The Social Sources of Financial Power: Domestic Legitimacy and International Financial Orders

by Leonard Seabrooke

A state's financial power is built on the effect its credit, property, and tax policies have on ordinary people: this is the key message of Leonard Seabrooke's comparative historical investigation, which turns the spotlight away from elite financial actors and toward institutions that matter for the majority of citizens. Seabrooke suggests that everyday contests between social groups and the state over how the economy should work determine the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801443806
• ISBN13: 9780801443800
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher