Word Limit: 3,500 words inclusive of references and footnotes Does economic inequality threaten democracy? Those are the reading may help you Questions: Is the pursuit of equality a politically viable goal? Use one example to support your answer. Is inequality an inherent feature of contemporary democracies? If not, how can it be tackled? Key Reading: Green, J.E. (2016). ‘Liberalism and the Problem of Plutocracy’, Constellations 23(1): 84-95. Azmanova, A. (2020). Capitalism On Edge. Columbia UP (please read chapters 1-3). Frankfurt, H.G (2015) On Inequality. Princeton University Press (please read chapter 1 ‘Economic Equality as a Moral Ideal’). Kalyvas, A. (2019). ‘Democracy and the Poor’, Constellations 26:538-553. Brown, W. (2015) Undoing the Demos. Zone Books (please read the following pages: 9-45; 175-210). Young, IM. (2001). ‘Equality of Whom? Social Groups and Judgements of Injustice’, Journal of Political Philosophy 9(1):1-18. Further Reading: Bartels, Larry M. (2008). Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of the New Guilded Age. Princeton University Press. Belle, D. and Bullock, H.E. (2023). The Psychology of Poverty, Wealth and Economic Inequality. Cambridge University Press. Bonica, A., McCarty, N., KP Poole. and H. Rosenthal. (2013). Why Hasn’t Democracy Slowed Rising Inequality? Journal of Economic Perspectives 27(3):103-124. Dahl, R. (2006). On Political Equality. Yale University Press, pp.50-76. Dworkin, R. (1981). ‘What is Equality? Part 1: Equality of Welfare’, Philosophy and Public Affairs 10(3):185-246. Dworkin, R. (1981) ‘What is Equality? Part 2: Equality of Resources’, Philosophy and Public Affairs 10(4): 283-345. Frankfurt, H. (1997) ‘Equality and Respect’, Social Research 64(1):1-15. Gilens, Martin. (2012). Affluence and Influence: Economic Inequality and Political Power in America. Princeton University Press. Levin-Waldman, Oren M. (2020). ‘Globalism and Inequality Are the Real Threats to our Democracy’, Challenge 63(2):77-89. Schieve, Kenneth and David Stasavage. (2017). ‘Wealth Inequality and Democracy’, Annual Review of Political Science 20: 451-68. Schwartz, J.M. (2008). The Future of Democratic Equality. Rebuilding Social Solidarity in a Fragmented America. Routledge. Volscho, Thomas W. Jr. and Nathan J. Kelly. (2012). ‘The Rise of the Super-rich: Power Resources, Taxes, Financial markets and the Dynamics of the Top One Percent, 1949-2008,’ American Sociological Review 77(5):679-699. Waldron, J. (2017). One Another’s Equals. Harvard University Press (please read chapter ‘More than Merely Equal Consideration?’).