Preface; Contents; About the Authors; 1 Introduction; Abstract; 1.1 Statement of the Research Question; 1.2 Previous Arguments; 1.3 Theory: Three Determinants of Variations in Emerging Democracies; 1.4 Significance of the Study; 1.5 Structure of the Book; References; 2 Theory; Abstract; 2.1 Multidimensional Preferences; 2.2 Political Market Failure; 2.3 State Capacity; 2.4 Limitation of Class-Based Coalitions in Emerging Democracies; 2.5 Other Variables; References; 3 The State of Emerging Democracies; Abstract; 3.1 Trends of Inequality; 3.2 Three Variables and Inequality; References; 4 Multidimensionality and Preferences for Income EqualityAbstract; 4.1 Conceptualizing Multidimensionality and Redistribution Preferences; 4.2 Research Design; 4.2.1 Dependent Variable; 4.2.2 Individual-Level Independent Variables; Sociodemographic Variables; Attitudinal Variables; 4.2.3 Country-Level Independent Variables; 4.2.4 Estimation Model; 4.3 Results; References; 5 Political Determinants of Income Inequality: Panel Analysis; Abstract; 5.1 Conceptualization: Political Market and State Capacity; 5.1.1 Political Market: Programmatic Competition and Political Kuznets Curve; 5.1.2 State Capacity: Corruption's Kuznets Curve5.2 Research Design; 5.2.1 Data and Samples; 5.2.2 Panel Design; 5.2.3 Variables; Dependent Variable; Political Market; State Capacity; Ethnic Peace; Control Variables; 5.3 Results; 5.3.1 Political Market; 5.3.2 State Capacity; 5.3.3 Ethnic Peace; 5.3.4 Control Variables; 5.3.5 Robustness Check; 6 Conclusion; Abstract; Index