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Book SynopsisCarsten Jensen and Kees van Kersbergen are both Professors of Political Science at Aarhus University, Denmark.
Trade Review"The Politics of Inequality is a timely and lively book that offers important insights about how people in rich democracies use political processes to distribute income and wealth across their populations. It can be read as an update and development of Inequality by Design, that crucial 1996 book by a distinguished team of Berkeley sociologists that demolished The Bell Curve. In the 2016 political debate, such moral arguments over inequality are with us again, and Carsten Jensen and Kees van Kersbergen have contributed a deep analysis of the contemporary political foundations of inequality, one that should be widely read, discussed, and debated." - Jason Beckfield, Harvard University, USA 'This is a superbly researched book and a must read for any student or scholar interested in the politics of inequality. It clearly shows that inequality is not something natural, but dependent on political choices.' - Martin Seeleib-Kaiser, University of Oxford, UK
Table of Contents1. What is the Politics of Inequality? 2. Is There Something Morally Wrong With Inequality? 3. Why Should We Care About Inequality? 4. How to Measure Inequality? 5. What are the Empirical Patterns? 6. Does Inequality Matter for Growth? 7. What are the Roads to Riches? 8. Does the Welfare State Reduce Inequality? 9. Does Economic Inequality Lead to Political Inequality? 10. Who Decides in the Politics of Inequality? 11. What Future for the Politics of Inequality?
