1. GLOBALIZAÇÃO E DEMOCRACIA.
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Przeworski, Adam and Yebra, Covadonga Meseguer
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GLOBALIZATION , *INTERNATIONAL relations , *INTERNATIONAL trade , *INCOME , *INCOME inequality - Abstract
We examine the effect of globalization on the range of policy choice available to governments in different countries and to parties representing different constituencies within particular countries. Economic openness may increase income inequality in at least some countries, leading to higher tax rates and larger partisan differences, but tax competition reduces inter- and intra-country differences, so that the net effects of globalization is indeterminate. Emulation and conditionality may cause policy convergence even when national conditions remain different. The dissatisfaction with democracy in the globalized world may be due not to the narrowness of the space between the constraints but to the policies feasible under these constraints. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...
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- 2003