Category: Articles in Political Inequality
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Intersectionality and Political Inequality
I created a website that is a companion to a recently published paper on intersectionality and political participation. The abstract is as follows: Dubrow, Joshua Kjerulf. 2008. “How Can We Account for Intersectionality in Quantitative Analysis of Survey Data? Empirical Illustration of Central and Eastern Europe.” ASK: Society, Research, Methods 17: 85-102. ABSTRACT …
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Notes on Piven and Cloward’s (2005) Discussion of Power Resources
What are power resources? Piven and Cloward (2005) discuss power resources. They write: “…it is perhaps the most important dispute in the discussion of power. What are to be regarded as power resources?” (36) Distributional approaches Weber: “all conceivable qualities of a person and all conceivable combinations of circumstances may put him in a position…
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Defining and Measuring Political Resources
What is the definition of political resources? The definition and measurement of political inequality requires a definition of political resources. Let’s start with a definition of political inequality. Political inequality is structured differences in political influence over government decisions, and the outcomes of those decisions. There are two main points about political resources: Are political resources…
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