Public debt and the birth of the democratic state: france and great britain 1688–1789
Auteur :
Stasavage, David
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521071277
Date de publication :
28 août 2008
Dimensions :
22,5 x 15,2 x 1,3 cm
Poids :
370 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book develops new theory about the link between debt and democracy and applies it to a classic historical comparison: Great Britain in the eighteenth century which had strong representative institutions and sound public finance vs. ancient regime France, which had neither.