TY - BOOK ID - 11327974 TI - Divide and deal : the politics of distribution in democracies AU - Shapiro, Ian. AU - Swenson, Peter. AU - Donno, Daniela. PY - 2008 SN - 0814740596 0814740588 0814708838 0814740766 9780814740767 9780814740583 9780814708835 9780814740590 PB - New York : New York University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Democracy -- Economic aspects. KW - Distribution (Economic theory) -- Political aspects. KW - Distributive justice. KW - Income distribution -- Political aspects. KW - Distribution (Economic theory) KW - Income distribution KW - Distributive justice KW - Democracy KW - Business & Economics KW - Economic History KW - Political aspects KW - Economic aspects KW - Political aspects. KW - Economic aspects. KW - Distribution of income KW - Income inequality KW - Inequality of income KW - Justice KW - Social justice KW - Wealth KW - Disposable income KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - E-books KW - Taking. KW - broad. KW - coalitions. KW - contribute. KW - distribution. KW - distributive. KW - encompassing. KW - explores. KW - individuals. KW - inequality. KW - institutions. KW - often. KW - politics. KW - risk. KW - status. KW - surprising. KW - this. KW - turns. KW - twists. KW - view. KW - volume. KW - wealth. KW - well-being. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:11327974 AB - Why are democracies so unequal? Despite the widespread expectation that democracy, via expansion of the franchise, would lead to redistribution in favor of the masses, in reality majorities regularly lose out in democracies. Taking a broad view of inequality as encompassing the distribution of wealth, risk, status, and well-being, this volume explores how institutions, individuals, and coalitions contribute to the often surprising twists and turns of distributive politics.The contributors hail from a range of disciplines and employ an array of methodologies to illuminate the central questions of democratic distributive politics: What explains the variety of welfare state systems, and what are their prospects for survival and change? How do religious beliefs influence people’s demand for redistribution? When does redistributive politics reflect public opinion? How can different and seemingly opposed groups successfully coalesce to push through policy changes that produce new winners and losers?The authors identify a variety of psychological and institutional factors that influence distributive outcomes. Taken together, the chapters highlight a common theme: politics matters. In seeking to understand the often puzzling contours of distribution and redistribution, we cannot ignore the processes of competition, bargaining, building, and destroying the political alliances that serve as bridges between individual preferences, institutions, and policy outcomes. ER -