This paper asks who within a polity underestimates inequality and what consequences does this underestimation have for politics. Previous studies show that people misperceive overall inequality or where their own income is in the income distribution. In Japan, there are more people who...

In this paper, I investigate why the level of economic inequality does not explain the size of government redistribution by focusing on the voters' perception about economic inequality. Because we have been experiencing a rise of economic inequality worldwide, we should expect democratic...

In this innovative book, Hideko Magara brings together an expert team to explore both the possibilities and difficulties of transitioning from a neoliberal policy regime to an alternative regime through drastic policy innovations. The authors argue that, for more than two decades, citizens in...