Democracy, Redistribution, and Equality

The article argues that economic inequality inevitably generates politicalinequality, which in turn reproduces economic inequality. Basic concepts areintroduced first along with strong caveats concerning the quality of the crossnationaldata on income distributions; historical patterns of income ineq...

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Main Author: Adam Przeworski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Political Science Association 2012-06-01
Series:Brazilian Political Science Review
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Online Access:http://www.bpsr.org.br/index.php/bpsr/article/download/135/126