Of Rule and Revenue (California Series on Social Choice and Political Economy Book 13)

Margaret Levi's wide-ranging theoretical and historical study demonstrates the importance of political relative to economic factors in accounting for revenue production policies. Contents Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. The Theory of Predatory Rule 3. Creating Compliance 4. Revenue Production in Republican Rome 5. France and England in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance 6. Introduction of the Income Tax in Eighteenth- Century Britain 7. Compliance with the Commonwealth Income Tax in Australia 8. Conclusion Appendix: Bringing People Back into the State. A Bibliographical Essay Bibliography Index