Divide and Deal: The Politics of Distribution in Democracies

Contents

v Contents Introduction 1 Ian Shapiro, Peter A. Swenson, and Daniela Donno Part I Institutions 1 Welfare Regimes and Redistribution in the South 19 Jeremy Seekings 2 Distributional Conflicts in Mature Welfare States 43 Isabela Mares 3 The Politics of Tax Structure 72 Steffen Ganghof 4 AIDS, Inequality, and Access to Antiretroviral Treatment 99 Nicoli Nattrass 5 Distributive Politics and Formal Institutions in New Democracies: The Effect of Electoral Rules on Budget Voting in the Russian State Duma, 1994–2003 118 Jana Kunicová Part II Individuals 6 Religion and Social Insurance: Evidence from the United States, 1970–2002 149 Kenneth Scheve and David Stasavage 7 Moral Values and Distributive Politics: An Equilibrium Analysis of the 2004 U.S. Election 186 Woojin Lee and John Roemer vi Contents 8 Giving the People What They Want? Age, Class, and Distribution in the United States 221 Christopher Howard Part III Coalitions 9 Good Distribution, Bad Delivery, and Ugly Politics: The Traumatic Beginnings of Germany’s Health Care System 245 Peter A. Swenson 10 Democracy and Distributive Politics in India 280 Pranab Bardhan 11 The Political Uses of Public Opinion: Lessons from the Estate Tax Repeal 298 Mayling Birney, Ian Shapiro, and Michael J. Graetz About the Contributors 341 Index 343 ...