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LEADER: 01808nam a22003018a 4500
001 2008030446
003 DLC
005 20080714154051.0
008 080714s2009 pau b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008030446
020 $a9780271034409 (cloth : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
043 $add-----
050 00 $aHC79.I5$bB56 2009
082 00 $a339.2$222
100 1 $aBirchfield, Vicki L.,$d1965-
245 10 $aIncome inequality in capitalist democracies :$bthe interplay of values and institutions /$cVicki L. Birchfield.
260 $aUniversity Park, Pa. :$bThe Pennsylvania State University Press,$cc2009.
263 $a0902
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aTheoretical foundations : political economy as applied democratic theory -- Political justice versus market justice : why values -- matter -- The power and the limitations of political institutions : retooling the consensus- majoritarian framework to "bring culture in" -- The interaction of institutions, values, and income inequality : a quantitative analysis -- The exceptions prove the rule : case studies in income inequality in Switzerland and the United Kingdom -- Conclusion.
520 $a"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.
650 0 $aIncome distribution$zDeveloped countries.
650 0 $aCapitalism$zDeveloped countries.
650 0 $aEquality$zDeveloped countries.
650 0 $aDemocracy$xEconomic aspects.
650 0 $aPolitical culture$xDeveloped countries.