Growth, Distribution and Political Change: Asia and the Wider World

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction: Themes and Challenges....Pages 3-19
On Income Inequality and Democracy: Theories and Findings in Search of a Viable Database....Pages 20-41
Front Matter....Pages 43-43
The Social and Political Impacts of Income Distribution: The Japanese Experience....Pages 45-66
Income Distribution, Regionalism and Sociopolitical Instability in Korea....Pages 67-90
Income Disparity and Social Instability in China....Pages 91-113
Income Inequality and Uncertain Democracy in Thailand....Pages 114-142
The Economic Crisis and Rebellion in Rural Burma in the Early 1930s....Pages 143-157
Economic Growth, Income Inequality and Social and Political Unrest in the Philippines....Pages 158-177
Economic Growth and Political Change in Indonesia: The Late-Colonial and New Order Periods Compared....Pages 178-205
Front Matter....Pages 207-207
The Political Economy of Income Inequality in the United States....Pages 209-231
Income Expectations and Political Instability in Germany, 1918–39....Pages 232-255
Inequality, Growth, Economic Regime and Political Change in Latin America: An Overview....Pages 256-285
Reflections and Retrospect....Pages 286-296
Back Matter....Pages 297-307