Divide and deal : the politics of distribution in democracies /

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Why are democracies so unequal? Despite the widespread expectation that democracy, via expansion of the franchise, would lead to redistribution in favor of the masses, in reality majorities regularly lose out in democracies. Taking a broad view of inequality as encompassing the distribution of wealt...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Shapiro, Ian, Swenson, Peter, Donno, Daniela
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, ©2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Distribution (Economic theory) > Political aspects.
Income distribution > Political aspects.
Distributive justice.
Democracy > Economic aspects.
Répartition (Théorie économique) > Aspect politique.
Revenu > Répartition > Aspect politique.
Justice distributive.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Macroeconomics.
Democracy > Economic aspects
Distributive justice
Income distribution > Political aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Institutions
  • Welfare regimes and redistribution in the South / Jeremy Seekings
  • Distributional conflicts in mature welfare states / Isabela Mares
  • The politics of tax structure / Steffen Ganghof
  • AIDS, inequality, and access to antiretroviral treatment / Nicoli Nattrass
  • Distributive politics and formal institutions in new democracies : the effect of electoral rules on budget voting in the Russian state duma, 1994-2003 / Jana Kunicová
  • Individuals
  • Religion and social insurance : evidence from the United States, 1970-2002 / Kenneth Scheve and David Stasavage
  • Moral values and distributive politics : an equilibrium analysis of the 2004 U.S. election / Woojin Lee and John Roemer
  • Giving the people what they want? Age, class, and distribution in the United States / Christopher Howard
  • Coalitions
  • Good distribution, bad delivery, and ugly politics : the traumatic beginnings of Germany's health care system / Peter A. Swenson
  • Democracy and distributive politics in India / Pranab Bardhan
  • The political uses of public opinion : lessons from the estate tax repeal / Mayling Birney, Ian Shapiro, and Michael J. Graetz.

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