Democracy, Redistribution, and Equality

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
Subjects:
Democracy
inequality
redistribution
public policies
political factors
Online Access:http://www.bpsr.org.br/index.php/bpsr/article/download/135/126
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spelling doaj-964f6f3ef4f6463d962f3185275f6a0d2020-11-24T23:57:18ZengBrazilian Political Science AssociationBrazilian Political Science Review1981-38211981-38212012-06-01611136Democracy, Redistribution, and EqualityAdam Przeworski0NYUThe 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 inequalityare summarized next, and with these preliminaries, a distinction is made betweenredistribution of consumption at a particular time and equalization of incomeearning capacities over time. Following this economic considerations, the articlediscussion moves to political factors that may block redistributions.http://www.bpsr.org.br/index.php/bpsr/article/download/135/126Democracyinequalityredistributionpublic policiespolitical factors
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Democracy, Redistribution, and Equality
Brazilian Political Science Review
Democracy
inequality
redistribution
public policies
political factors
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title Democracy, Redistribution, and Equality
title_short Democracy, Redistribution, and Equality
title_full Democracy, Redistribution, and Equality
title_fullStr Democracy, Redistribution, and Equality
title_full_unstemmed Democracy, Redistribution, and Equality
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publisher Brazilian Political Science Association
series Brazilian Political Science Review
issn 1981-3821
1981-3821
publishDate 2012-06-01
description 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 inequalityare summarized next, and with these preliminaries, a distinction is made betweenredistribution of consumption at a particular time and equalization of incomeearning capacities over time. Following this economic considerations, the articlediscussion moves to political factors that may block redistributions.
topic Democracy
inequality
redistribution
public policies
political factors
url http://www.bpsr.org.br/index.php/bpsr/article/download/135/126
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