KOOKSHIN AHN Department of Economics, Chung-ang University, Seoul, Korea OSCAR ALTIMIR U.N. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Santiago, Chile THEO BALDERSTON Department of Economic History, University of Manchester, England IAN BROWN Center for Asian Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, England FRANCIS CASTLES Department of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra PIERRE VAN DER ENG Faculty of Economics and Commerce, Australian National University, Canberra WENRAN JIANG Department of Political Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada DE-QIANG LIU Faculty of Education, Tokyo Gakugei University, Koganei, Tokyo YASUHIRO TERASAKI School of Management, Science University of Tokyo, Kuki, Japan.

• 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