Income inequality in capitalist democracies : the interplay of values and institutions /

"Examines patterns of income inequality among 16 advanced democracies from the mid 1970s to the early 2000s and explains why some societies have a large and growing divide between the rich and the poor while others, facing similar global economic pressures, maintain more egalitarian income dist...

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Main Author:	Birchfield, Vicki L., 1965-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2008]
Subjects:	Income distribution > Developed countries. Capitalism > Developed countries. Equality > Developed countries. Democracy > Economic aspects. Political culture > Developed countries.