Exclusion by Elections

This book proposes a new theory of identity politics in elections, explaining why it is difficult for democracies to address rising inequality.

1. Introduction; 2. Why worry about inequality and ethnic politics? Part I. The Theoretical Argument: 3. Social structure and distributive politics in elections; 4. A theory of social structure, electoral identities and party systems; 5. Inequality, ethnic polarization and the democratic process; Part II. Empirical Evidence for the Argument: 6. Theory and causal identification; 7. Income and voting behavior; 8. Inequality, ethnic diversity and the ethnification of party systems; 9. Social structure, redistribution and democratic transitions; 10. Conclusion: inequality and the politics of exclusion.