This article analyzes Latin American and Caribbean income inequality, making three important contributions. First, we show that politics not only shapes redistribution, but also affects inequality produced by the market, with much of the effect occurring through the market conditioning...

Intro -- Contents -- One / Contemporary Politics and the Perpetuation of Inequality -- Two / An Inescapable Plutocracy? -- Three / Public Preferences and Economic Inequality -- Four / Elections and the Inequality Trap -- Five / Partisan Convergence and Financial Deregulation -- Six /...