Poverty, inequality, and democracy / edited by Francis Fukuyama, Larry Diamond, and Marc F. Plattner.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- What are the issues? -- Dealing with inequality / Francis Fukuyama -- Does electoral democracy boost economic equality? / Nancy Bermeo -- Why democracies fail / Ethan B. Kapstein and Nathan Converse -- Latin America: democracy with development / Alejandro Toledo -- The Latin American experience / Francis Fukuyama -- Aiding Latin America's poor / Alberto Díaz-Cayeros and Beatriz Magaloni -- Postcommunist welfare states / Mitchell A. Orenstein -- East-Central Europe's quandary / Dorothee Bohle and Béla Greskovits -- How regions differ / Stephan Haggard and Robert R. Kaufman -- Growth without prosperity in Africa / Peter Lewis -- South African disparities / Charles Simkins -- Growth and hunger in India / Dan Banik -- Mixed governance and welfare in South Korea / Taekyoon Kim, Huck-Ju Kwon, Jooha Lee, and Ilcheong Yi.