Democracy, Redistribution, and Equality
Brazilian Political Science Review
Endereço:
Avenida Professor Luciano Gualberto, 315 - Cidade Universitária
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Site: https://brazilianpoliticalsciencereview.org/
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ISSN: 19813821
Editor Chefe: Adrian Gurza Lavalle
Início Publicação: 31/12/2006
Periodicidade: Quadrimestral
Área de Estudo: Ciência política
Democracy, Redistribution, and Equality
Ano: 2012 | Volume: 6 | Número: 1
Autores: Adam Przeworski
Autor Correspondente: Adam Przeworski | [email protected]
Autor Correspondente: Adam Przeworski | [email protected]
Palavras-chave: Democracy; Inequality; Redistribution; Public Policies; Political Factors.
Resumos Cadastrados
Resumo Inglês:
The article argues that economic inequality inevitably generates politicalinequality, which in turn reproduces economic inequality. Basic concepts areintroduced first along with strong caveats concerning the quality of the crossnationaldata on income distributions; historical patterns of income inequalityare summarized next, and with these preliminaries, a distinction is made betweenredistribution of consumption at a particular time and equalization of incomeearning capacities over time. Following this economic considerations, the articlediscussion moves to political factors that may block redistributions.
