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Names: Lupu, Noam, editor. | Pontusson, Jonas, editor.
Title: Unequal democracies : public policy, responsiveness, and redistribution in an era of rising economic inequality / edited by Noam Lupu, Jonas Pontusson.
Description: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York. NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024. |
Series: SSRC anxieties of democracy | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2023029220 (print) | LCCN 2023029221 (ebook) | ISBN 9781009428644 (hardback) | ISBN 9781009428682 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Democracy – Economic aspects – United States. | Democracy – Economic aspects – Europe. | Income distribution – Political aspects – United States. | Income distribution – Political aspects – Europe. | Representative government and representation – United States. | Representative government and representation – Europe.
Classification: LCC JK271 .U5325 2024 (print) | LCC JK271 (ebook) | DDC 320.473–dc23/eng/20230907 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023029220 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023029221
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