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Conflict and the Social Contract* [PDF]
The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2006 AbstractWe consider social contracts for resolving conflicts between two agents who are uncertain about each other's fighting potential. Applications include international conflict, litigation and elections. Even though only a peaceful agreement avoids a loss of resources, if this loss is small enough, then any contract must assign a positive ...
Helmut Bester, Karl Wärneryd
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Social inequalities and environmental conflict [PDF]
Horizontes Antropológicos, 2006 This paper is organized around two points. The first concerns the literature on environmental justice (EJ) studies and its lack of incorporation of social scientific theories and concepts concerning racism. This is surprising, given EJ studies' strong interest in challenging a form of racism - environmental racism.
David N. Pellow
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Journal of Social Studies, 2021 The study focused on the Nigerian correctional institution and its mandate at rehabilitating convicts in preparedness for life outside bar and by implication reintegrating reformed individuals who are believed to pose no further threat to serenity of the
Babatope Matthew Ajiboye +2 more
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The Ongoing Transformation of the Digital Public Sphere: Basic Considerations on a Moving Target
Media and Communication, 2020 The recent decades more than anything else have revealed the ambivalence not only of the articulated expectations about the digital public sphere but also of the ‘real’ development itself. This thematic issue of Media and Communication highlights some of
Emiliana De Blasio +3 more
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International Journal of Conflict and Violence, 2021 The question as to why individuals join extremist groups, radicalize or even go on to commit acts of terror have been a focus of research for many decades and a multitude of researchers from different disciplines have advanced theories and hypotheses in ...
Daniela Pisoiu +4 more
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BMC Psychiatry, 2022 Background Despite broad interest of the Syrian refugee plight in the academic and media circles, there are still limited studies analyzing the lived experiences of torture survivors under the Syrian regime.
Niveen Rizkalla +5 more
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Water Scarcity and Social Conflict [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2021 Climate change and the increasing demand of water intensify the global water cycle, altering the distribution of water in space and time. This is expected to result in wet areas getting wetter and dry areas getting drier (Pan et al., 2015). As water is key to life, water scarcity is likely to provoke conflict.
Kerstin Unfried +2 more
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Pastoral Conflict, Emerging Trends and Environmental Stress in Nyangatom, Southern Ethiopia
Ethiopian Journal of the Social Sciences and Humanities, 2020 This study examined the dynamics of conflict, emerging trends and relationship between inter-pastoral conflicts and environmental changes in Nyangatom, Southern Ethiopia.
Temesgen Thomas Halabo, Taddesse Berisso
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Urban Planning, 2020 In recent years, the question of how urban spaces support the arrival of immigrants has found increased attention among scholars. The emerging discussion uses terms like arrival cities, arrival neighbourhoods, arrival spaces, arrival contexts, or arrival
Nihad El-Kayed +3 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 People are generally too trusting, which decreases their ability to detect deceit. This suggests that distrust could enhance our deception detection abilities. Yet, a state of distrust may induce deliberative conscious thought.
Mariëlle Stel +3 more
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