Poverty, Participation, and Democracy

Anirudh Krishna (Ph.D. in government, Cornell, 2000; master's in economics, Delhi, 1980) is Associate Professor of Public Policy and Political Science at Duke University. His research investigates how poor communities and individuals in developing countries cope with the structural and personal constraints that result in poverty and powerlessness. Previous books include Active Social Capital: Tracing the Roots of Development and Democracy (2002); Changing Policy and Practice from Below: Community Experiences in Poverty Reduction (2000); Reasons for Success: Learning from Instructive Experiences in Rural Development (1998); and Reasons for Hope: Instructive Experiences in Rural Development (1997). His articles have appeared in a variety of journals, winning the American Political Science Association's prize for best article on comparative democratization in 2002 and the Dudley Seers Memorial Prize in 2005.

• 1. Introduction: poor people and democracy Arnirudh Krishna; 2. Poor people and democratic citizenship in Africa Michael Bratton; 3. Do poor people care less for democracy? Testing individual-level assumptions with individual-level data from India Anirudh Krishna; 4. Inequality and democracy in Latin America: individual and contextual effects of wealth on political participation John A. Booth and Mitchell A. Seligson; 5. The poor and the viability of democracy Adam Przeworski; 6. Conclusion: implications for policy and research Anirudh Krishna and John A. Booth.

'A significant and invigorating advance in our understanding of democracy's likely future in the developing world, with clear policy implications about how to support fragile democracies more effectively.' Thomas Carothers, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace