Table of Contents: Income inequality in capitalist democracies :

Main Author:	Birchfield, Vicki L., 1965-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2008.
Subjects:	Income distribution > Developing countries Capitalism > Developing countries Democracy > Economic aspects Political culture > Developing countries. Equality > Developing countries.

Table of Contents:

Theoretical 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.