Ronald Inglehart
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Ronald Inglehart was an influential American political scientist best known for his work on postmaterialist values, cultural change, and the World Values Survey.
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| Ronald Inglehart canonical | 3 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ronald Inglehart Context triple: [Pippa Norris, coAuthor, Ronald Inglehart]
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Russell J. Dalton
Russell J. Dalton is a political scientist known for his influential research on comparative politics, political culture, and citizen participation in advanced industrial democracies.
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Seymour Martin Lipset
Seymour Martin Lipset was a prominent American sociologist and political scientist known for his influential work on democracy, political behavior, and the social conditions underpinning stable democratic systems.
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Jon Elster
Jon Elster is a Norwegian social and political theorist known for applying rational choice and analytical philosophy methods to the study of Marxism, institutions, and collective behavior.
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Wolfgang Streeck
Wolfgang Streeck is a German economic sociologist known for his influential work on capitalism, labor relations, and institutional change in advanced democracies.
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Arend Lijphart
Arend Lijphart is a Dutch-American political scientist renowned for his influential work on consociational democracy and comparative political institutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ronald Inglehart Target entity description: Ronald Inglehart was an influential American political scientist best known for his work on postmaterialist values, cultural change, and the World Values Survey.
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A.
Russell J. Dalton
Russell J. Dalton is a political scientist known for his influential research on comparative politics, political culture, and citizen participation in advanced industrial democracies.
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B.
Seymour Martin Lipset
Seymour Martin Lipset was a prominent American sociologist and political scientist known for his influential work on democracy, political behavior, and the social conditions underpinning stable democratic systems.
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C.
Jon Elster
Jon Elster is a Norwegian social and political theorist known for applying rational choice and analytical philosophy methods to the study of Marxism, institutions, and collective behavior.
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D.
Wolfgang Streeck
Wolfgang Streeck is a German economic sociologist known for his influential work on capitalism, labor relations, and institutional change in advanced democracies.
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E.
Arend Lijphart
Arend Lijphart is a Dutch-American political scientist renowned for his influential work on consociational democracy and comparative political institutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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academic ⓘ author ⓘ political scientist ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in political science ⓘ |
| coAuthor | Christian Welzel ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1934-09-05 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2021-05-08 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Northwestern University
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University of Chicago ⓘ |
| employer | University of Michigan ⓘ |
| familyName | Inglehart ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
comparative politics
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political science ⓘ political sociology ⓘ survey research ⓘ |
| founded |
World Values Survey Association
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linked to:
World Values Survey
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| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Ronald ⓘ |
| influenced |
comparative political behavior research
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studies of democratization ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Inglehart–Welzel cultural map of the world
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World Values Survey ⓘ modernization theory ⓘ postmaterialist values theory ⓘ theory of cultural change ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Ronald Inglehart ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
postmaterialism
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secular-rational values ⓘ self-expression values ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Cultural Evolution
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Culture Shift in Advanced Industrial Society ⓘ Modernization and Postmodernization ⓘ Modernization, Cultural Change, and Democracy ⓘ The Silent Revolution ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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linked to:
Ann Arbor
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| positionHeld |
Director of the World Values Survey
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Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan ⓘ Research Professor at the Institute for Social Research ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
democratization
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generational change ⓘ political culture ⓘ value change ⓘ |
| theory |
scarcity hypothesis of value change
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socialization hypothesis of value change ⓘ |
| workplace | Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan ⓘ |
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