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SOCIAL COHESION, INSTITUTIONS, AND GROWTH [PDF]

open access: greenEconomics & Politics, 2006
We present evidence that measures of “social cohesion,” such as income inequality and ethnic fractionalization, endogenously determine institutional quality, which in turn causally determines growth.
Easterly, William   +2 more
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An observation of a negative effect of social cohesion on creativity in musical improvisation [PDF]

open access: yesScientific Reports
Although various social factors can significantly impact creative performance, it is still unclear how social cohesion (i.e., how close we feel to others) influences creativity.
Adrian Kempf   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Preverbal infants expect agents exhibiting counterintuitive capacities to gain access to contested resources

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
Claims to supernatural power have been used as a basis for authority in a wide range of societies, but little is known about developmental origins of the link between supernatural power and worldly authority.
Xianwei Meng   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of Profiles of Family Educational Situations during COVID-19 Lockdown in the Valencian Community (Spain)

open access: yesSocieties, 2022
Due to the pandemic (COVID-19), the education system in Spain was forced to close for three months, creating an unprecedented situation: improvised distance schooling.
Jesús Miguel Jornet-Meliá   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Religion, Conspiracy Thinking, and the Rejection of Democracy: Evidence From the UK

open access: yesPolitics and Governance, 2022
While some research addresses the relationship between religiosity and political attitudes, little is known about the relationship between religion, conspiracy beliefs, and political culture.
Alexander Yendell, David Herbert
doaj   +1 more source

Ignoring Racism in the History of the German Immigration Society

open access: yesJournal for the History of Knowledge, 2021
The entanglement of the history of racism with the history of migration in Germany has been ignored thus far in German historiography. Exploring the epistemological significance of ignorance in sustaining racial knowledge in democratic, pluralistic ...
Maria Alexopoulou
doaj   +1 more source

The Role of Religions and Conspiracy Theories in Democratic and Authoritarian Regimes

open access: yesPolitics and Governance, 2022
This thematic issue asks about the role of religions and religious actors and conspiracy theories/theorists in democratic and authoritarian regimes in general.
Oliver Fernando Hidalgo   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring the Pathways Between Transformative Group Experiences and Identity Fusion

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2020
A growing body of evidence suggests that two distinct forms of group alignment are possible: identification and fusion (the former asserts that group and personal identity are distinct, while the latter asserts group and personal identities are ...
Christopher M. Kavanagh   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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