New Approaches to the Politics of Inequality in Developing Countries: Editor's Introduction

In: PS: political science & politics, Band 42, Heft 4, S. 629-631

Abstract

The articles in this symposium present politics as an important intervening variable in the relationship between inequality and development. They highlight the complex and contingent ways in which politics mediates this relationship. The articles examine three key issues: (1) the extent and nature of international inequality and domestic inequality in the developing world; (2) the process through which inequality becomes—or does not become—a salient issue on the political agenda; and (3) the relationship between inequality and development under democratic and authoritarian regimes.