Dr. Philip Fehling
Coordination CALAS
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Short-Bio
Philip Fehling is scientific coordinator of the Center for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS) at the University of Kassel. He studied political science, public law and philosophy at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster and received his doctorate at the University of Kassel with a thesis on the political economy of rent and fiscal conflicts in Argentina. In addition to Latin American fiscal and financial policy, his interests include political theory, the history of the labor movement and historical and current perspectives on the reduction of working hours.
Research Interests
• Political Economy
• Taxation and the State in countries of the Global South
• Social inequalities
• Rent and Rentier-Societies
Regional focus: Latin America (Cono Sur)
Recent Publications
Books
- Fehling, P. (2023): Die Politische Ökonomie des Steuerstaates in Rentengesellschaften. Fiskus und Verteilungsallianzen in Argentinien. Nomos: Baden-Baden.
- Fehling, P. & Burchardt, H.-J. (2023): Taxation and Inequality in Latin America New Perspectives on Political Economy and Tax Regimes. Routledge: London/NY.
- Fehling, P. (2017). Ideen gerechter Besteuerung im Wandel– Zur politischen Ökonomie finanzwissenschaftlicher Besteuerungsparadigmen. In: W. Nienhüser, U. Schmiel & W. Matiaske (Ed.): Steuern und Gesellschaft (49–179). Metropolis-Verlag.
Chapters in Books
- Fehling, P. (2023): Contours of Rent-Based Societies: Concluding Remarks and New Perspectives on Political Economy and Taxation. In: Fehling, P. & Burchardt, H.-J. (Hg.). Taxation and Inequality in Latin America. New Perspectives on Political Economy and Tax Regimes (274-295). Routledge: London/NY.
- Fehling, P. & Burchardt, H.-J. (2023): Introduction: Reorienting the Tax Debate. Political Economy and Tax Regimes in Latin America, In: Dies. (Hg.). Taxation and Inequality in Latin America New Perspectives on Political Economy and Tax Regimes (1-21). Routledge: London/NY.
- Fehling, P. (2017): Ideen gerechter Besteuerung im Wandel. Zur politischen Ökonomie finanzwissenschaftlicher Besteuerungsparadigmen, In: Nienhüser, W., Schmiel, U. & Matiaske, W. (Hg.): Steuern und Gesellschaft (49–179). Metropolis-Verlag: Weimar bei Marburg.
