Inequality and Democratic Politics in East Asia

Chong-Min Park is Professor of Public Administration at Korea University, Seoul, South Korea. His most recent co-edited book is The Quality of Democracy in South Korea (2018).Eric M. Uslaner is Professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland, College Park, USA. His most recent publications include The Historical Roots of Corruption (2017) and Segregation and Mistrust (2012).

• Introduction Part 1:Inequality and Political Institutions 1. Inequality, Democracy, and the Welfare States in East Asia: Toward a New Theoretical Proposal to Analyze the Politics of Redistribution 2. Trust, Corruption and Inequality 3. The Political Economy of Inequality and Capture in South Korea Part 2:Inequality and Political Support 4. Assessing the Inequality-Democracy Linkage at the Individual-Level: Evidence from East Asia 5. Equality of Opportunity and Satisfaction with the Political System: The Mediating Role of Regime Type 6. Economic Inequality and Authoritarian Legitimacy: The Case of China Part 3: Inequality and Political Behaviour 7. Redistribution Preferences and Ideological Orientations across Countries 8. Economic Inequality and Political Participation in East Asia: Evidence from East Asian Countries 9. Economic Inequality, Ethnic Mobilisation, and Electoral Competition