The politics of negative expansion

Thesis

This thesis analyses a particular social policy episode: that of the turn to tax credits (instead of benefits) to support low-income groups in France and Britain in the 2000s. It asks about the rationale that led left-wing governments in both countries to deviate from institutional traditions in matters of income-support, and to instead use policy instruments pertaining to a seldom-studied domain of social policy: fiscal welfare, or tax provisions serving a social policy purpose.

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Authors: Touzet, C

• Alternative title: The left's turn to fiscal welfare for low-income groups in Britain and France in the 2000s
• DOI: 10.5287/ora-vjgrvdbzr
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: Attitudes to spending and taxation; Welfare expansion; Redistribution; Fiscal welfare; Left-wing parties; New Labour; Parti Socialiste; Politics of social policy
• Subjects: Economics; Social policy; Political economy; Political science