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050 00 $aHJ2351.7$b.E28 2002
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100 1 $aEaton, Kent,$d1968-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2001101633
245 10 $aPoliticians and economic reform in new democracies :$bArgentina and the Philippines in the 1990s /$cKent Eaton.
260 $aUniversity Park :$bPennsylvania State University Press,$c[2002], ©2002.
300 $axiii, 351 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $aBased on the author's thesis (Ph. D.--Yale University, 1998).
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 311-331) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tWhy Study Legislators and Economic Reform? -- $g2.$tLegislators and the Politics of Reform -- $g3.$tThe Logic of Fiscal Adjustment in Developing Countries -- $g4.$tPolicy Reform in a Candidate-Centered Electoral System: The Philippines -- $g5.$tPolicy Reform in a Party-Centered Electoral System: Argentina -- $g6.$tLegislators and Bureaucratic Reform -- $g7.$tLegislators and Decentralization -- $g8.$tBeyond Taxation: Other Reform Arenas in the Philippines and Argentina -- $g9.$tTax Reforms in Other Developing Countries -- $g10.$tTheoretical Perspectives and Implications.
520 1 $a"This book focuses attention on differences in institutional structure, in political parties and electoral rules, to show how they create incentives that can explain the varying ways in which legislators respond to policy initiatives from the executive branch." "In Argentina and the Philippines, presidents proposed similar fiscal reforms in the 1990s; expanding tax bases, strengthening tax administration, and redesigning tax revenue-sharing with subnational governments. Drawing on archival research and interviews with policymakers, Kent Eaton follows the path of legislation in these three areas from initial proposal to final law to reveal how it was shaped by the legislators participating in the process. Obstacles to the adoption of reform, he demonstrates, are greater in candidate-centered systems like the Philippines' (where the cultivation of personal reputations is paramount) than in party-centered systems like Argentina's (where loyalty to party leaders is emphasized)." "To test his argument further, Eaton looks finally at other kinds of reform ventures in these two countries and at tax reforms attempted in some other countries."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aTaxation$zDeveloping countries$vCase studies.
650 0 $aTaxation$zArgentina.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008112562
650 0 $aTaxation$zPhilippines.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010115633
650 0 $aFiscal policy$xPolitical aspects$vCase studies.
650 0 $aElections$zArgentina.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008119134
650 0 $aElections$zPhilippines.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008119155
650 0 $aDemocratization$xEconomic aspects$vCase studies.
650 0 $aNew democracies$vCase studies.
852 00 $bleh$hHJ2351.7$i.E28 2002