Unequal democracies : public policy, responsiveness, and redistribution in an era of rising economic inequality /
Unequal democracies : public policy, responsiveness, and redistribution in an era of rising economic inequality /
edited by Noam Lupu, Jonas Pontusson.
- First published.
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
- 365 p. : ill., table ; 22 cm.
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.
"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.
9781009428637
Democracy--Economic aspects--United States
Democracy--Economic aspects--Europe
Income distribution--Political aspects--United States
Income distribution--Political aspects--Europe
Representative government and representation--United States
Representative government and representation--Europe
JK 271 / U53 2024
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.
"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.
9781009428637
Democracy--Economic aspects--United States
Democracy--Economic aspects--Europe
Income distribution--Political aspects--United States
Income distribution--Political aspects--Europe
Representative government and representation--United States
Representative government and representation--Europe
JK 271 / U53 2024
