Impact of Geography on Institutions in Agricultural and Nomadic Societies
ABSTRACT How geography affects the choice of institutions is studied in a theoretical model. In this model, nations are located around a circle. Rulers compete through choosing tax rates, the level of military spending, and the degree of formality of institutions. Geographic condition is captured by population density.
Haiwen Zhou
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Generations in the grove: the Dongria Kondh's ecological kinship and intergenerational resilience. [PDF]
Yadav A.
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ABSTRACT Introduction Loneliness has been associated with physical health outcomes, including an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). While much of the research has focused on older adults, less is known about whether loneliness during adolescence is related to CVD risk later in life.
Keun Young Kwon +3 more
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Combining individual and close-kin mark-recapture to design an effective wildlife population survey. [PDF]
Jacobson EK +5 more
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Adverse Childhood Experiences and Substance Use: The Mediating Role of Executive Function Deficits
ABSTRACT Introduction While adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are robust risk factors for adolescent substance use, the prospective neurocognitive pathways linking both cumulative and specific adversities to substance use remain understudied. This study tested a vulnerability model by examining whether executive function (EF) deficits mediate the ...
Mahsa P. Yousefkhani +2 more
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A Scoping Review of Australian Aboriginal Early Relational Health Knowledge Systems. [PDF]
McNeair S +9 more
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Membership‐Making in Diverse Societies: Revisiting the Idea of Society as a Common Possession
ABSTRACT The traditional aim of Western social democracy has been to create a society that is a ‘common possession’ of its members (in T.H. Marshall's words). Social democratic politics has therefore been both society‐making and membership‐making, orienting people to a shared society as an object of attachment and loyalty, and nurturing membership ...
Will Kymlicka
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Fine-scale structure of a whole regional population through genetics and genealogies. [PDF]
Morin GP, Moreau C, Barry A, Girard SL.
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Society as Reality and Construction: Decolonial Citizenship‐Making
ABSTRACT Kymlicka asks whether the Marshallian vision of society‐ and membership‐making remains relevant when thinking about possible Indigenous futures. In this article, I first respond to this question. Given the meticulousness of Kymlicka's analysis, my response should be read as complementary, offering additional considerations that I think warrant
Rauna Kuokkanen
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Ancient genomes reveal an extensive kinship network and endogamy in a Three-Kingdoms period society in Korea. [PDF]
Moon H +9 more
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