projects: Occupying the Spaces of Revolution -- 3. From Ballots to Bullets: The Rise of Urban Insurgency, 1958-1963 -- 4. "The Fight Was Fierce": Uncertain Victories in the Streets and the Polls, 1963-1969 -- 5. Water, Women, and Protest: The Return of Local Activism, 1969-1977 -- 6. "A Weapon as Powerful as the Vote": Seizing the Promise of Participation, 1979-1988 -- 7. Killing Democracy's Promise: A Massacre of People and Expectations -- Conclusion: Revolutionary Projects -- APPENDIX -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824514903321 |
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Velasco Alejandro <1978->
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| Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 | ||
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Bread and freedom : Egypt's revolutionary situation / / Mona El-Ghobashy
| Bread and freedom : Egypt's revolutionary situation / / Mona El-Ghobashy |
| Autore | El-Ghobashy Mona |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (392 p.) |
| Disciplina | 909.097492708312 |
| Collana | Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures |
| Soggetto topico | Arab Spring, 2010- |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Egypt
Tahrir accountability authoritarianism constitution-making counterrevolution democratic transition founding elections legal mobilization protests revolutionary situation social movements state violence |
| ISBN | 1-5036-2816-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Maps, Figures, and Tables -- Note on Transliteration -- Prologue: We Won’t Leave, He Must Go -- 1 Narratives of Egypt’s Revolution -- 2 Let Them Say What They Want, and We’ll Do What We Want -- 3 Fear Us, O Government -- 4 Let’s Write Our Constitution -- 5 Down, Down with the General Guide’s Rule -- 6 State Prestige -- Conclusion: Bread and Freedom -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910554226203321 |
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El-Ghobashy Mona
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| Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , [2021] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Making Japanese citizens [[electronic resource] ] : civil society and the mythology of the Shimin in postwar Japan / / Simon Andrew Avenell
| Making Japanese citizens [[electronic resource] ] : civil society and the mythology of the Shimin in postwar Japan / / Simon Andrew Avenell |
| Autore | Avenell Simon Andrew |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (370 p.) |
| Disciplina | 323.6/0952 |
| Soggetto topico |
Citizenship - Japan
Civil society - Japan Political activists - Japan |
| Soggetto non controllato |
asia scholars
asian studies civic activism civic groups civic thought contemporary japan democracy government reform historians industrialized nations japan japanese citizens japanese history japanese society local government modern history political participation popular nationalism postwar era postwar japan protests retrospective self reliance shimin mythology social activists social cultural history social movements |
| ISBN |
0-520-94767-3
9786612732560 1-282-73256-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Before the Shimin: The Dark Energy of the People -- 2. Mass Society, Anpo, and the Birth of the Shimin -- 3. Beheiren and the Asian Shimin: The Fate of Conscientious Civic Activism -- 4. Residents into Citizens: The Fate of Pragmatic Civic Activism -- 5. Shimin, New Civic Movements, and the Politics of Proposal -- Conclusion: The Shimin Idea and Civil Society -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786713803321 |
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Avenell Simon Andrew
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
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Making Japanese citizens [[electronic resource] ] : civil society and the mythology of the Shimin in postwar Japan / / Simon Andrew Avenell
| Making Japanese citizens [[electronic resource] ] : civil society and the mythology of the Shimin in postwar Japan / / Simon Andrew Avenell |
| Autore | Avenell Simon Andrew |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (370 p.) |
| Disciplina | 323.6/0952 |
| Soggetto topico |
Citizenship - Japan
Civil society - Japan Political activists - Japan |
| Soggetto non controllato |
asia scholars
asian studies civic activism civic groups civic thought contemporary japan democracy government reform historians industrialized nations japan japanese citizens japanese history japanese society local government modern history political participation popular nationalism postwar era postwar japan protests retrospective self reliance shimin mythology social activists social cultural history social movements |
| ISBN |
0-520-94767-3
9786612732560 1-282-73256-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Before the Shimin: The Dark Energy of the People -- 2. Mass Society, Anpo, and the Birth of the Shimin -- 3. Beheiren and the Asian Shimin: The Fate of Conscientious Civic Activism -- 4. Residents into Citizens: The Fate of Pragmatic Civic Activism -- 5. Shimin, New Civic Movements, and the Politics of Proposal -- Conclusion: The Shimin Idea and Civil Society -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818657603321 |
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Avenell Simon Andrew
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Protest cultures [[electronic resource] ] : a companion / / edited by Kathrin Fahlenbrach, Martin Klimke, and Joachim Scharloth
| Protest cultures [[electronic resource] ] : a companion / / edited by Kathrin Fahlenbrach, Martin Klimke, and Joachim Scharloth |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (568 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.48/4 |
| Collana | Protest, Culture & Society |
| Soggetto topico |
Protest movements - History
Demonstratios - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
accessible case studies
actors advertisers analytical perspective creative works cultural considerations cultural domain grassroots initiatives individual action key literature media modern social movements political and sociological political organizations political reference protest culture protesting protests social movement scholarship social phenomenon social science reference social sciences methodology symbolic content synthetic essays |
| ISBN | 1-78533-149-3 |
| Classificazione | LB 47000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Title Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. Perspectives on Protest; Chapter 1. Protest in Social Movements; Chapter 2. Protest Cultures in Social Movements; Chapter 3. Protest in the Research on Sub- and Countercultures; Chapter 4. Protest as Symbolic Politics; Chapter 5. Protest and Lifestyle; Chapter 6. Protest as Artistic Expression; Chapter 7. Protest as a Media Phenomenon; Part II. Morphology of Protest: Constructing Reality; Chapter 8. Ideologies/Cognitive Orientation; Chapter 9. Frames and Framing Processes
Chapter 10. Cultural MemoryChapter 11. Narratives; Chapter 12. Utopia; Chapter 13. Identity; Chapter 14. Emotion; Chapter 15. Commitment; Part III. Morphology of Protest: Media; Chapter 16. Body; Chapter 17. Dance as Protest; Chapter 18. Violence/Militancy; Chapter 19. The Role of Humor in Protest Culture; Chapter 20. Fashion in Social Movements; Chapter 21. Action's Design; Chapter 22. Alternative Media; Chapter 23. Graffiti; Chapter 24. Posters and Placards; Chapter 25. Images and Imagery of Protest; Chapter 26. Typography and Text Design; Chapter 27. Political Music and Protest Song Part IV. Morphology of Protest: Domains of Protest ActionsChapter 28. The Public Sphere; Chapter 29. Public Space; Chapter 30. Everyday Life; Chapter 31. Cyberspace; Part V. Morphology of Protest: Re-Presentation of Protest; Chapter 32. Witness and Testimony; Chapter 33. Media Coverage; Chapter 34. Archives; Part VI. Pragmatics of Protest: Protest Practices; Chapter 35. Uttering; Chapter 36. Street Protest; Chapter 37. Insult and Devaluation; Chapter 38. Public Debating; Chapter 39. Media Campaigning; Chapter 40. Theatrical Protest; Chapter 41. Movie/Cinema; Chapter 42. Civil Disobedience Chapter 43. Creating Temporary Autonomous ZonesChapter 44. Mummery; Chapter 45. Recontextualization of Signs and Fakes; Chapter 46. Clandestinity; Chapter 47. Violence/Destruction; Part VII. Pragmatics of Protest: Reactions to Protest Actions; Chapter 48. Political and Institutional Confrontation; Chapter 49. Suppression of Protest; Chapter 50. Cultural Conflicts in the Discursive Field; Chapter 51. Assimilation of Protest Codes; Chapter 52. Corporate Reactions; Part VIII. Pragmatics of Protest: Long-Term Consequences; Chapter 53. Biographical Impact; Chapter 54. Changing Gender Roles Chapter 55. Founding of MilieusChapter 56. Diffusion of Symbolic Forms; Chapter 57. Political Correctness; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798128503321 |
| New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Protest cultures [[electronic resource] ] : a companion / / edited by Kathrin Fahlenbrach, Martin Klimke, and Joachim Scharloth
| Protest cultures [[electronic resource] ] : a companion / / edited by Kathrin Fahlenbrach, Martin Klimke, and Joachim Scharloth |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (568 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.48/4 |
| Collana | Protest, Culture & Society |
| Soggetto topico |
Protest movements - History
Demonstratios - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
accessible case studies
actors advertisers analytical perspective creative works cultural considerations cultural domain grassroots initiatives individual action key literature media modern social movements political and sociological political organizations political reference protest culture protesting protests social movement scholarship social phenomenon social science reference social sciences methodology symbolic content synthetic essays |
| ISBN | 1-78533-149-3 |
| Classificazione | LB 47000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Title Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. Perspectives on Protest; Chapter 1. Protest in Social Movements; Chapter 2. Protest Cultures in Social Movements; Chapter 3. Protest in the Research on Sub- and Countercultures; Chapter 4. Protest as Symbolic Politics; Chapter 5. Protest and Lifestyle; Chapter 6. Protest as Artistic Expression; Chapter 7. Protest as a Media Phenomenon; Part II. Morphology of Protest: Constructing Reality; Chapter 8. Ideologies/Cognitive Orientation; Chapter 9. Frames and Framing Processes
Chapter 10. Cultural MemoryChapter 11. Narratives; Chapter 12. Utopia; Chapter 13. Identity; Chapter 14. Emotion; Chapter 15. Commitment; Part III. Morphology of Protest: Media; Chapter 16. Body; Chapter 17. Dance as Protest; Chapter 18. Violence/Militancy; Chapter 19. The Role of Humor in Protest Culture; Chapter 20. Fashion in Social Movements; Chapter 21. Action's Design; Chapter 22. Alternative Media; Chapter 23. Graffiti; Chapter 24. Posters and Placards; Chapter 25. Images and Imagery of Protest; Chapter 26. Typography and Text Design; Chapter 27. Political Music and Protest Song Part IV. Morphology of Protest: Domains of Protest ActionsChapter 28. The Public Sphere; Chapter 29. Public Space; Chapter 30. Everyday Life; Chapter 31. Cyberspace; Part V. Morphology of Protest: Re-Presentation of Protest; Chapter 32. Witness and Testimony; Chapter 33. Media Coverage; Chapter 34. Archives; Part VI. Pragmatics of Protest: Protest Practices; Chapter 35. Uttering; Chapter 36. Street Protest; Chapter 37. Insult and Devaluation; Chapter 38. Public Debating; Chapter 39. Media Campaigning; Chapter 40. Theatrical Protest; Chapter 41. Movie/Cinema; Chapter 42. Civil Disobedience Chapter 43. Creating Temporary Autonomous ZonesChapter 44. Mummery; Chapter 45. Recontextualization of Signs and Fakes; Chapter 46. Clandestinity; Chapter 47. Violence/Destruction; Part VII. Pragmatics of Protest: Reactions to Protest Actions; Chapter 48. Political and Institutional Confrontation; Chapter 49. Suppression of Protest; Chapter 50. Cultural Conflicts in the Discursive Field; Chapter 51. Assimilation of Protest Codes; Chapter 52. Corporate Reactions; Part VIII. Pragmatics of Protest: Long-Term Consequences; Chapter 53. Biographical Impact; Chapter 54. Changing Gender Roles Chapter 55. Founding of MilieusChapter 56. Diffusion of Symbolic Forms; Chapter 57. Political Correctness; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819855603321 |
| New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2016 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Rebellion, rascals, and revenue : tax follies and wisdom through the ages / / Michael Keen, Joel Slemrod
| Rebellion, rascals, and revenue : tax follies and wisdom through the ages / / Michael Keen, Joel Slemrod |
| Autore | Keen Michael |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1 online resource 537 p.) |
| Disciplina | 336.2009 |
| Soggetto topico | Taxation - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
America
China English France Great Britain Hut Tax War Japan Maori New Zealand United States VAT Vlad the Impaler ancient taxes anecdotes bizarre cheating death and taxes deduction dog tax dumbest taxes evasion exemption failed haven history of taxation modern taxes origin of income tax poll protests revenue sales smartest taxes stamp strangest taxes successful tariffs tax revolts tax use weird |
| ISBN | 0-691-19998-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Searching for the Holy Grail -- War Profiteers and the Corporate Tax Revisited -- Give Me Land, Lots of Land -- Conscripting Wealth -- Limiting the Damage -- The Cleverest Man in England -- Broaden the Base, Lower the Rate (Maybe) -- Shaping a Tax System -- How Many Feathers? -- 11. Citizens of the World -- Squeezing a Rice Pudding -- Havens from the Tax Storm -- The Rich Are Different from Us -- They Don't Live Here Any More -- Don't Tell -- False Profits -- If I Were You, I Wouldn't Start from Here -- A Farewell to Arms (Length Pricing)? -- Tumbling Taxes
The Big Picture -- Part III. Changing Our Ways -- 8. Breaking Bad and Making Good -- Do the Right Thing -- Family Matters -- Taxing Knowledge -- Tax Bads, Not Goods -- Saving the Planet -- Wind-Breaking Cows, Scary Dogs, and Cute Cats -- The Wages of Sin -- The Vile Custome -- The Curse of the Drinking Classes -- Sex, . . . -- . . . Drugs, . . . -- . . . But Not Much Rock and Roll -- Unhealthy Living -- Just Say No? -- 9. Collateral Damage -- Spurring Ingenuity -- Stranger Things -- Drawing a Line -- Excess Burden -- No Fire without Smoke -- A Window on Excess Burden -- 10. How to Pluck a Goose A Crime of Passion and the French Income Tax -- Old Fears and New Directions -- 6. Some Are More Equal Than Others -- Taxing Femininity -- Peculiar Tax Institutions -- Leaps of Faith -- Outsiders -- Strangers in a Strange Land -- Taxes as Punishment -- Hard Choices -- 7. Stick or Shift? -- False Starts -- Burgling Other People's Intellect -- You Must Remember This -- Buddy, Can You Spare 1/20th of a Dime? -- Things Aren't Always What They Seem -- Helping the Working Poor (or Their Employers) -- Are Tax-Free Municipal Bonds a Giveaway to the Savvy Rich? -- The Murky Incidence of the Corporate Tax Doing Your Bit -- Paying Your (Feudal) Dues -- Crossing the Line -- And There's More -- Jobs for the Boys -- A Tax on Stupidity -- Part II. Winners and Losers -- 4. Fair Enough -- Heads on Pikes -- Poll Taxes and the English -- Noble Causes -- Trying to Be Fair -- Pay for What You Get? -- Pay What You Can? -- Show Me a Sign -- Taxing by Class -- Taxing by Community -- Taxing the Finer Things in Life -- Presumptions of Prosperity -- 5. This Colossal Engine of Finance -- The Work of Giants: The Income Tax in Britain -- The Dred Scott Decision of the Revenue Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Plunder and Power -- 1. Any Public Matter -- Bengal to Boston -- Never Such Disgrace -- Why Bolivia Is Landlocked -- Taxing the Light of Heaven -- Not Everything Is About Tax. But . . . -- 2. The Way We Were -- A Quick Gallop through the Long History of Taxation -- How Much? -- Warfare and Welfare -- Babbage's Nightmare -- Debt, Default, and Princes -- Making Money -- 3. By Another Name -- Elizabeth I to Spectrum Auctions -- Selling Sovereignty -- Cheap Labor -- Working for Nothing -- A Rich Man's War and a Poor Man's Fight |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910554235303321 |
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Keen Michael
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| Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , [2021] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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