@article{Dasgupta:127009,
      recid = {127009},
      author = {Dasgupta, Indraneel and Kanbur, Ravi},
      title = {Community and Class Antagonism},
      address = {2007},
      number = {642-2016-43936},
      series = {WP},
      pages = {56},
      year = {2007},
      abstract = {We investigate how vertical unity within a community  interacts with horizontal class
divisions of an unequal  income distribution. Community is conceptualized in terms  of a
public good to which all those in the community have  equal access, but from which
outsiders are excluded. We  formulate the idea of redistributive tension, or  class
antagonism, in terms of the costs that poorer  individuals would be willing to impose on the
rich, to  achieve a given gain in personal income. Our conclusion is  that the nominal
distribution of income could give a  misleading picture of tensions in society, both within
and  across communities. Ideologies of community solidarity may  well trump those of class
solidarity because of the  implicit sharing of community resources brought about  by
community-specific public goods. Greater economic  mobility of particular types may
actually exacerbate class  tensions instead of attenuating them. We illustrate our  theoretical
results with a discussion of a number of  historical episodes of shifting class tensions  and
alliances.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/127009},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.127009},
}