False Consciousness or Class Awareness? Local Income Inequality, Personal Economic Position, and Belief in American Meritocracy

By Benjamin J. Newman, Christopher D. Johnston, Patrick L. Lown. 2015

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Subfields: Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science

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• The paradox of inequality: income inequality and belief in meritocracy go hand in hand (2019, background): “Studies describe how people living among others of the same income level tend to hold meritocratic beliefs, while those living in more economically heterogeneous areas are more likely to think that success is determined by forces outside their control (Merolla et al., 2011; Newman et al., 2015; Wu a”