Fiscal sociology and the fiscal crisis of the state ? A review of Goldscheid and O'Connor

1982 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-301
Author(s):  
John Loxley
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Fiscal Crisis ◽  
Fiscal Sociology

The State and Fiscal Sociology

1993 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
John L. Campbell
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Fiscal Sociology

The Fiscal Component of Revolution: An Essay in Fiscal Sociology

1947 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 331-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fritz Karl Mann
Keyword(s):  
Social Group ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Political Power ◽  
Political Sociology ◽  
The State ◽  
The Other ◽  
Public Funds ◽  
Privileged Position ◽  
Fiscal Sociology ◽  
Complete Exclusion

Throughout history, the control of public funds has been considered a cornerstone of political power. If it is true that all societies, from die dawn of civilizations to the present, have been divided into two classes, one that rules and the other that is ruled, it may be expected that the methods of raising and spending government money have been determined by one social group, generally a minority, to the complete or almost complete exclusion of the rest of the population. Such control would be intended to kill two birds with one stone, serving the direct purpose of administering the state and the indirect purpose of strengthening the privileged position of the governing group and thus prolonging their predominance. Yet studies in fiscal sociology are still in tlieir infancy. Because of their casual and hapo hazard character, they are not as yet a match for political sociology. Only during recent decades has a broader and more systematic approach been attempted.

Is There a Fiscal Crisis of the State?

1978 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugh Mosley
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Fiscal Crisis

Social Class, Political Power, and the State and Their Implications in Medicine

1977 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicente Navarro
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
State Intervention ◽  
The State ◽  
Marxist Theory ◽  
Fiscal Crisis ◽  
Power Elite ◽  
Professional Control ◽  
Dialectical Relationship ◽  
Distribution Of Power

This three-part article presents an analysis of the distribution of power and of the nature of the state in Western industrialized societies, and details their implications in medicine. Part I presents a critique of contemporary theories of the Western system of power; discusses the countervailing pluralist and power elite theories, as well as those of bureaucratic and professional control; and concludes with an examination of the Marxist theories of economic determinism, structural determinism, and corporate statism. Part II presents a Marxist theory of the role, nature, and characteristics of state intervention. Part III focuses on the mode of that intervention and the reasons for its growth, with an added analysis of the attributes of state intervention in the health sector and of the dialectical relationship between its growth and the current fiscal crisis of the state. In all three parts, the focus is on Western European countries and on North America, with many examples and categories drawn from the area of medicine.

scholarly journals The Other Side of Taxation: Extraction and Social Institutions in the Developing World

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 277-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen Lust ◽  
Lise Rakner
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Public Goods ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
The State ◽  
Resource Mobilization ◽  
The Other ◽  
Fiscal Sociology ◽  
The Social ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
State Taxation

The fiscal sociology literature views the state at the heart of development, but in most developing countries, formal taxation is limited. Instead, local residents make substantial contributions outside the state to the provision of public goods. That is, they engage in what we call social extraction rather than state taxation. This article conceptualizes social extraction and the social institutions that drive extraction. Furthermore, it considers variations in the content of social institutions, and it proposes research agendas that allow us to understand how social institutions impact resource mobilization and development at the community level. It draws lessons from a large, cross-disciplinary literature that includes work in anthropology, sociology, economics, psychology, and political science.

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