Income inequality in capitalist democracies
Subtitle: the interplay of values and institutions
By: Vicki L. Birchfield.
Publisher: The Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780271034409
Subjects: Income distribution -- Developed countries; Capitalism -- Developed countries; Equality -- Developed countries; Democracy -- Economic aspects; Political culture -- Developed countries
Description: "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 distributions"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Theoretical foundations : political economy as applied democratic theory; title: Political justice versus market justice : why values; title: matter; title: The power and the limitations of political institutions : retooling the consensus- majoritarian framework to "bring culture in"; title: The interaction of institutions, values, and income inequality : a quantitative analysis; title: The exceptions prove the rule : case studies in income inequality in Switzerland and the United Kingdom; title: Conclusion.