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SUMMARY:Popular attitudes to taxation in Britain c. 1945-1992: reassessing
  the evidence - Dr Rosa Hodgkin (Institute for Government)
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CONTACT:Dr Duncan Needham
DESCRIPTION:Historians have generally accepted that the unpopularity of ta
 xation increased in the late 1960s and 1970s and helped explain the succes
 s of the Conservative Party in winning four successive elections from 1979
  to 1992.  This paper presents the results of the first research project t
 o examine the available evidence about popular attitudes to taxation and c
 ontemporary political assessments of popular attitudes during the period 1
 945-1992.\n\nRosa Hodgkin was joint winner of the History Faculty's 2021 E
 llen McArthur Prize for Economic History for her PhD\, 'Popular attitudes 
 to taxation in Britain c.1945-1992'.  Prior to her PhD Rosa studied Histor
 y at Manchester University and then took the Faculty's MPhil in Economic a
 nd Social History.  Since completing her PhD Dr Hodgkin has been working a
 s a Researcher at the Institute for Government (IfG).
LOCATION:Castlereagh Room at St John's College
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