Democratic Governance and Social Inequality

		ISBN: 978-1-58826-028-4 $19.95
	2002/205 pages/LC: 2001048643

The authors argue that issues of poverty and inequality—far from diminishing—are becoming even more important in the present global environment. They consider the effects of globalization on the distribution of income and wealth within state borders, the impact of inequality on the stability and quality of democratic governance, and the future of vulnerable democracies in light of an apparent decline in the ability of federal governments to reduce inequality. Bridging political and economic concerns, the book is an important step toward coming to terms with the crucial socioeconomic dimensions of democracy and democratic transitions.

• Introduction: Globalization, Social Inequality, and Democracy—B. Lamounier.
• THINKING ABOUT DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE.
• Democracy, Inequality, and the Reconstitution of Politics—S. Friedman.
• Progress and Poverty Revisited: Toward Construction of a Statist Third Way—T.J. Lowi.
• A Clash of Ideologies: International Capitalism and the State in the Wake of the Asian Crisis—J. Rocamora.
• CASE STUDIES.
• South Africa—X. Mangcu.
• Latin America—J. Hartlyn.
• South Korea—C. Moon and J. Yang.
• CONCLUSION.
• Toward a New Economic Paradigm: Crafting a Research Agenda for the Twenty-first Century—B. Lamounier, S. Friedman, and J.S. Tulchin.