Poverty, Participation, and Democracy

A Global Perspective
Herausgeber: Krishna, Anirudh

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Evidence from 24 countries shows that political attitudes and participation levels are unaffected by relative wealth.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. August 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780521504454
• ISBN-10: 0521504457
• Artikelnr.: 24927620

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: poor people and democracy Arnirudh Krishna; 2. Poor people
and democratic citizenship in Africa Michael Bratton; 3. Do poor people
care less for democracy? Testing individual-level assumptions with
individual-level data from India Anirudh Krishna; 4. Inequality and
democracy in Latin America: individual and contextual effects of wealth on
political participation John A. Booth and Mitchell A. Seligson; 5. The poor
and the viability of democracy Adam Przeworski; 6. Conclusion: implications
for policy and research Anirudh Krishna and John A. Booth.