Higher inequality is thought to increase demand for government income redistribution in democracies and to discourage democratization and. Since aristotle, a vast literature has suggested that economic inequality has important political consequences. In democracies, where the poor majority can vote to tax the rich, higher inequality is thought to result in more generous social policies. The greater the incomes and landholdings of the rich. Economic inequality is believed to have important political consequences. Pdf a vast literature suggests that economic inequality has important consequences for politics and public policy. To that end, i analyze comprehensive survey data on inequality perceptions from the social inequality module of the international social survey programme 1992, 1999, and 2009. Misperceiving inequality since aristotle, a vast literature has suggested that economic inequality has important political consequences. Misperceiving inequality vladimir gimpelson daniel treismany august 2017 abstract a vast literature suggests that economic inequality has important consequences for politics and public policy. Pdf inequality perceptions, preferences conducive to. Higher inequality is thought to increase demand for government income redistribution in democracies and to discourage democratization and promote class conflict and revolution in dictatorships.
Misperceiving inequality by vladimir gimpelson, daniel. Higher inequality is thought to increase demand for income redistribution in democracies and to discourage democratization and promote class conflict and revolution in dictatorships. A vast literature suggests that economic inequality has important consequences for politics and public policy. The ones marked may be different from the article in the profile. Various theories associate countries levels of economic inequality with important political outcomes. This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar.
Ceteris paribus, unequal democracies should redistribute more than equal ones. Most such arguments crucially assume that ordinary people know how high inequality is, how it has been changing, and where they fit in the income distribution. Existing literature suggests that despite rising inequality in china, chinese people tend to tolerate inequality, so it would be unlikely that rising inequality would cause sociopolitical instabili. These include the extent of redistribution in democracies. Higher inequality is thought to increase demand for income redistribution in democracies and to discourage democratization and promote class con.
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