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Divide and Deal: The Politics of Distribution in Democracies

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Description for Divide and Deal: The Politics of Distribution in Democracies Paperback. Taking a view of inequality as encompassing the distribution of wealth, risk, status, and well-being, this work explores how institutions, individuals, and coalitions contribute to the often surprising twists and turns of distributive politics. It identifies a variety of psychological and institutional factors that influence distributive outcomes. Editor(s): Shapiro, Ian; Swenson, Peter A.; Donno Panayides, Daniela. Num Pages: 365 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; JPA; KCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.

Why are democracies so unequal? Despite the widespread expectation that democracy, via expansion of the franchise, would lead to redistribution in favor of the masses, in reality majorities regularly lose out in democracies. Taking a broad view of inequality as encompassing the distribution of wealth, risk, status, and well-being, this volume explores how institutions, individuals, and coalitions contribute to the often surprising twists and turns of distributive politics.
The contributors hail from a range of disciplines and employ an array of methodologies to illuminate the central questions of democratic distributive politics: What explains the variety of welfare state systems, ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
365
Condition
New
Number of Pages
365
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814740590
SKU
V9780814740590
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About Ian Shapiro
Ian Shapiro is Sterling Professor of Political Science at Yale University, where he also serves as Henry R. Luce Director of the Yale Center for International and Area Studies. He is the editor or author of numerous books, most recently Political Contingency (NYU Press) and Rethinking Political Institutions (NYU Press). Peter Swenson is Saden Professor of Political Science at Yale ... Read more

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