Inequality and Regime Change: Democratic Transitions and the Stability of Democratic Rule

By Stephan Haggard, R. Kaufman. American Political Science Review, 2012

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How three narratives of modernity justify economic inequality (2016, background): “Many regime changes have indeed been rooted in economic inequalities, but there are as many exceptions to the rule (Haggard and Kaufman, 2012).”
Gaming Democracy: Elite Dominance during Transition and the Prospects for Redistribution (2014, background): “41 See, for example, Haggard and Kaufman 2008.”
Wealth Inequality and Democracy (2017, background): “The literature on the political economy of income inequality has emphasized some of the possible 1See Haggard & Kaufman (2012) and Ansell & Samuels (2014) on regime change as well as Acemoglu et al. (2015) on whether democracy leads to lower inequality.”
Response to David J. Samuels and Ben W. Ansell’s review of From Open Secrets to Secret Voting: Democratic Electoral Reforms and Voter Autonomy (2014, background): “…Loukoianova (2006); Aidt and Jensen (2011); Banerjee and Duflo (2003); Benabou (1996); Cheibub (1998); Cutright (1965); Easterly and Rebelo (1993); Haggard and Kaufman (2012); Jackman (1974); Kenworthy and McCall (2008); Lott and Kenny (1999); Pampel and Williamson (1992); Perotti (1996); Prado…”