Religion and Brazilian democracy: mobilizing the people of God
In: Cambridge studies in social theory, religion and politics
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In: Cambridge studies in social theory, religion and politics
In: Perspectives on politics, Band 21, Heft 4, S. 1509-1511
ISSN: 1541-0986
In: Journal of democracy, Band 31, Heft 4, S. 76-90
ISSN: 1086-3214
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 99, S. 441-451
In: British journal of political science, Band 48, Heft 2, S. 407-425
ISSN: 1469-2112
In many contemporary urban spaces, political information accrues to high status neighborhoods. This might exacerbate political inequality as the information-rich and information-poor each talk primarily with others like themselves. When information is specific and broadly diffused through the media, however, the convenience and low cognitive costs of everyday conversation could be especially helpful for the disadvantaged. This article shows how political conversations intensify or ameliorate spatial knowledge gaps, using a six-wave panel survey in fifty Brazilian neighborhoods between 2002 and 2006. Multilevel models demonstrate that conversation was more frequent in high education neighborhoods, but had a greater impact on specific, factual knowledge in low-education neighborhoods, leading to shrinking knowledge gaps. However, conversation slightly widened spatial gaps in socially perceived general knowledge.
In: Perspectives on politics, Band 14, Heft 1, S. 253-254
ISSN: 1541-0986
In: British journal of political science, S. 1-19
ISSN: 0007-1234
In: Political Networks Workshops & Conference 2015
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In: International journal of public opinion research, S. edv018
ISSN: 1471-6909
In: International journal of public opinion research, Band 27, Heft 4, S. 481-496
ISSN: 0954-2892
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In: Latin American research review: LARR ; the journal of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Band 44, Heft 3, S. 102-126
ISSN: 0023-8791
In: Latin American politics and society, Band 63, Heft 3, S. 1-20
ISSN: 1548-2456