Inequality and Governance
In: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy Ser.
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Note -- 2 Concepts, measures and correlations -- Introduction -- Defining governance -- Measuring governance -- Defining inequality -- Measuring inequality -- Correlations -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 3 Insights from the past -- Introduction -- Social responses to existential uncertainty -- The foundations of the rule of law -- The place of religion -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 4 Insights from social psychology and behavioural economics -- Introduction -- Ingroup bias and unethical behaviour -- Inequality, legitimacy and behaviour -- Power and corruption -- Good or bad governance as alternative social equilibria -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 5 Economic inequality and governance in contemporary societies -- Introduction -- Economic inequality will undermine good governance -- Bad governance will perpetuate economic inequalit -- Important covariates -- What does the data say? -- Economic inequality, democracy and governance -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 6 Culture, economic inequality and governance -- Introduction -- Measures of culture -- The causal links -- The impact of inequality and culture on governance -- Culture, democracy and governance -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 7 Conclusion -- What have we learnt? -- What can be done? -- Note -- Appendix: country codes and samples -- References -- Index.