POLC78H3: Political Analysis I - Research Article Review.
1. What is the author(s) trying to explain? What does the author(s) hypothesize? Summarize the central argument of this article in your own words.
The Authors are trying to explain the linkage between economic inequality and religiosity (Solt, Frederick et al 2011). Meaning there is an important link between a persons economic status and how religious they are. The Authors hypothesize that the more economic inequality the more likely one is to be more religious (Solt,Frederick et al 2011). They link this hypothesis to a plethora of reasons, Relative power theory and Deprivation theory being the two main theories discussed. The authors essentially prove in their findings that their …show more content…
The Authors does a multivariate statistical analysis a multilevel model was used that used varying intercepts ( Solt, Frederick et al 2011). “Deprivation and relative power theories describe changes in individual attitudes and behaviour as a result of the characteristics of their society at a particular time, we test them using multilevel models”(Solt, Frederick et al 2011) The Authors uses multilevel models because they are ideal for analyzing observations that are not independent due to clustering within groups (Solt, Frederick et al …show more content…
In the first article it is discussing the linkage between someone’s economic statuses so whether they deal with economic inequality is going to be dependent on their religiosity this shown through the theory of relative power theory (Solt, Frederick et al 2011). In the second article it discusses how “ religion undermines the negative relationship between income and left voting that is assumed in standard political economy models of democracy” These two articles are similar in the fact that they discuss economic inequality. Similarly in this article analyzes income and religion (De La O et al
1. What is the author(s) trying to explain? What does the author(s) hypothesize? Summarize the central argument of this article in your own words.
The Authors are trying to explain the linkage between economic inequality and religiosity (Solt, Frederick et al 2011). Meaning there is an important link between a persons economic status and how religious they are. The Authors hypothesize that the more economic inequality the more likely one is to be more religious (Solt,Frederick et al 2011). They link this hypothesis to a plethora of reasons, Relative power theory and Deprivation theory being the two main theories discussed. The authors essentially prove in their findings that their …show more content…
The Authors does a multivariate statistical analysis a multilevel model was used that used varying intercepts ( Solt, Frederick et al 2011). “Deprivation and relative power theories describe changes in individual attitudes and behaviour as a result of the characteristics of their society at a particular time, we test them using multilevel models”(Solt, Frederick et al 2011) The Authors uses multilevel models because they are ideal for analyzing observations that are not independent due to clustering within groups (Solt, Frederick et al …show more content…
In the first article it is discussing the linkage between someone’s economic statuses so whether they deal with economic inequality is going to be dependent on their religiosity this shown through the theory of relative power theory (Solt, Frederick et al 2011). In the second article it discusses how “ religion undermines the negative relationship between income and left voting that is assumed in standard political economy models of democracy” These two articles are similar in the fact that they discuss economic inequality. Similarly in this article analyzes income and religion (De La O et al