democracy, where a powerful economic elite cooperates with politicians and bureaucrats for their mutual benefit. …

democracy, where a powerful economic elite cooperates with politicians and bureaucrats for their mutual benefit. …

Ideology, as proxied by a country's dominant religion, seems to be related to inequality. In Judeo-Christian societies … increased democratization appears to lower inequality; in Muslim and Confucian societies it has an insignificant effect. One …

While standard political economy theories suggest a moderating effect of democratization on income inequality … first, that prevailing ideology may be an important determinant of inequality and, second, that the democratization effect … income groups, hence democratization may have only a negligible effect on inequality. On the other hand, in societies where …

democracy, where a powerful economic elite cooperates with politicians and bureaucrats for their mutual benefit …

appears to have caused a high degree of economic inequality, and democratization in the form of franchise expansion has … between other measures of democracy, based on civil liberties and political rights, and inequality. The transition experience …

democracy, where a powerful economic elite cooperates with politicians and bureaucrats for their mutual benefit …