Preface Charles Tilly 1. The thunder of history Isaac William Martin, Ajay K. Mehrotra and Monica Prasad 2. 'The unfair advantage of the few' Joseph J. Thorndike 3. What Americans think of taxes Andrea Louise Campbell 4. Read their lips Fred Block 5. Making taxes the life of the party Christopher Howard 6. The politis of demanding sacrifice Evan S. Lieberman 7. The end of the strong state Eisaku Ide and Sven Steinmo 8. War and taxation Naomi Feldman and Joel Slemrod 9. Liberty, democracy, and capacity Robin L. Einhorn 10. Extraction and democracy Charles Tilly 11. Improving tax administration in contemporary African states Edgar Kiser and Audrey Sacks 12. Adam Smith and the search for an ideal tax system Beverly Moran 13. Where's the sex in fiscal sociology? Edward McCaffery 14. The Shoup mission to Japan W. Elliot Brownlee Epilogue: A renaissance for fiscal sociology John L. Campbell.
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