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Inequality in the ‘Conflict of Conflicts’? The Impact of Citizen Sophistication on Agenda-setting Effects

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  • Rune Stubager

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type="main"> Influence upon the societal agenda is an important power resource in modern democracies. Consequently, inequalities in such influence across different segments of the public have important democratic implications. Using time-series methods on a unique Danish dataset, this article investigates the existence of inequalities in agenda power across groups with different levels of political sophistication and finds that the most sophisticated members of the public possess more such power vis-à-vis the media and politicians than the less sophisticated. The existence of inequalities in agenda power across different segments of the public, even in the homogenous Danish society, implies that countries characterised by higher levels of inequality should experience even larger disparities, thereby jeopardising the democratic principle that all citizens have equal access to placing issues on the agenda.

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  • Rune Stubager, 2015. "Inequality in the ‘Conflict of Conflicts’? The Impact of Citizen Sophistication on Agenda-setting Effects," Political Studies, Political Studies Association, vol. 63(4), pages 793-813, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:polstu:v:63:y:2015:i:4:p:793-813
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    1. HaeOk Choi, 2020. "Geospatial Data Approach for Demand-Oriented Policies of Land Administration," Land, MDPI, vol. 9(1), pages 1-12, January.

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