| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 365 pages) : illustrations |
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SSRC anxieties of democracy |
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SSRC anxieties of democracy.
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| Contents |
The political puzzle of rising inequality / Noam Lupu and Jonas Pontusson -- Unequal responsiveness and government partisanship in northwest Europe / Ruben Berge Mathisen, Wouter Schakel, Svenja Hense, Lea Elsässer, Mikael Persson, and Jonas Pontusson -- Democracy, class interests, and redistribution : what do the data say? / Mads Andreas Elkjaer and Torben Iversen -- Measuring political inequality / Larry M. Bartels -- Why so little sectionalism in the contemporary United States? : the under representation of place-based economic interests / Jacob S. Hacker, Paul Pierson, and Sam Zacher -- On the mechanisms behind unequal representation in legislatures / Michael Becher and Daniel Stegmueller -- How do the educated govern? : evidence from Spanish mayors / Marta Curto-Grau and Aina Gallego -- Working-class officeholding in the OECD / Nicholas Carnes and Noam Lupu -- Political participation and unequal representation : addressing the endogeneity problem / Ruben Berge Mathisen and Yvette Peters -- Fairness reasoning and demand for redistribution / Charlotte Cavaillé -- The news media and the politics of inequality in advanced democracies / J. Scott Matthews, Timothy Hicks, and Alan M. Jacobs -- Deflecting from racism : local talk radio conversations about the murder of George Floyd / Katherine J. Cramer -- Class and social policy representation / Macarena Ares and Silja Häusermann |
| Summary |
"Offers an introduction to the latest research on political inequality and its relationship to economic inequalities in North America and Western Europe. Explores why economic inequality has risen in all affluent democracies, yet governments have done little to compensate low- and middle-income citizens"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 15, 2023) |
| Subject |
Democracy -- Economic aspects -- United States
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Democracy -- Economic aspects -- Europe
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Income distribution -- Political aspects -- United States
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Income distribution -- Political aspects -- Europe
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Representative government and representation -- United States
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Representative government and representation -- Europe
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Democracy -- Economic aspects.
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Income distribution -- Political aspects.
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Representative government and representation.
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Europe.
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United States.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lupu, Noam, editor.
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Pontusson, Jonas, editor.
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| LC no. |
2023029221 |
| ISBN |
9781009428682 |
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1009428683 |
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