Taxpayer Opposition and Fiscal Reform in Prussia, C . 1766–1787
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8957299 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Florian Schui (Royal Holloway University of London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 371-399 |
| Publication date | 2011-05-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Historical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-246X • E-ISSN: 1469-5103 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0018246x11000069 |
| OpenAlex | W2327221292 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
In 1787, Frederick William II of Prussia made substantial changes to the urban excise. These changes were largely the result of public pressure. Urban tax-payers had resisted the tax in different ways since Frederick II had reformed it in 1766 in order to extract more revenue from Prussia's towns. The article explores the motives that led to tax-payer criticism and resistance and the ways in which urban tax-payers opposed the state's growing fiscal appetite. The success of urban tax-payers in this political conflict with the Prussian state suggests that Prussia's burghers were important actors within the Hohenzollern polity and that they wielded considerable political power. The events described here resembled not only other contemporary conflicts over fiscal matters in the Atlantic world, but were also interconnected with debates and events outside Prussia through exchanges of individuals, arguments, and publications
Economic policy · Economics · Economy · Excise · Opposition (politics · Peacetime · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Polity · Revenue · State (computer science · Tax reform · Taxpayer · European Political History Analysis · Finance · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Law
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |