The politics of inequality
Subtitle: a political history of the idea of economic inequality in America
By: Michael J. Thompson.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780231140744; 9780231511728
Subjects: Distributive justice -- United States -- History; Distribution (Economic theory) -- Political aspects; United States -- Economic policy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The critique of economic inequality in Western political thought : the continuity of an idea; title: The liberal republic and the emergence of capitalism : the political theories of optimism and radicalism; title: The transformation of American capitalism : from class antagonism to reconciliation; title: Embracing inequality : the reorientation of American democracy.