Why do some democracies fail to help their poor? Ethnic diversity and identity politics may provide answers

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Anderson, Chingun
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	Democracies are traditionally seen as more effective at helping the poor than non-democracies. Chingun Anderson writes that although evidence for this is convincing, there are cases where the democratic system does little to benefit lower socioeconomic groups. He argues that a possible reason for this is that higher ethnic diversity negatively affects the successful organisation that is needed to campaign for pro-poor policies.
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