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A carregar... Public Debt and the Birth of the Democratic State: France and Great Britain 1688-1789 (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions)por David Stasavage
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This book develops new theory about the link between debt and democracy and applies it to a classic historical comparison: Great Britain in the eighteenth century which had strong representative institutions and sound public finance vs. ancient regime France, which had neither. The book argues that whether representative institutions improve commitment depends on the opportunities for government creditors to form new coalitions with other social groups, more likely to occur when a society is divided across multiple political cleavages. It then presents historical evidence to show that improved access to finance in Great Britain after 1688 had as much to do with the development of the Whig Party as with constitutional changes. In France, it is suggested that the balance of partisan forces made it unlikely that an early adoption of 'English-style' institutions would have improved credibility. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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In any case, the historical analysis indeed indicates that the credibility of public debt repayment was problematic in the 18th century, and the author provides good explanations for why the problems were smaller in England than in France. But even though the author hints that the theories and conclusions of this book could be generalized to more modern times, in my opinion they seem quite narrowly limited to special circumstances where states owe most of their debt to their own citizens. All in all I would have liked a little less theorizing, and perhaps a bit more explication of taxation, since taxation and debt were the available alternatives for funding public spending. Nevertheless, this is an enlightening book especially for readers with some previous familiarity with French and British politics in these years.