Taxation, Politics, And Protest In Ireland, 1662–2016 (palgrave Studies In The History Of Finance)

This book examines the politics of taxation in Ireland between the seventeenth and twenty-first centuries. Combining political, economic, and policy history, it contributes to a growing interdisciplinary literature on public finance, while also providing context for the ongoing debate on taxation and austerity in post-Celtic Tiger Ireland. __Taxation, Politics, and Protest in Ireland__ illuminates a neglected aspect of Irish history, and will be of interest to scholars, policymakers, and members of the public who wish to understand a subject that is central to the modern Irish experience. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii Introduction (Douglas Kanter, Patrick Walsh)....Pages 1-17 Ireland, Mercantilism, and the Navigation Acts, 1660–1686 (James Guilfoyle)....Pages 19-42 Politics, Parliament, Patriot Opinion, and the Irish National Debt in the Age of Jonathan Swift (Charles Ivar McGrath)....Pages 43-87 Patterns of Taxation in Eighteenth-Century Ireland (Patrick Walsh)....Pages 89-119 Finance and Politics in Ireland, 1801–17 (Trevor McCavery)....Pages 121-150 That ‘Absurd Phantom Called Free Trade’: The Politics of Protection in Ireland, c. 1829–52 (Andrew Shields)....Pages 151-172 Resistance to the Collection of Rates Under the Poor Law, 1842–44 (Mel Cousins)....Pages 173-198 Taxation and the Economics of Nationalism in 1840s Ireland (Charles Read)....Pages 199-225 The Campaign Against Over-Taxation, 1863–65: A Reappraisal (Douglas Kanter)....Pages 227-252 Tides of Change and Changing Sides: The Collection of Rates in the Irish War of Independence, 1919–21 (Robin J. C. Adams)....Pages 253-275 Taxation and the Revolutionary Inheritance: Tax Proposals, Legitimacy, and the Irish Free State, 1922–32 (Jason Knirck)....Pages 277-304 The Economic War and the Pamphlet War (Aidan Beatty)....Pages 305-330 The Irish Tax State and Historical Legacies: Slowly Converging Capacity, Persistent Unwillingness to Pay (Michelle D’Arcy, Marina Nistotskaya)....Pages 331-355 Back Matter ....Pages 357-367 This book explores the politics of taxation in Ireland between 1662 and 2016. It integrates political history, economic history, and policy history. It provides a historical context for the ongoing debate on taxation and austerity in post-Celtic Tiger Ireland