Spatial Effects of the Poll Tax
A Preliminary Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6113448 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R Paddison (0000-0002-4268-1487, University of Glasgow, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 10-21 |
| Publication date | 1989-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public Policy and Administration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0952-0767 • E-ISSN: 1749-4192 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/095207678900400203 |
| OpenAlex | W1980461287 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 6 |
The introduction of the Community Charge has probably gathered more widespread opposition than any of the legislation aimed at reforming the basis by which British local government is financed (Newton and Karran, 1985). Earlier reforms of the system of local government finance, introduced in the first and second Thatcher administrations, had sought by a variety of methods to control what the centre argued was excessive local spending, and had generated considerable opposition amongst local authorities. Local politicians, and the opposition national parties both saw the changes as an assault on local autonomy, a view increasingly shared by professional bodies representing accountants and valuation officers. Opinion polls in the early 1980’s had indicated that ’most people would be willing to pay at least a limited amount of additional taxation, rather than see major services deteriorate ’ (Game, 1984, p.10). Yet in spite of this, and the concerted attempts by the centre to control the local fisc, it was not until the poll tax legislation that such reform was to confront widespread popular opposition from the general mass of the population
Economics · Political science · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Spatial and Panel Data Analysis
Introducing Mediated Geographies and Geographies of Media
The New System of Local Taxation in Scotland
The Geographical Implications of Changing Local Taxation Regimes
If ah’ve goat’i choose between putting shoes on ma bairn’s feet and payin’ this bill, ah’m puttin’ shoes on ma bairn’s feet’ – poverty and the poll tax
Paddison electoral and fiscal geographies
Fiscal Stress
The poll tax in Scotland — The first year
Reversing the revaluation effect — the spatial impact of the poll tax
Excessive and unreasonable
| Unique citing works | 9 |
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 2020 (31) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |