Reconsidering the Political Feasibility of an Income Tax in Texas

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Ricardo Romo
Keyword(s):  
Income Tax ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Feasibility

E-Government in the Context of State Reform in Brazil

2011 ◽  
pp. 98-115
Author(s):  
Marco Aurélio Ruediger
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Income Tax ◽  
Civic Participation ◽  
Political Process ◽  
The Political ◽  
Tax System ◽  
State Reform ◽  
Successful Case ◽  
State Restructuring

In this chapter, we examine key elements of state reform and the importance of e-government as a tool for increased civic participation and effectiveness. Brazil is taken as an example. We outline the political process behind state reform in Brazil and the importance of e-government in this construction. The successful case of the income-tax system and the problem of the digital divide are briefly discussed. Finally, we conclude considering the possibility of a civic participation strategy in the promotion of a sustainable process of state restructuring.

Is it feasible?1

2018 ◽  
pp. 93-112
Author(s):  
Malcolm Torry
Keyword(s):  
Policy Process ◽  
Political Process ◽  
The Political ◽  
Basic Income ◽  
Political Feasibility ◽  
Political Ideologies ◽  
Financial Feasibility ◽  
Financial Losses

This chapter examines whether a Citizen's Basic Income is feasible — that is, capable of being legislated and implemented. To answer this question, the chapter considers multiple feasibilities: financial feasibility (whether it would be possible to finance a Citizen's Basic Income, and whether implementation would impose substantial financial losses on any households or individuals); psychological feasibility (whether the idea is readily understood, and understood to be beneficial); administrative feasibility (whether it would be possible to administer a Citizen's Basic Income and to manage the transition); behavioural feasibility (whether a Citizen's Basic Income would work for households and individuals once it was implemented); political feasibility (whether the idea would cohere with existing political ideologies); and policy process feasibility (whether the political process would be able to process the idea through to implementation). After explaining each of these feasibilities in detail, the chapter asks whether they are additive, conjunctive, or disjunctive.

Generating evidence on interventions to reduce inequalities in health: the Dutch case

2002 ◽  
Vol 30 (59_suppl) ◽  
pp. 20-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karien Stronks
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Socioeconomic Inequalities ◽  
The Political ◽  
Inequalities In Health ◽  
Socioeconomic Groups ◽  
Political Feasibility ◽  
Research Programmes ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Policy Measures

The aim of this paper is to refl ect on the type of evidence that is required to design policy measures and interventions to reduce inequalities in health. This issue will be discussed in the context of the Dutch national research programmes on inequalities in health. The fi rst type of evidence relates to the background of socioeconomic inequalities in health. From a very simple conceptual scheme, four policy options can be derived: (1) reducing inequalities in socioeconomic goods; (2) changing the distribution of specifi c risk factors across socioeconomic groups; (3) diminishing the effect of health on socioeconomic status; (4) offering extra healthcare for people in lower socioeconomic groups. Whereas the evidence on the background of socioeconomic inequalities in health has increased enormously, there is clearly a lack of evidence on the effectiveness of interventions to tackle inequalities in health, which is the second type of evidence that is required. The Dutch fi ve-year programme, including 12 (quasi) experimental studies on specifi c interventions in different policy fi elds, showed that this second type of evidence is more difficult to collect, partly because of the methodological complexity of these studies. The third type of evidence relates to the political feasibility of policy measures. It is not enough to know that a specifi c determinant of socioeconomic inequalities in health might be effectively addressed by a specifi c intervention. The political will to implement that intervention is obviously a necessary prerequisite for actually reducing inequalities in health. Within the Dutch research programme, the political feasibility of policy measures was explored during a number of conferences, for several policy fi elds. The lack of evidence on, in particular, the effectiveness of interventions to reduce inequalities in health is clearly an obstacle to tackling inequalities in health. On the other hand, it should be ensured that the lack of evidence is not used as an excuse for not taking policy measures at all.

Political Economy of Fiscal Equalization: The Case of Croatia

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anto Bajo ◽  
Marko Primorac
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Income Tax ◽  
Central Government ◽  
The Political ◽  
Mountainous Areas ◽  
Fiscal Equalization ◽  
Political Alignment ◽  
Fiscal Equalization System ◽  
The Relationship

Due to ineffectiveness in mitigating fiscal inequalities, Croatian fiscal equalization system has recently been reformed. Before that, criteria for application of fiscal equalization instruments were based on a status of local government units in areas of special national concern and hill and mountainous areas. The aim of this paper is to examine the relationship between the use of equalization instruments and political structure of local government units in 2010. The research revealed a statistically significant relationship between the political alignment of local and central government and the preferential status at areas of special national concern and the distribution of grants through the income tax return.

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