Preface and Acknowledgements List of Participants PART I: THE SEARCH FOR RELATIONSHIPS Introduction: Themes and Challenges; R.Minami & K.S.Kim On Income Inequality and Democracy: Theories and Findings in Search of a Viable Data Base; F.Castles PART II: THE ASIAN PERSPECTIVE Social and Political Impacts of Income Distribution: The Japanese Experience; R.Minami & W.Jiang Income Distribution, Regionalism and Socio-Political Instability in Korea; K.Ahn Income Disparity and Social Instability in China; D.Liu Income Inequality and Uncertain Democracy in Thailand; M.Falkus The Economic Crisis and Rebellion in Rural Burma in the Early 1930s; I.Brown Economic Growth, Income Inequality and Social and Political Unrest in the Philippines; J.Terasaki Economic Growth and Political Change in Indonesia: The Late-Colonial and New Order Periods Compared; P.Van Der Eng PART III: THE WIDER WORLD The Political Economy of Income Inequality in the United States; K.S.Kim Income Expectations and Political Instability in Germany 1918-1939; T.Balderston Inequality, Growth, Economic Regime and Political Change in Latin America: An Overview; O.Altimir Reflections and Retrospect; M.Falkus Index