Income Inequality in Capitalist Democracies : The Interplay of Values and Institutions /

Mostrar otras versiones (1)

"Examines patterns of income inequality among 16 advanced democracies from the mid 1970s to the early 2000s and explains why some societies have a large and growing divide between the rich and the poor while others, facing similar global economic pressures, maintain more egalitarian income dist...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Birchfield, Vicki L., 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Political culture > Developed countries.
Democracy > Economic aspects.
Equality > Developed countries.
Capitalism > Developed countries.
Income distribution > Developed countries.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Theoretical foundations : political economy as applied democratic theory
  • Political justice versus market justice : why values matter
  • The power and the limitations of political institutions : retooling the consensus-majoritarian framework to "bring culture in"
  • The interaction of institutions, values, and income inequality : a quantitative analysis
  • The exceptions prove the rule : case studies in income inequality in Switzerland and the United Kingdom
  • Conclusion.

Ejemplares similares