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Title
Political determinants of income inequality in emerging democracies [electronic resource] / Takeshi Kawanaka, Yasushi Hazama.
ISBN
9789811002571 (electronic book)
9811002576 (electronic book)
9789811002564
9811002568
Published
Singapore : Springer Singapore, [2016].
Copyright
©2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (ix, 112 pages) : color illustrations
Call Number
HB71
Dewey Decimal Classification
330
Summary
This study explores why democratization does not necessarily result in inequality reduction in emerging democracies and reveals the determinants of income inequality in emerging democracies, where the average level of inequality continues to be higher and where there is a larger variance of inequality levels than in advanced democracies. Apart from economic, demographic, and social factors, the book highlights political factors that obstruct redistributive policies. In contrast to conventional studies on advanced democracies, which emphasize the relations between different classes, this study asserts that several political factors cause malfunctioning of democratic institutions at various phases of the political process in emerging democracies: multidimensional preferences, the failure of the political market, and weak state capacity. The book employs econometric methods to examine the effects of these political factors. The results indicate their significant effects. The multilevel analysis using the World Values Survey demonstrates that multidimensional preferences, operationalized as ethnic fractionalization, weaken demand for income inequality. Political market quality and state capacity are measured by the age of the largest opposition party, and the Quality of Government indicator is used for the unbalanced panel analysis covering the 1985-2012 period for 75 democracies. Both political market quality and state capacity reduce inequality, but the latter takes more time to show its effect.
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SpringerBriefs in economics.
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
