Inequality, democracy, and economic development /

Other Authors: Midlarsky, Manus I.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Eng. : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Manus I. Midlarsky
  • 1. Democracy before Athens /Kenneth A. Bollen and Pamela M. Paxton
  • 2. Environmental influenceson democracy: aridity, warfare, and land inequality / Manus I.Midlarsky and Elizabeth Midlarsky
  • 3. Democracy and proto-modernity:technoecological influences on the growth of political and civil rights/ Edward Crenshaw
  • 4. Inequality and democracy in the anthropologicalrecord / Melvin Ember, Carol R. Ember and Bruce Russett
  • 5. Economicdeterminants of democracy / Edward N. Muller
  • 6. Informationalinequality and democracy in the new world order / Miles Simpson
  • 7.Modernization and thresholds of democracy: evidence for a common pathand process / Michael Coppedge
  • 8. Markets and inequality in thetransition from state socialism / Victor Nee and Raymond V. Liedka
  • 9. Democracy and inequality: tracking welfare spending in Singapore,Taiwan, and South Korea / Steve Chan.