...Mathew Y. H. Wong This paper examines the impact of income inequality on political participation in Asia. Both conventional conflict theory and relative power theory suggest that inequality affects political participation, but they predict opposite directions. In this paper, I argue...

... openness and democracy; but there could be an indirect link. Trade may affect a country’s level of income inequality, which in turn affects the likelihood of democratization. The theoretical link between trade liberalization and democracy is as follows. © 2022 by The Regents of the University...

...Eunju Chi; Hyeok Yong Kwon This paper explores the growing trend in income inequality in Korea and Taiwan. The two recent East Asian democracies have witnessed rising inequality since the 1990s but with cross-national differences. We find that market inequality is higher in Taiwan than in Korea...