Growth, Distribution and Political Change

Continuing the inequality and development debate originally ushered in by Kuznets, this book extends to the possible sociopolitical disruptions of growing inequality and its ramifications for growth and development. Comparing a range of countries in Asia and beyond, the book examines the relationships between growth, distribution and politics. Theoretical and empirical studies are backed up by discussion of historical developments in this interdisciplinary study which will interest political scientists, sociologists, historians and economists.

KOOKSHIN AHN Department of Economics, Chung-ang University, Seoul, Korea OSCAR ALTIMIR U.N. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Santiago, Chile THEO BALDERSTON Department of Economic History, University of Manchester, England IAN BROWN Center for Asian Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, England FRANCIS CASTLES Department of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra PIERRE VAN DER ENG Faculty of Economics and Commerce, Australian National University, Canberra WENRAN JIANG Department of Political Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada DE-QIANG LIU Faculty of Education, Tokyo Gakugei University, Koganei, Tokyo YASUHIRO TERASAKI School of Management, Science University of Tokyo, Kuki, Japan.