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Knowledge Inequality

Knowledge Inequality is a theoretical construct in political science that denotes systematic disparities in the distribution of political knowledge among individuals or groups within a polity, distinguishing it from related forms of inequality by focusing specifically on asymmetries in awareness, understanding, and information about political institutions, processes, and issues.

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2017–2026

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Publications

70

Is Inequality Harmful for Growth? Theory and Evidence

Torsten Persson, Guido Tabellini · National Bureau of Economic Research · 1991 · 544 citations · Full text

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Organization and Inequality in a Knowledge Economy

Luis Garicano, Esteban Rossi‐Hansberg · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 2006 · 475 citations

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The Knowledge Gap: A Reexamination of Gender-Based Differences in Political Knowledge

Jeffery J. Mondak, Mary R. Anderson · The Journal of Politics · 2004 · 413 citations

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The Knowledge Gap Hypothesis: Twenty-Five Years Later

K. Viswanath, John R. Finnegan · Annals of the International Communication Association · 1996 · 329 citations

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Knowledge and Politics: The Sociology of Knowledge Dispute.

Rodney D. Nelson, Volker Meja, Nico Stehr · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1991 · 248 citations

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Authors

128

  1. MF
    Marta Fraile

    Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain

    4 publications · 220 citations

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  2. MK
    Monika Krause

    Goldsmiths University of London, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 61 citations

    2

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  3. TP
    Torsten Persson

    Stockholm University, Sweden

    1 publications · 544 citations

    1

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  4. SL
    Staci L. Rhine

    Wittenberg University, United States

    1 publications · 12 citations

    1

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  5. VM
    Volker Meja

    1 publications · 248 citations

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Institutions

93

  1. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    388 citations

  2. Instituto de Políticas y Bienes Públicos

    Madrid, Spain

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    208 citations

  3. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    37 citations

  4. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    134 citations

  5. American University

    Washington, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    111 citations

  6. Stockholm University

    Stockholm, Sweden

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    612 citations

  7. University of York

    York, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    71 citations

  8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    50 citations

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  1. Journal of the Knowledge Economy

    3 publications · 52 citations

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  2. The Journal of Politics

    JP · 2 publications · 467 citations

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  3. Political Behavior

    2 publications · 184 citations

    2

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  4. American Politics Research

    2 publications · 25 citations

    2

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  5. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

    JMCQ · 2 publications · 209 citations

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